The government agency reported that several areas of tropical Indonesia experienced an unusual drop in temperature – a natural phenomenon that happens through the peak winter dry season in neighboring Australia.
The Bureau of Meteorology, Geophysics and Climatology (BMKG) said in an announcement on Friday that it recorded the bottom temperature of the 12 months in Ruteng, East Nusa Tenggara on July 4, which was 12 degrees Celsius. Low temperatures were also recorded in mountainous areas of Australia. The agency said Wamena in Papua and Tretes in Pasuruan, East Java.
The agency’s deputy meteorologist Mulyono R. Prabowo said the movement of air masses from Australia to Indonesia brought dry, cold winds to the archipelago.
Lower temperatures have also been recorded in Bandung, West Java, over the past few days, with the bottom on Friday.
Ary Syahril Ramadhan, 33, said he felt the air was colder on Friday evening when he went out to observe the World Cup match with friends. He said he felt hungry all night and took a shower late within the morning to avoid the colder water.
The general temperature in Bandung normally hovers around 20 degrees Celsius, but on Saturday, BMKG recorded a temperature of 16.7 degrees.
BMKG Bandung branch officer Toni Agus Wijaya said on Saturday that temperatures were indeed lower than usual as temperature drops normally only occurred from dusk to early morning, with the warmest temperatures recorded at midday when there have been fewer clouds above. heaven, Toni said.
He suggested that individuals keep fit by eating vegetables and fruit to survive the cold and dry air.
Toni said that over the past 40 years, the bottom recorded temperature in Bandung was 11.2 degrees Celsius in August 1987, and the very best was 36 degrees Celsius in April 2011.
Source: The Jakarta Post
