Weather reaches record temperature

Sat, 16 Oct 2004, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

SEMARANG: The hottest day in 30 years was recorded in Semarang on
Friday, with the temperature reaching 38.4 degrees Celsius.

The last time Semarang residents experienced hot weather was
in 1973, when the temperature reached 38.7 Celsius, far from
normal temperature of 25 Celsius.

Chief of Semarang Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG)
Widada Sulistya explained on Friday that the hot weather was
caused by the position of the sun, which is closest to Semarang
city in the dry season this year. -- JP

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