Bangladesh Water Development Board

Bangladesh Water Development Board
RAINFALL IN BANGLADESH
YEAR: 2017 & 2018.
December 2019
Surface Water Processing Branch

BWDB, 72 Green Road, Dhaka.
Summary of Rainfall in Bangladesh for the period of 2017 & 2018.
Bangladesh Water Development Board
SUMMARY OF RAINFALL
IN BANGLADESH FOR THE YEAR 2017 & 2018.
December 2019
Prepared & Published by:

BWDB, 72 Green Road, Dhaka.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I express my heartfelt gratitude to Almighty Allah Who has given me the opportunity to
complete this report.
I express my honour and gratitude to Engr. Md. Saiful Hossain, Superintending Engineer,
Processing and Flood Forecasting Circle, BWDB, Dhaka for his support and guidance, which
helped a lot to prepare this report. I gratefully acknowledge to Engr. A. K. Manzur Hasan, Chief
Engineer, Hydrology, BWDB, Dhaka, for his kind strong support.
I would like to express my thanks to Mr. Md. Mohiduddin Ahmed, System Analysis, PFFC,
BWDB, Dhaka to support of rainfall data from BWDB archive.
I would like to express my thanks to my colleague Mr. Md Mohasin, Sub-assistant

Engineer, SWPB of BWDB for his co-operation of data analysis & checking.
A word of thanks is also extended to all my colleague who have helped me in many ways,
for all their support and encouragement. Thanks are also due to all the respondents and
concerned authorities for cooperating in the collection of the data.
I would like to give thanks to all Officers and Staffs of Surface Water Processing Branch,
BWDB and all of them who actively participated in producing this report. Furthermore, I hope
that this attempt will encourage Engineers of BWDB and all other users, which will be
meaningful for BWDB. Finally all are requested to come up with valuable suggestions for
further improvement.
B. M. Abdul Momin
Executive Engineer
ID-771229001
BWDB, Green Road, Dhaka.
swpb.bwdb@gmail.com
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Preface
BWDB’s Hydrology has now an operational network of Hydro-Geological Stations covering

Surface Water, Ground water, River Morphology and Processing and Flood Forecasting Circle.
All these activities are organized by three Circles and one Directorate under Chief Engineer,
Hydrology, BWDB, Dhaka. Processing and Flood Forecasting Circle, BWDB, Dhaka is one of
those three circles. This circle has five Divisions headed by four Executive Engineers & one
Deputy Director.
Surface Water Processing Branch is one of the branch/Division under Processing and Flood
Forecasting Circle which is receiving Surface water related data from different Hydrological
field offices. After getting the hard copy of data, this branch is responsible for data entry &
archiving the all soft data in the data base server.
Quality control of data, validation and archiving the data along with additional Secondary
information for different user groups is vital responsibility of the Processing Branch of
Hydrology. Simultaneously it has been felt to conduct research work to assess some trend
analysis on the changes of the Surface Water Hydrology of Bangladesh. As such the Surface
Water Processing Branch has taken initiative in this context which will continue in future.
This report “Summary of Rainfall in Bangladesh for the preiod 2017 & 2018” is an attempt
to find out the Quantity of Rainfall in Bangladesh for last two year’s rainfall.
B. M. Abdul Momin
Executive Engineer
ID-771229001
BWDB, Green Road, Dhaka.
swpb.bwdb@gmail.com
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Executive Summary
The principal purpose of this report is to find out variation of rainfall volume in various
districts in Bangladesh for the period of 2017 & 2018. It has been found that on maximum
rainfall occurs during year 2017 at Sylhet district (7377.30mm) & Cox’s Bazar district
(5142.85mm) during year 2018. Lowest rainfall was observed during 2017 at Chapai Nawabganj
district (1328.53mm) & Kustia District (911.45mm) during the year 2018.
The average annual rainfall varies from approximately1329mm to 7378mm in 2017 and 911mm
to 5143mm in 2018. The average annual rainfall in 2017 is 2656mm and in 2018 it is 1796mm.
Total rainfall volume is 409533.58 Mm3 and 272274.64 Mm3 in 2017 & 2018 respectively.
The seasonal variation of total rainfall varies from 64% to 66% in monsoon, in Post monsoon
5% to 11%, in Winter 1% to 2% and in summer 22% to 29% of the total annual rainfall.
Acronyms
BWDB Bangladesh Water Development Board
GW Ground Water
MAFt Million Acre Feet
Mm3 Million Meter Cube.
PFFC Processing and Flood Forecasting Circle
PWD Public Works Department
RMPB River Morphology Processing Branch
SW Surface Water
SWPB Surface Water Processing Branch
TWL Tidal Water Level
WARPO Water Resource Planning Organization
mm Millimetre.
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary v
Acronyms v
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
1.1 Background 1
1.2 Required Data 1
1.3 Sources of Data 1
1.4 Rainfall Stations 2
Chapter 2 Estimation of Rainfall 3
2.1 Rainfall of Bangladesh 3
2.2 Rainfall Volume and Statistics 5
2.3 Rainfall Volume for the year 2017 & 2018. 7
Chapter 3 Seasonal Rainfall 8
3.1 Seasonal Variation of rainfall 8
Chapter 4 Findings and Discussions 13
4.1 Summary of Rainfall Resources : 13
4.2 Conclusion 18
References 18
Appendix1 List of Raifall staion and ID 19-23
LIST OF TABLES
Table No Description Page
Table 1.1 Hydrological Network of BWDB 1
Table 2.1: Rainfall Volume in 64 Districts of Bangladesh for the year 2017 & 2018. 6-7
Table:3.1 Average Seasonal variation of Rainfall during 2017 (District wise) 9-10
Table: 3.2: Average Seasonal variation of Rainfall during 2018 (District wise) 10-12
LIST OF FIGURE
Figure No Description Page
Figure 1.1 Map showing BWDB’s Rainfall Stations. 2

