aceh hit by dry season
Aceh Besar - Monday (21/04/2018), Station of Climatology of Aceh Besar do Climate Press Kaleidoscope 2017 and Forecast Season 2018 drought led by Head of Station of Climatology Aceh Besar Wahyudin, SP. MIKom attended by Head of Agriculture and Food Crops Office of Aceh, Head of Representative of Bank Indonesia of Aceh Province, Vice Rector III Unsyiah, Head of Meteorology Station Sultan Iskandar Muda, Head of Geophysics Station Mata I'e, Head of AIAT of Aceh Province, and Head of BPTPH Aceh Province .
Wahjudi expressed Based on the highest observed air temperature data recorded at 37.2 0C on July 24 and the lowest air temperature recorded at 19.0 0C on October 19 at the location of Meteorological Station Sultan Iskandar Muda Blang Bintang. The average temperature was recorded at 23.4 - 31.3 0C during 2017 in Aceh Province.
On 22 August at the location of the Aceh Besar Climatology Station was recorded minimum humidity of 36% While maximum daily rainfall was recorded at 203.9 mm on 10 September 2017 at the location of the Nagan Raya Station in East Aceh Meteorology. Maximum monthly rainfall of 625.9 mm occurred in January at the location of the Nagari Raya Meteorological Station in East Aceh. The highest wind speed of 30 knots occurred on May 31 and June 22 at the location of East Peureulak.
In addition, Wahjudi's results expressed the evaluation of historical climate data during the period 1981 - 2017. Based on observations data of absolute maximum air temperature recorded at 38.8 0C on September 17, 1996 at the location of Meteorological Station Sultan Iskandar Muda Blang Bintang.
The absolute minimum temperature was recorded at 15.4 0C on October 24, 1982 at the location of Meteorological Station Sultan Iskandar Muda Blang Bintang. Minimum humidity by 29% on August 2, 2016 at the location of Aceh Besar Climatology Station.
Maximum daily rainfall was recorded at 315 mm on January 31, 2008 at the location of the Nagari Raya Meteorological Station in East Aceh. The maximum monthly rainfall of 774.3 mm occurred in August 2001 at the location of the Nagari Raya Aceh Timur Meteorological Station. Maximum annual rainfall of 4656.5 mm in 2010 at Nagari Raya East Aceh Meteorological Station. The highest wind speed of 50 knots occurred on August 25, 1997 and May 26, 2016 at the location of Meteorological Station Cut Ba'u Sabang.
BMKG Station Klimatologi Aceh Besar released that the beginning of the 2018 Dry Season in the Province of Aceh which consists of 5 Zone Season (ZOM) is predicted Early Dry Season varies from January dasarian III to June dasarian III. Compared to the 30-year average (1981 - 2010), the beginning of the 2018 Dry Season is predicted to advance 1 basis from the 2 ZOM average, retreat 2 dasarians from the average of 2 ZOMs, equal to the average of 1 ZOM. Nature of Rain during the Dry Season 2018 in 5 Zone of Season (ZOM) is predicted 1 ZOM has Normal rain property, 3 ZOM has the nature of rain Under Normal, 1 ZOM has the nature of rain Over Normal.
In addition, on the same day also conducted activities Planting Prime Research Results Cooperation BMKG Station Klimatologi Aceh Besar with Agricultural Technology Assessment Institute (BPTP) Aceh Province and LPMP University Syiah Kuala in the field of Research. The study took a topic or study of three commodities, namely Soybean with the topic of research "Test Results Results and Adaptation of Varieties of Soybean Dry Dry Facing Climate Change". The second commodity is Corn with Research Topic "Nutrient Treatment and Climate Influence on Growth and Corn Results", Third Commodity Is Gogo Rice with Research Topics "Test of Rice Varieties of Gogo to Climate" and Research of Mini Hydrology Basin.
On this occasion, Head of the Aceh Besar Great Climatology Station Wahyudin, SP. M.I.Kom. explains "the purpose of research on climate and plant relationships is actually the main task & function of the Climatology Station.
This activity is the first time conducted at the Station Klimatologi Aceh Besar and the first new research activities involving many parties consisting of academics who represented there are researchers from the AIAT researchers, there is a representative of the Government of Aceh as a user of future research results.
In addition, also from Bank Indonesia (BI) which later hopefully can help in implementing agricultural policy especially for inflation-prone commodities and BMKG Station Klimatologi Aceh Besar which has climate data that can be reviewed together.