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  2. List of weather records - Wikipedia

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    Highest temperature with 100% relative humidity: A temperature of 34 °C (93 °F) ... Sri Lanka: −2.6 °C (27.3 °F) Nuwara Eliya: 14 January 1929 [240]

  3. Monsoon of South Asia - Wikipedia

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    Because of its effect on agriculture, on flora and fauna, and on the climates of nations such as Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka – among other economic, social, and environmental effects – the monsoon is one of the most anticipated, tracked, [3] and studied weather phenomena in the region. It has a significant ...

  4. Climate of Asia - Wikipedia

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    The Southern sections of Asia are mild to hot, while far northeastern areas such as Siberia are very cold, and East Asia has a temperate climate. The highest temperature recorded in Asia was 54 °C (at Ahvaz Airport, Iran on June 29, 2017, and at Tirat Zvi, Israel on June 21, 1942).

  5. Climate of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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  6. 2023 Asia heat wave - Wikipedia

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    On 17 April, Sri Lanka's Department of Meteorology warned that the temperature was expected to increase to "caution level" in the Eastern, North Central and North Western provinces and the Hambantota, Kilinochchi, Mannar, Monaragala, Mullaitivu and Vavuniya districts. [27] As of 27 April, the temperature in the country was 39–40 °C (102 ...

  7. Climate change in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Visualisation of average annual temperature anomaly in Sri Lanka, 1901 to 2020. Climate change is an important issue in Sri Lanka , and its effects threaten to impact both human and natural systems. Roughly 50 percent of its 22 million citizens live in low-lying coastal areas in the west, south, and south-west of the island, and are at risk of ...

  8. Environment of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    The Loris, found only in Sri Lanka and South India, is related to the Lemurs of Madagascar. The connection to India led to a commonality of species, e.g. freshwater fish, the now extinct Sri Lankan Gaur (Bibos sinhaleyus) and the Sri Lankan Lion (Panthera leo sinhaleyus). [5] The island was connected, off and on at least 17 times in the past ...

  9. Tropical monsoon climate - Wikipedia

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    Worldwide zones of tropical monsoon climate (Am). An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a tropical climate subtype that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category Am.