Category: Heat waves affecting Bangladesh

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Event type: Heat wave

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

• Bangladesh
• India
• Myanmar

Duration: 6 days

Time span: April 20 2026 to April 25 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 27.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 4.8 °C
• Maximum temperature: 33.3 °C

Event center: 24.5°N 94.5°E

Area affected: 67686 km$^2$

Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Heat_wave_2026-Apr-20_to_2026-Apr-25_94.5_24.5

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Event type: Heat wave

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

• Bangladesh
• India
• Myanmar

Duration: 19 days

Time span: April 10 2025 to April 28 2025

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 0.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 29.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 3.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: 33.8 °C

Event center: 19.5°N 85.5°E

Area affected: 743022 km$^2$

Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Heat_wave_2025-Apr-10_to_2025-Apr-28_85.5_19.5

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Event type: Heat wave

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

• Bangladesh
• India
• Myanmar

Duration: 3 days

Time span: August 13 2024 to August 15 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 1.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 28.1 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 2.4 °C
• Maximum temperature: 30.8 °C

Event center: 23.0°N 93.5°E

Area affected: 59557 km$^2$

Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Heat_wave_2024-Aug-13_to_2024-Aug-15_93.5_23.0