Figure 2.1 Average Climate of Bangladesh 4
Figure 4.1a to 4.1b: District wise annual rainfall of 2017 13
Figure 4.2a to 4.2b: District wise annual rainfall of 2018 14
Figure 4.3a to 4.3b District wise annual rainfall of 2017 and 2018 15
Figure 4.4 Monthly rainfall of 2017 16
Figure 4.5 Monthly rainfall of 2018 16
Figure 4.6 Seasonal variation rainfall of 2017 17
Figure 4.7 Seasonal variation rainfall of 2018 17
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Chapter 1
Introduction
1.1 Background
Surface Water Processing Branch do entry, process & send data to the data base server after
receiving all data collected by field hydrological divisions. After receiving data from field
offices check validation and published report is also a major activity of processing branch. Due
to manpower shortage, there is a long gap to publish such type of report. In this study we
analyzed rainfall data for the year 2017 & 2018 and findings are discussed in this report.
1.2 Required Data

Water occurs on the earth in all its three stages, viz, liquid, solid, & gaseous and in various
degree of motion. Most of the water in our country comes through the cross boundary rivers and
another major portion of water comes from rainfall. In this study Rainfall data for the year 2017
& 2018 are analysed.
1.3 Sources of Data

Field offices under Chief Engineer, Hydrology of Bangladesh Water Development Board
(BWDB) collect, process and store the Hydrological Data of Bangladesh. BWDB maintains a
strong hydrologic network throughout the country for the collection of different hydrological
data. Details of these networks are shown in the flowing table:
SL Database Type Code Data Type Name Remarks
1 SW NTWL Non-Tidal SW Level
2 SW TDWL Tidal SW Level
3 SW NTQ Non Tidal Observed Discharge
4 SW TDQ Tidal Observed Discharge
5 SW SWQ Surface Water Quality
6 SW SA Salinity
7 RM CS River Cross Section
8 RM SED Sediment
9 CL RF Rainfall
10 CL CL Climatology
11 CL EV Evaporation
12 GW GT Weekly GW Table
13 GW GT Daily Daily GW Table
14 GW GQ GW Quality
Source: BWDB Database
Table 1.1: Hydrological Network of BWDB
Rainfall and Evaporation data are collected on daily basis. Data collected from the fields are
processed and stored in the database maintained by Processing Circle of BWDB. All the data
used in this study are extracted from central database of BWDB.
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1.4 Rainfall Stations

In this study there are total 243 rainfall stations situated in 64 districts of Bangladesh, which
are shown in the flowing map (Station name & ID shown in Appendix):
Source : BWDB Database
Figure 1.1 : Map showing BWDB’s Rainfall Stations.

