Table 3 Geographical locations and period of data of the BMD stations
From: Estimation of solar radiation from cloud cover data of Bangladesh
Station name | WMO station no. | LAT. (°N) | LONG. (°E) | Elev. (m) | Period of observations | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Global solar radiation | Sunshine duration | Cloud cover | |||||
Zone 1 | |||||||
Teknaf | 41998 | 20.87 | 92.26 | 4 | – | 1977–2013 | 1977–2013 |
Cox’s Bazar | 41992 | 21.46 | 91.98 | 4 | – | 1961–2013 | 1948–2013 |
Kutubdia | 41989 | 21.83 | 91.84 | 6 | – | 1984–2013 | 1985–2013 |
Khepupara | 41984 | 21.98 | 90.22 | 3 | – | 1988–2013 | 1974–2013 |
Hatiya | 41963 | 22.29 | 91.13 | 4 | – | 1985–2013 | 1966–2013 |
Chittagong | 41978 | 22.34 | 91.79 | 6 | – | 1961–2013 | 1949–2013 |
Patuakhali | 41960 | 22.36 | 90.34 | 3 | – | 1985–2013 | 1973–2013 |
Mongla | 41958 | 22.43 | 89.66 | 4 | – | 2001–2013 | 1991–2013 |
Sandwip | 41964 | 22.5 | 91.46 | 6 | – | 1987–2013 | 1967–2013 |
Sitakunda | 41965 | 22.64 | 91.64 | 4 | – | 1977–2013 | 1977–2013 |
Rangamati | 41966 | 22.67 | 92.2 | 63 | 2005 | 1987–2013 | 1957–2013 |
Satkhira | 41946 | 22.68 | 89.07 | 6 | 2005 | 1984–2013 | 1948–2013 |
Barisal | 41950 | 22.7 | 90.36 | 4 | – | 1967–2013 | 1949–2013 |
Bhola | 41951 | 22.7 | 90.66 | 5 | – | 1981–2013 | 1966–2013 |
Khulna | 41947 | 22.8 | 89.58 | 4 | – | 1984–2013 | 1948–2013 |
Maijdee Court | 41953 | 22.83 | 91.08 | 6 | – | 1985–2013 | 1951–2013 |
Feni | 41943 | 23.01 | 91.37 | 8 | – | 1985–2013 | 1973–2013 |
Madaripur | 41939 | 23.17 | 90.18 | 5 | – | 1988–2013 | 1977–2013 |
Jessore | 41936 | 23.17 | 89.22 | 7 | – | 1967–2013 | 1948–2013 |
Chandpur | 41941 | 23.26 | 90.67 | 7 | – | 1977–2013 | 1964–2013 |
Comilla | 41933 | 23.48 | 91.19 | 10 | – | 1981–2013 | 1948–2013 |
Zone 2 | |||||||
Faridpur | 41929 | 23.61 | 89.84 | 9 | – | 1985–2013 | 1948–2013 |
Chuadanga | 41926 | 23.65 | 88.82 | 0 | 2005 | 2003–2013 | 2001–2013 |
Dhaka | 41923 | 23.78 | 90.39 | 9 | 2003–2005 | 1961–2013 | 1953–2013 |
Ishurdi | 41907 | 24.12 | 89.04 | 14 | – | 1985–2013 | 1961–2013 |
Tangail | 41909 | 24.15 | 89.55 | 10 | – | 1987–2013 | 1987–2013 |
Srimangal | 41915 | 24.29 | 91.73 | 23 | – | 1986–2013 | 1948–2013 |
Rajshahi | 41895 | 24.35 | 88.56 | 20 | – | 1979–2013 | 1964–2013 |
Mymensingh | 41886 | 24.75 | 90.41 | 19 | – | 1979–2013 | 1948–2013 |
Sylhet | 41891 | 24.88 | 91.93 | 35 | – | 1962–2013 | 1956–2013 |
Bogra | 41883 | 24.88 | 89.36 | 20 | 2005 | 1961–2013 | 1948–2013 |
Dinajpur | 41863 | 25.63 | 88.66 | 37 | – | 1989–2013 | 1948–2013 |
Rangpur | 41859 | 25.72 | 89.26 | 34 | – | 1979–2013 | 1954–2013 |
Syedpur | 41858 | 25.75 | 88.92 | 0 | – | 2003–2013 | 1991–2013 |