Cox's Bazar
Bangladesh
Cox's Bazar has warmed by about +1.5 °C since 1981.Its rainy-season rain shows no clear change.It lies in the Bay of Bengal cyclone region.
Temperature
Whole year
Getting warmer
+0.33 °C
every 10 years
Very sure this is a real change
Hot season (March–May): +0.32 °C every 10 years.
Each year Long-term trend Likely range of the trend (95%)
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- Rate (Sen's slope)
- +0.334 °C/decade
- 95% range
- +0.279 to +0.383
- p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
- p < 0.001
- Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
- Yes
- Map square used
- 21.00°N, 93.00°E (113 km from the city)
- Data
- NASA GISTEMP v4 (GISS), 2° grid
Rain
Rainy season (June–September)
No clear change
−43 mm
every 10 years (−1.9% of the usual amount)
Not sure: could be natural ups and downs
Whole year: no clear change.
Each year Long-term trend Likely range of the trend (95%)
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- Rate (Sen's slope)
- −42.8 mm/decade
- 95% range
- −110.9 to +26.2
- p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
- p = 0.21
- Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
- No
- Map square used
- 21.25°N, 91.25°E (81 km from the city)
- Data
- GPCP v2.3 monthly precipitation (NASA GSFC / NOAA), 2.5° grid
Disasters around Cox's Bazar
Floods
14
flood alerts within 150 km since 2000, 4 of them serious or severe.
Most recent: September 2024.
Landslides
38
reported landslides within 100 km (2007–2017), 269 people died.
Deadliest: 46 people died, June 2010.
Fires
79
fires a year seen by satellite nearby in March–May (2003–2024 average).