Chapter 2
Estimation of Rainfall
2.1 Rainfall of Bangladesh
Bangladesh extends from N20°34' to N26°38' latitude and from E88°01' to E92°41'
longitude which lies in the tropical monsoon region and the climate is characterised by high
temperature, heavy rainfall, often excessive humidity, and fairly marked seasonal variations.
Bangladesh enjoys generally a sub-tropical monsoon climate. While there are six seasons in a
year, three namely, winter, summer and monsoon are prominent. Winter, which is quite pleasant,
begins in November and ends in February. The summer starts from March and extended up to
May. Monsoon starts in June and stays up to September.
In winter there is not usually much fluctuation in temperature which ranges from minimum
of 50-120 Celsius to maximum of 220-310 Celsius. The maximum temperature recorded in
summer season usually is 360 Celsius, However in some places this occasionally raises up to 410
Celsius or more. Monsoon period accounts for 80% of the total annual rainfall. The average
annual rainfall varies from 2100 to 5100 millimetre. The maximum rainfall is recorded in the
coastal areas of Chittagong and northern part of Sylhet district, while the minimum is observed
in the western and northern parts of the country. Cyclonic storms with wind velocity of more
than 120 km/hr occur with the advent of the monsoon season. These are particularly severe just
before and after the monsoon, in May and October; winds of over 160 km/hr velocity, heavy
downs pour and tidal surges of over 6 m above the normal level have brought devastation to life
and property more than once in the recent past. Maximum evaporation in Bangladesh occurs
during the summer (March-May), the highest evaporation generally occurs during April. The
mean monthly evaporation varies from 51 mm in winter to 183 mm in summer. The rate of
evaporation in the eastern part is generally lower than in the western and north-western parts.
Humidity ranges between 60% in the dry season and 98% during the monsoon.
South-eastern zone (A): It comprises the Chittagong sub-region and a strip of land extending
from southwest Sundarbans to the south of Comilla. The hills over 300m in height have south-
eastern zone climate. The rest of the area has a small range of temperature, rarely goes over a
mean of 32°C and below a mean of 13°C. Rainfall is heavy, usually over 2,540 mm. In winter
dew fall is heavy.
North-eastern zone (B): This zone includes most of eastern and southern part of Sylhet
division and a wedge shaped strip south of the Meghalaya Plateau.

Figure 2.1: Average Climate of Bangladesh
Here, mean maximum temperature is rarely above 32°C but mean minimum is 10°C and
below. Average humidity is even more than in south-eastern zone.

In this zone winter rain is appreciable. Fog is very common in winter. This is the cloudiest
part of Bangladesh. The higher hills and mountains of the Chittagong sub-region can also be
classified under this zone.
Northern part of the northern region (C): This is an area of extremes. In summer the mean
maximum temperature is well above 32°C whereas in winter the mean minimum is below 10°C.
The summer is dry, with a scorching westerly wind, but the rainy season is very wet, with
2000mm to 3000 mm of rainfall.
North-western (D): Except that the extremes are less and the rainfall is lower, this zone is
similar to northern part of the northern region. The lower rainfall makes this area both
atmospherically and ped logically drier.
Western zone (E): It comprises greater Rajshahi district and parts of adjacent districts. This
is the driest area in Bangladesh with rainfall generally below 1,500 mm and summer humidity
less than 50%. In summer, it is the hottest and driest of all climatic zones. Mean summer
maximum temperature is over 35°C.
South-western zone (F): Here the extremes of the zones to the north are somewhat
tempered. Rainfall is varies from 1,500 mm to 1,800 mm. Mean summer maximum temperature
is below 35°C. Dew-fall is heavier than in Western zone.
South-central zone (G): In this zone rainfall is abundant, being above 1,900 mm. The range
of temperature is, as can be expected, much less than to the west, but somewhat more than in
South-eastern zone. This is a transitory zone between the South-eastern, North-western and
South-western zones and most of the severe hail storms, nor'westers and tornadoes are recorded
in this area.
2.2 Rainfall Volume and Statistics

Monthly Rainfall Volume has been estimated all the available rainfall data in BWDB for the
year of 2017 & 2018. The rainfall volume has been calculated as the product of annual average
rainfall and the district area, then presented it in Million m3. It has been found that on average
maximum rainfall occurs during the year 2017 at Sylhet & Cox’s Bazar district and during the
year 2018 at Cox’s Bazar & Sunamganj District.

