The ongoing severe heat wave is likely to continue in four districts and mild to moderate heat wave in parts of the country, a Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) release said on Tuesday.
Severe heat wave is sweeping over the regions of Rajshahi, Pabna, Jashore and Chuadanga, also mild to moderate heat wave is sweeping over Dhaka division and remaining part of Rajshahi and Khulna divisions and the regions of Barishal, Patuakhali, Dinajpur, Nilphamari and Rangamati and it may continue, said a weather bulletin issued for the next 24 hours commencing at 9am.
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is also likely to occur at one or two places over Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions. Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country.
However, day and night temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country.
Country's maximum temperature on Monday was recorded 41.0 degrees Celsius jointly at Rajshahi, Ishurdi and Chuadanga and today's minimum temperature was 20.6 degrees Celsius at Sylhet.
The highest rainfall in the last 24 hours as of 6 am today was recorded 18 millimetres (mm) at Sylhet.
The sun sets at 6.25 pm Tuesday and rises at 5.27am Wednesday in the capital.
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