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Indonesia sees hottest April in 40 years
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April was the hottest month year-on-year in Indonesia.
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JAKARTA - April was the hottest month year-on-year in Indonesia as the country’s weather agency recorded an increase of nearly 1 deg C, the highest temperature anomaly observed in any April of the past four decades.
The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) recorded an increase of 0.89 deg C for April’s average temperature compared with the last three decades, from 26.9 deg C on average between 1991 and 2020 to 27.7 deg C in 2024.