Lowest rainfall was observed during the year 2017 at Chapai Nawabganj & Kustia District
and year 2018 at Kustia & Gaibandha District. Total rainfall volume during 2017 & 2018 has
been presented in the flowing table.
Table 2.1: Rainfall Volume in 64 Districts of Bangladesh for the year 2017 & 2018.
Annual Annual
District Rainfall Rainfall
avg. avg.
Sl. District Area Volume'2017 Volume'2018 Remarks
RL'2017 RL'2018
(km2) (Million m3) (Million m3)
(mm) (mm)
1 Bagerhat 3960 2369 1612 9380.94 6381.74
2 Bandarban 4480 4322 2925 19360.69 13102.06
3 Barguna 1832 3024 1935 5539.78 3544.00
4 Barisal 2790 2174 1941 6066.65 5415.81
5 Bhola 3403 3902 2192 13279.64 7458.92
6 Bogra 2920 1884 1410 5500.62 4116.25
7 Brahmanbaria 1927 2446 1650 4714.05 3178.84
8 Chandpur 1704 2725 1810 4643.31 3084.15
9 Chittagong 5285 3662 2731 19353.28 14434.27
10 Chuadanga 1158 1672 1246 1936.48 1442.68
11 Comilla 3084 3294 1918 10157.55 5916.39
12 Cox's Bazar 2492 6378 5143 15893.37 12815.98
13 Dhaka 1464 2489 1595 3643.97 2334.35
14 Dinajpur 3439 1898 1338 6525.74 4602.46
15 Faridpur 2072 1934 1263 4006.73 2616.68
16 Feni 1125 3025 2055 3402.56 2311.35
17 Gaibandha 2179 1910 1037 4162.91 2260.64
18 Gazipur 1741 2317 1474 4034.13 2565.42
19 Gopalganj 1490 2300 1545 3427.00 2301.31
20 Habiganj 2636 2959 2135 7800.58 5628.45
21 Jamalpur 2032 1817 1174 3691.20 2385.77
22 Jessore 2567 2030 1530 5211.52 3927.90
23 Jhalokathi 758 2838 1849 2151.20 1401.54
24 Jhenaidah 1961 1986 1374 3894.31 2694.95
25 Joypurhat 965 1762 1576 1700.72 1520.74
26 Khagrachhari 2699 3202 2349 8641.48 6340.22
27 Khulna 4317 2473 1423 10674.39 6141.36
28 Kishoreganj 2689 2347 1289 6311.33 3467.04
29 Kurigram 2296 2201 1425 5054.41 3272.26
30 Kushtia 1620 1489 911 2412.34 1476.55
31 Lakshmipur 1456 4004 2753 5829.19 4008.42
32 Lalmonirhat 1242 1835 1476 2279.32 1833.65
33 Madaripur 1145 2143 1659 2453.74 1899.21
34 Magura 1049 1666 1301 1747.76 1364.33
35 Manikganj 1378 2115 1558 2914.88 2146.58
36 Meherpur 716 2421 1857 1733.34 1329.42
37 Moulvi Bazar 2799 2779 1641 7778.42 4593.16
38 Munshiganj 955 4239 2165 4048.25 2067.85
39 Mymensingh 4362 2473 1592 10785.56 6945.92
40 Naogaon 3640 1496 1132 5446.67 4121.12

Annual Annual
District Rainfall Rainfall
avg. avg.
Sl. District Area Volume'2017 Volume'2018 Remarks
RL'2017 RL'2018
(km2) (Million m3) (Million m3)
(mm) (mm)
41 Narail 917 1576 1123 1445.19 1029.79
42 Narayanganj 759 2104 1846 1596.94 1401.11
43 Narsingdi 1141 2411 1620 2750.51 1848.71
44 Natore 1895 2180 1360 4131.67 2578.03
45 Nawabganj 1702 1329 1158 2261.15 1970.70
46 Netrokona 2810 3040 2588 8541.89 7271.94
47 Nilphamari 1642 2467 1943 4051.42 3190.57
48 Noakhali 3601 4107 2456 14788.33 8844.34
49 Pabna 2371 2043 1112 4844.11 2637.47
50 Panchagarh 1404 2433 2081 3416.61 2922.20
51 Patuakhali 3205 2541 2025 8144.39 6488.76
52 Pirojpur 1308 2053 1618 2684.93 2116.01
53 Rajbari 1119 4837 2963 5412.49 3315.71
54 Rajshahi 2407 1516 1211 3648.13 2915.72
55 Rangamati 6116 1968 1328 12033.23 8118.99
56 Rangpur 2308 2880 1593 6646.29 3676.44
57 Satkhira 3858 1767 1255 6817.99 4839.86
58 Shariatpur 1182 2586 2293 3056.65 2710.33
59 Sherpur 1364 3030 1814 4132.87 2474.21
60 Sirajganj 2498 2803 1063 7002.44 2654.72
61 Sunamganj 3670 5413 3292 19864.24 12079.87
62 Sylhet 3489 7377 3244 25739.40 11316.57
63 Tangail 3414 1590 1290 5426.98 4403.63
64 Thakurgaon 1809 1938 1669 3505.93 3019.22
Total = 147816 409533.58 272274.64
(km2) Million m3 Million m3
2.3 Rainfall Volume for the year 2017 & 2018.

