EnvironmentThe Meteorological Department’s monthly report says October rainfall fell far short of normal despite Cyclone Arnab and a second low, while the average temperature ran 1.1 degrees above normal.
EnvironmentMeteorologists say average winter temperatures may run above normal and cold waves may be brief; with less rain, fog may thicken, and irrigation demand may rise in the boro season.
EnvironmentThe Met Office monthly review: rain above normal in Khulna division, normal in Barishal and below normal elsewhere; two of three lows over the Bay of Bengal became depressions.
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department says a low may form over the north Andaman Sea by Saturday or Sunday and could deepen into a depression and then a cyclone; its likely track is toward Odisha, but rainfall over Bangladesh is expected to rise after 23 September.
The Met Office's extended five-day outlook sees a low forming over the north Andaman Sea by 19 September, gusty showers across all divisions and moderately heavy to heavy rain in places.
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department expects rain or thundershowers with gusty winds across the country in the 120 hours from 9am Thursday, with moderately heavy falls in places and relief from the mild heat wave over Dhaka, Faridpur, Rangpur, Jashore and Khulna.
EnvironmentHeavy rain, hill run-off and landslides in July 2026 had killed 54 people in seven Bangladeshi districts by 20 July. A meteorologist said the monsoon depression tracked west along the coast, trapping rain clouds over Chattogram division.
EnvironmentOn 10 July 2026 the Bangladesh Meteorological Department said the rain falling across the country could continue for at least one more day, after three days of downpours had already brought floods and landslides to the Chattogram region.
EnvironmentAn unusually high number of kalbaishakhi storms in April 2026 kept Bangladesh free of a prolonged heatwave; on 28 April meteorologist Muhammad Abul Kalam Mallik said temperatures could run above normal after the first week of May, with one or two low-pressure areas likely in the Bay of Bengal.
Bangladesh Meteorological Department data show 3,658 people killed by lightning between 2015 and 2025, with Sunamganj in Sylhet the worst-hit district; meteorologists trace the risk to haor moisture, the hills to the north-east and the collision of dry and humid air masses.
EnvironmentBangladesh Meteorological Department records kept since 1947 put the country's highest temperature at 45.1 degrees Celsius in Rajshahi on 18 May 1972. In April 2026 meteorologists explained why Rajshahi, Chuadanga, Jashore, Bogura and Ishwardi keep topping the list, and why the highest reading is not always the hardest heat to bear.
Less fog and weak north-westerly winds have eased the cold in the second half of January, the Met Office says.
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department's lowest reading is 2.6 degrees Celsius at Tetulia in Panchagarh in January 2018; meteorologists explain why the north freezes first, how pollution thickens the fog, and why the evidence points to shorter winters rather than colder ones.
