Sylhet
Bangladesh
Sylhet has warmed by about +1.5 °C since 1981.Its rainy-season rain is falling by about 3% every 10 years.It lies in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta and Northeast India and Myanmar hills regions.
Temperature
Whole year
Getting warmer
+0.35 °C
every 10 years
Very sure this is a real change
Hot season (March–May): +0.33 °C every 10 years.
Each year Long-term trend Likely range of the trend (95%)
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- Rate (Sen's slope)
- +0.352 °C/decade
- 95% range
- +0.294 to +0.409
- p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
- p < 0.001
- Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
- Yes
- Map square used
- 25.00°N, 91.00°E (88 km from the city)
- Data
- NASA GISTEMP v4 (GISS), 2° grid
Rain
Rainy season (June–September)
Getting drier
−47 mm
every 10 years (−2.7% of the usual amount)
Very sure this is a real change
Whole year: −87 mm every 10 years.
Each year Long-term trend Likely range of the trend (95%)
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- Rate (Sen's slope)
- −47.4 mm/decade
- 95% range
- −73.7 to −17.3
- p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
- p < 0.001
- Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
- Yes
- Map square used
- 23.75°N, 91.25°E (142 km from the city)
- Data
- GPCP v2.3 monthly precipitation (NASA GSFC / NOAA), 2.5° grid
Disasters around Sylhet
Floods
16
flood alerts within 150 km since 2000, 5 of them serious or severe.
Most recent: June 2024.
Landslides
49
reported landslides within 100 km (2007–2017), 86 people died.
Deadliest: 8 people died, September 2014.
Fires
25
fires a year seen by satellite nearby in March–May (2003–2024 average).