Annual average Rainfall in the country during the year 2017 is 2656 mm, which is
equivalent to a depth of 2.77m. Annual average Rainfall in the country during the year 2018 is
1796 mm, which is equivalent to a depth of 1.84m.

Chapter 3
Seasonal Rainfall
Hydrological parameters show different values in different season. Specially rainfall volume
changes abruptly in different seasons in Bangladesh. For calculating Seasonal variation of the
year 2017 & 2018, we consider the Hydrological calendar of BWDB which are as bellows :
Summer - March, April and May

Monsoon - June, July, August and September.
Post-Monsoon - October and November.
Winter - December, January and February.
3.1 Seasonal Variation of rainfall

The calculated values of Seasonal & annual average rainfall (mm) distribution of 64
Districts and monthly & annual total rainfall (mm) in the year 2017 & 2018 are shown in the
following Table : 3.1 & 3.2.
Table:3.1:Average Seasonal variation of Rainfall during 2017 (District wise)
SL District Summer Monsoon Post Winter Annual

(mm) (mm) Monsoon (mm) Average
(mm) (mm)
1 Bagerhat 418 1566 312 74 2370
2 Bandarban 846 3219 233 24 4322
3 Barguna 290 2210 476 48 3024
4 Barisal 382 1330 390 72 2174
5 Bhola 696 2780 373 53 3902
6 Bogra 457 1158 260 8 1883
7 Brahmanbar 524 1533 308 81 2446
ia
8 Chandpur 655 1730 228 112 2725
9 Chittagong 641 2806 191 23 3661
10 Chuadanga 315 999 284 74 1672
11 Comilla 825 1966 381 121 3293
12 Cox's Bazar 879 5052 402 45 6378
13 Dhaka 515 1615 320 40 2490
14 Dinajpur 483 1274 135 5 1897
15 Faridpur 355 1233 320 26 1934
16 Feni 716 1854 351 104 3025
17 Gaibandha 541 1121 248 0 1910
18 Gazipur 364 1558 335 60 2317


(mm) (mm)
19 Gopalganj 381 1563 343 14 2301
20 Habiganj 1040 1517 298 104 2959
21 Jamalpur 558 1005 243 12 1818
22 Jessore 318 1327 335 51 2031
23 Jhalokathi 484 1858 400 96 2838
24 Jhenaidah 302 1366 277 41 1986
25 Joypurhat 447 1078 233 5 1763
26 Khagrachha 535 2482 152 34 3203
ri
27 Khulna 536 1378 525 35 2474
28 Kishoreganj 600 1412 269 66 2347
29 Kurigram 792 1195 215 0 2202
30 Kushtia 285 994 201 10 1490
31 Lakshmipur 852 2676 380 96 4004
32 Lalmonirhat 542 1129 162 2 1835
33 Madaripur 474 1218 411 40 2143
34 Magura 254 1133 263 17 1667
35 Manikganj 442 1307 323 44 2116
36 Meherpur 453 1673 251 44 2421
37 Moulvi 977 1430 279 94 2780
Bazar
38 Munshiganj 1562 2321 339 17 4239
39 Mymensing 586 1587 267 33 2473
h
40 Naogaon 339 950 198 9 1496
41 Narail 272 1088 189 27 1576
42 Narayanganj 525 1232 292 55 2104
43 Narsingdi 631 1486 272 21 2410
44 Natore 460 1430 261 29 2180
45 Nawabganj 206 952 158 13 1329
46 Netrokona 782 2037 201 20 3040
47 Nilphamari 471 1852 144 0 2467
48 Noakhali 858 2777 373 99 4107
49 Pabna 418 1285 300 39 2042
50 Panchagarh 473 1814 145 2 2434
51 Patuakhali 385 1657 442 57 2541
52 Pirojpur 303 1303 385 62 2053
53 Rajbari 1404 3057 375 0 4836
54 Rajshahi 276 1018 201 20 1515
55 Rangamati 339 1470 124 35 1968


