Bangladesh experiences world's highest temperature

[Nawab Kabir]

From The Daily Star, Saturday, March 25, 1995:

BANGLADESH EXPERIENCES WORLD'S HIGHEST TEMPERATURE
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The world's highest temperature was recorded in Bangladesh yesterday
with the mercury shooting up to 38.8 degree Celsius at the northern town
of Iswardi, reports UNB.

Iswardi was followed by the capital Dhaka, where the temperature was
registered at 38.7 degree Celsius.

According to the temperature chart of 83 cities of the world released by
the American news agency Associated Press (AP), the second highest
temperature was recorded as 35 degree at the Holy Makkah and Bangkok.

Local weather experts said the temperature throughout the country is
higher than usual during this time of the year.

They predicted that the current heat wave may continue for a few more
days and warned that the weather behaviour may cause severe nor'westers
in many part of the country.

[Sunando Sen]

Nawab Kabir (ka...@agni.com) wrote:
: From The Daily Star, Saturday, March 25, 1995:

This doesn't sound right. In Calcutta the temperature goes up to
40--41 C during summer. In Delhi I have seen the temperature go up to
45 C or thereabouts. The hottest place in India I believe is Gaya in
Bihar, where the temperature can reach 50 C or even higher. Finally, I
am sure there are other places in the world that have seen even higher
temperature. Or should the figures cited in the news item have been
incremented by 20 C?

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Sincerely,

Sunando Sen (se...@acf2.nyu.edu)

[Eonderer]

i believe.. if i read it right.. and if memory serves me correct...
he said.. that on THAT day.. the highest temp. recorded around the globe
was in Dhaka...
right or wrong.. it's not impossible..

aA..

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38.8 Deg =101.84 Deg F( I'm still in this unit mode as typical in the US). Is
38.8 the correct number...may there's a typo or something. Is this
for all time or this year or last few weeks etc? I've experienced 110 Deg F=44
Deg C in Dhaka in one summer. Here in the US I've experienced 120 Deg F=49 Deg
C in
one recent summer ( '93) in S. Virginia. Desert areas of Arizona near or exceed
49 Deg C in summer. I've heard of summer temps. so high
in S. Arabia that one get one's finger burnt if one touches a metal part of a
car parked in the sun for a while.
Some clarification is necessary from the originator.
Thanks.
Khan Kabir

[P Banerjee]

I think what the poster meant is that on a particular day, Iswardi of
Bangladesh recorded a temperature that was the highest of all places in the
world on that given day. That's not unlikely.

[Sunando Sen]

Eonderer (eond...@aol.com) wrote:
: i believe.. if i read it right.. and if memory serves me correct...

: he said.. that on THAT day.. the highest temp. recorded around the globe
: was in Dhaka...
: right or wrong.. it's not impossible..

Thank you for the clarification. Apologies to the readers for wasting
your time, but then what else are Bengalis good for?

[Indranil DasGupta]

Ka...@wrc.xerox.com wrote:

: > : with the mercury shooting up to 38.8 degree Celsius at the northern town

: > : of Iswardi, reports UNB.
: >
: > : Iswardi was followed by the capital Dhaka, where the temperature was
: > : registered at 38.7 degree Celsius.

If 38.8 is the correct number, then the only way this can be `the
highest' is if it is an `average temparature' (averaged over a year
maybe).

Indranil.

[Zunaid Kazi]

As I think it has been explained before, it was the highest temperature
in the world on *that specific day*.

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