Precipitation in Türkiye in January decreased by 52% in comparison with the identical month in 2022 and remained on the lowest stage within the final 22 years, the Turkish State Meteorological Service’s (TSMS) report confirmed Thursday.
According to the data compiled from the TSMS by Anadolu Agency (AA), the typical rainfall for the month of January protecting the interval between 1991-2020 was 69.8 kilograms per sq. meter.
The quantity of precipitation in the identical month final yr was 87.3 kilograms per sq. meter, whereas the measurement for January this yr was 33.2 kilograms, which is the bottom stage within the final 22 years.
Rainfalls in January total in Türkiye have been recorded under the traditional values and under the quantity from final yr. The rainfall dropped by 52% total, and 62% in comparison with the identical interval final yr.
Precipitation all through the areas was additionally under the traditional ranges with the best lower recorded within the southeastern Anatolia area at 74%.
Precipitation was barely above regular within the west of the Çanakkale-Antalya line, whereas it dropped within the jap areas of the nation. The lower price reached over 80% within the Kars, Ardahan, Erzurum, the Eastern Mediterranean, north and south of Central Anatolia, northeast of Eastern Anatolia, and round Şırnak, Mardin and Şanlıurfa.
In January, the best rainfall was in Antalya with 145 kilograms per sq. meter, and the least precipitation was in Kars with 4.7 kilograms per sq. meter. The largest lower in precipitation in comparison with regular was recorded within the central province of Çankırı with 87%, and the best enhance was recorded in southwestern Burdur with 31%.
Number of wet days was 7.3
While the variety of wet days was calculated as 11.7 days on common over an virtually 30-year interval (between 1991-2020), the meteorology service’s report for January pointed to a mean quantity of seven.3 days.
The variety of wet days as three days or much less was recorded in central and jap Anatolia, in addition to in areas round Mardin, Şırnak and Batman. On the opposite hand, the northern Marmara area, the western coast of Izmir and Muğla, in addition to Mediterranean Antalya obtained rainfall for round 10-15 days.
With the lower in precipitation in January throughout Türkiye, drought, which has been gripping the nation for some time now, additionally develop into evident.
According to meteorological drought analyses obtained in quarterly durations, the provinces the place extreme drought, outlined as “extraordinary drought,” confirmed its impact are listed as follows: “The coastal areas of Tekirdağ, Çanakkale and Balıkesir, the coasts of Istanbul, Yalova and Kocaeli, the neighborhood of Düzce, Sakarya, Bilecik, Eskişehir, Kütahya, Afyonkarahisar and Isparta, east of Ankara, Kırıkkale, Kırşehir, Aksaray, Nevşehir, Çankırı, Konya, environment of Karaman, Rize and east of Bayburt and Erzincan, Kars, Muş, Bitlis and Siirt, east of Van, Mersin coasts and internal components of Osmaniye.”
However, following the snowfall over the past month, the degrees in dams that present water for Istanbul, the nation’s most populated metropolis which was dealing with a critical scarcity in provides late in 2022 and in early 2023, has risen this month.
Data offered by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB) and Water and Sewage Administration (ISKI) confirmed that the water stage in dams, which dropped to twenty-eight.75% this yr, rose after a snowfall and reached the extent of 35.08% as of Thursday. According to the info from the 2 establishments, the quantity of precipitation falling into the dams this yr was 99.91 kilograms per sq. meter.
At the identical time, Bursa Metropolitan Municipality urged residents to avoid wasting water after the numerous lower within the water charges of the dams that meet the town’s ingesting water wants.
According to the assertion made by the municipality, the Bursa Water and Sewage Administration has been working to make sure residents have satisfactory entry to water assets. While the water in Nilüfer Dam with an annual capability of 60 million cubic meters, which provides most of Bursa, has utterly run out, the occupancy price of Doğancı Dam with a capability of 40 million cubic meters has decreased to 24%.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