(mm) (mm)
56 Rangpur 938 1688 212 42 2880
57 Satkhira 169 1249 312 38 1768
58 Shariatpur 613 1595 336 41 2585
59 Sherpur 885 1830 294 22 3031
60 Sirajganj 720 1748 323 12 2803
61 Sunamganj 1428 3604 326 55 5413
62 Sylhet 2282 4433 457 206 7378
63 Tangail 355 973 237 25 1590
64 Thakurgaon 207 1605 123 2 1937
Annual Average 595 1731 287 43 2656
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Table:3.2:Average Seasonal variation of Rainfall during 2018 (District wise)

(mm) (mm)
1 Bagerhat 315 1203 93 1 1612
2 Bandarban 305 2299 307 14 2925
3 Barguna 358 1397 179 0 1935
4 Barisal 379 1437 122 3 1941
5 Bhola 416 1690 84 1 2192
6 Bogra 464 858 61 27 1410
7 Brahmanbar 709 845 64 31 1650
ia
8 Chandpur 690 1035 79 7 1810
9 Chittagong 442 2039 238 11 2731
10 Chuadanga 304 820 82 40 1246
11 Comilla 787 1044 70 18 1918
12 Cox's Bazar 611 3722 788 21 5143
13 Dhaka 664 850 54 27 1595
14 Dinajpur 368 923 34 13 1338
15 Faridpur 468 715 70 10 1263
16 Feni 616 1348 87 3 2055
17 Gaibandha 351 672 12 2 1037
18 Gazipur 505 788 148 33 1474
19 Gopalganj 617 904 21 3 1545
20 Habiganj 931 1066 81 58 2135
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(mm) (mm)
21 Jamalpur 529 583 42 20 1174
22 Jessore 361 1103 60 7 1530
23 Jhalokathi 495 1146 192 16 1849
24 Jhenaidah 360 918 67 29 1374
25 Joypurhat 485 1046 28 17 1576
26 Khagrachha 698 1565 82 4 2349
ri
27 Khulna 297 1075 50 0 1423
28 Kishoreganj 606 589 71 23 1289
29 Kurigram 525 742 153 4 1425
30 Kushtia 105 596 177 34 911
31 Lakshmipur 643 1986 125 0 2753
32 Lalmonirhat 324 1142 6 5 1476
33 Madaripur 541 1056 56 7 1659
34 Magura 457 770 64 9 1301
35 Manikganj 623 867 55 13 1558
36 Meherpur 451 1261 122 23 1857
37 Moulvi 772 671 125 74 1641
Bazar
38 Munshiganj 830 1218 112 5 2165
39 Mymensing 636 872 70 15 1592
h
40 Naogaon 357 714 35 27 1132
41 Narail 321 765 37 0 1123
42 Narayanganj 786 961 86 13 1846
43 Narsingdi 761 667 159 34 1620
44 Natore 479 754 72 55 1360
45 Nawabganj 290 770 69 29 1158
46 Netrokona 739 1708 125 15 2588
47 Nilphamari 369 1556 15 4 1943
48 Noakhali 586 1759 107 5 2456
49 Pabna 365 602 114 32 1112
50 Panchagarh 442 1629 7 3 2081
51 Patuakhali 361 1483 180 0 2025
52 Pirojpur 360 1130 128 1 1618
53 Rajbari 908 1764 215 76 2963
54 Rajshahi 337 751 95 30 1211
55 Rangamati 190 1053 85 0 1328
56 Rangpur 564 954 56 20 1593
57 Satkhira 250 909 93 4 1255


(mm) (mm)
58 Shariatpur 803 1295 165 31 2293
59 Sherpur 740 991 61 23 1814
60 Sirajganj 386 549 86 42 1063
61 Sunamganj 728 2457 93 14 3292
62 Sylhet 863 2158 179 45 3244
63 Tangail 594 606 49 42 1290
64 Thakurgaon 377 1267 16 9 1669
Annual Average 515 1158 104 18 1796
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Table: 3.2: Average Seasonal variation of Rainfall during 2018 (District wise)

