Panchagarh temperature dips to record 4.5 Degree Celcius

The temperature of Panchagarh district plummeted to 4.5 degree Celsius on Sunday morning, the lowest in the country in this season, throwing the normal life into disarray, reports UNB.

The country’s lowest temperature in the season was recorded in Tentulia at 9:00am, said M Rohidul Islam Rohid, acting officer of Tentulia weather observatory.

The temperature was 5.4 degree at 6:00am and it fell to 4.5 degree at 9:00am, he said.

Although the sun was seen in the morning, there is no end to the intensity of the cold.

Residents of the district saw the sunlight around 7:00am after a long time and many took the opportunity to warm in the sun.

Tentulia, the last border town in Bangladesh’s north, is no stranger to extreme cold. On 8 January last year, the mercury plummeted to 2.6 degree Celsius there, the lowest-ever recorded temperature in Bangladesh’s history.

The chilly weather disrupted normal life, affecting the poor, children, elderly and day labourers hard.

The district administration said some 40,000 blankets have so far been distributed among the cold-hit people.

Meanwhile, the number of patients with cold-related diseases has increased here.

Over 100 patients are taking treatment at hospital outdoors while those seriously ill are being admitted to hospitals.