Chapter 4
Findings and Discussions
4.1 Summary of Rainfall Resources :
From the observed data of all 243 rainfall stations all over the Bangladesh it is found that
minimum monthly rainfall occurred is 0 mm most of the days in January, February and a few
days in month of November & December in 2017. Also minimum monthly rainfall occurred is 0
mm most of the days in January & February and a few days in month of March, November &
December in 2018.
District wise (32 District) Annual Rainfall Graph during the year 2017.
8000
7000
6000
Rainfall in mm
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
0
Khulna
Habiganj
Jhalokathi
Bandarban
Khagrachhari
Kurigram
Chittagong
Gazipur
Dinajpur
Barisal
Cox's Bazar
Faridpur
Feni
Gopalganj
Lalmonirhat
Bagerhat
Gaibandha
Jamalpur
Kushtia
Lakshmipur
Bhola
Bogra
Brahmanbaria
Chandpur
Jhenaidah
Barguna
Chuadanga
Dhaka
Jessore
Joypurhat
Kishoreganj
Comilla
District Name
Figure 4.1a: District wise annual rainfall of 2017
8000
7000
Rainfall in mm
6000
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
0
Narayanganj
Noakhali
Narsingdi
Natore
Nilphamari
Rajbari
Manikganj
Patuakhali
Madaripur
Magura
Nawabganj
Pirojpur
Shariatpur
Sunamganj
Panchagarh
Moulvi Bazar
Mymensingh
Narail
Netrokona
Munshiganj
Pabna
Rajshahi
Sherpur
Sirajganj
Sylhet
Rangpur
Satkhira
Naogaon
Rangamati
Meherpur
Tangail
District Name
Figure 4.1b: District wise annual rainfall of 2017

The Maximum monthly rainfall occurred is 2683mm (Companygonj Bholagonj, Sylhet,

CL102) in August,17 and 1743.3mm (Kutudia, Coxbazr, CL316) in Jun,18 respectively. The
minimum yearly total rainfall is 442.40mm (Raigonj, Sirajgong, CL29) & 24.6 mm (Sujanagr,
Pabna, CL38) in 2017& 2018 respectively. The Maximum yearly rainfall is 10696mm
(Companygonj Bholagonj, Sylhet, CL102) & 5281.6mm (Kutudia, Coxbazr, CL316) in 2017&
2018 respectively.
6000
5500
5000
4500
Rainfall in mm
4000
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
Gopalganj
Habiganj
Khulna
Jhalokathi
Bandarban
Lalmonirhat
Bhola
Brahmanbaria
Chandpur
Khagrachhari
Jhenaidah
Chittagong
Kurigram
Dinajpur
Barisal
Cox's Bazar
Faridpur
Kishoreganj
Bagerhat
Feni
Gaibandha
Jamalpur
Kushtia
Lakshmipur
Bogra
Comilla
Barguna
Chuadanga
Dhaka
Gazipur
Jessore
Joypurhat
District Name
Figure 4.2a: District wise annual rainfall of 2018
6000
5500
5000
4500
Rainfall in mm
4000
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
Rajbari
Manikganj
Narayanganj
Patuakhali
Magura
Shariatpur
Sunamganj
Narail
Pabna
Sherpur
Sirajganj
Munshiganj
Rangpur
Narsingdi
Natore
Naogaon
Nilphamari
Madaripur
Nawabganj
Panchagarh
Pirojpur
Rangamati
Lalmonirhat
Mymensingh
Sylhet
Moulvi Bazar
Netrokona
Noakhali
Rajshahi
Meherpur
Tangail
Satkhira
District Name
Figure 4.2b: District wise annual rainfall of 2018

After analysis of observed data it is found that Maximum yearly rainfall occurred is
7377.30mm (Sylhet district) and minimum yearly rainfall is 1328.53mm (Nawangonj district)
in 2017. The Maximum yearly rainfall is 5142.85mm (Cox bazar district) and minimum yearly
rainfall is 911.45mm (Kustia district) in 2018.
District wise annual Rainfall in the year 2017 & 2018.

7000.00
Rainfall'2017 Rainfall'2018
6000.00
5000.00
Rainfall in mm
4000.00
3000.00
2000.00
1000.00
0.00
Dinajpur
Faridpur
Gaibandha
Chandpur
Barguna
Joypurhat
Chittagong
Chuadanga
Dhaka
Kurigram
Barisal
Khulna
Kishoreganj
Bagerhat
Bandarban
Feni
Gopalganj
Habiganj
Jhalokathi
Lalmonirhat
Jamalpur
Kushtia
Lakshmipur
Bhola
Bogra
Brahmanbaria
Comilla
Khagrachhari
Gazipur
Jhenaidah
Jessore
Cox's Bazar
District Name
Figure 4.3a: District wise annual rainfall of 2017 and 2018
District wise annua Rainfall in the year 2017 & 2018.

7000.00
Rainfall'2017 Rainfall'2018
6000.00
5000.00
Rainfall in mm
4000.00
3000.00
2000.00
1000.00
0.00
Narsingdi
Natore
Narayanganj
Nilphamari
Patuakhali
Madaripur
Nawabganj
Pirojpur
Lalmonirhat
Panchagarh
Netrokona
Noakhali
Sylhet
Pabna
Rajshahi
Satkhira
Rajbari
Manikganj
Shariotpur
Magura
Rangamati
Sunamganj
Mymensingh
Moulvi Bazar
Narail
Sherpur
Sirajganj
Meherpur
Munshiganj
Tangail
Rangpur
Naogaon
District Name
Figure 4.3b: District wise annual rainfall of 2017 and 2018

Monthly Rainfall Year'2017

40000
35000
Rainfall in mm
30000
25000
20000
15000
10000
5000
0
January
April
October
June
March
May
August
February
July
November
September
December
Name of Month
Figure 4.4: Monthly rainfall of 2017
Monthly Rainfall Year'2018.

30000
25000
Rainfall in mm
20000
15000
10000
5000
0
April
October
June
January
November
March
May
September
February
July
August
December
Name of Month.
Figure 4.5: Monthly rainfall of 2018
The monthly total rainfall varies from 21mm to 37177mm, minimum rainfall occurred 21 mm in
January and maximum rainfall is 36763mm in July for 2017. In 2018 it is varies from 41mm to
26274mm, minimum rainfall occurred 41 mm in January and maximum rainfall is 26747mm in
July.

Seasonal Variation of Rainfall 2017 (%)
1.62%
10.78%
22.37%
65.23%
Summer Monsoon Post Monsoon Winter
Figure4.6
ure4.6: Seasonal variation rainfall of 2017
Seasonal Variation of Rainfall 2018 (%)

5.76% 1.02%
28.58%
64.64%
Summer Monsoon Post Monsoon Winter
Figure4.7
ure4.7 : Seasonal variation rainfall of 2018
The average annual rainfall in 2017 is 2656mm 65.23% occurred in monsoon (June to
September) and in 2018 it is 1796
1796mm 64.64% occurred in monsoon.

4.2 Conclusion
The annual rainfall of 2017 & 2018 have been analysed from BWDB recorded data during
this period whole over the country. The rainfall volume was calculated as the product of annual
average rainfall in the district area and presented in Million m3. It is found that rainfall varies
from 1329mm to 7377mm in 2017 and average is 2656mm. During the year 2018 from it is
varies from 911m to 5143mm and average is 1796m. The total volume of rainfall is
409533.58Mm3 in 2017 and 272274.64Mm3 in 2018. The total depth of rainfall is 2.77m and
1.84m in 2017 & 2018 respectively. In this study we also found that maximum 64% to 66%
rainfall occurred during monsoon (June to September) and minimum 1% to 2% rainfall occurred
during winter season (December, January and February).
References
BWDB Database.

Appendix: List of Rainfall Station Name and ID
Sl No District Station Station ID Remaks

1 Bagerhat Morrelganj CL512
2 Bagerhat Rampal CL516
3 Bagerhat Mollahhat CL511
4 Bagerhat Bagerhat CL501
5 Bandarban Nakhyongochari CL322
6 Bandarban Lama CL317
7 Bandarban Bandarban CL303
8 Barguna Patharghata CL272
9 Barguna Barguna CL256
10 Barguna Bamna CL253
11 Barisal Gournadi CL263
12 Barisal Barisal CL258
13 Barisal Banaripara CL254
14 Barisal Bakerganj CL252
15 Bhola Daulatkhan CL261
16 Bhola Borhanuddin CL257
17 Bhola Bhola CL260
18 Bogra Dhunot CL11
19 Bogra Shibganj (Bogra) CL216
20 Bogra Dubchanchia CL169
21 Bogra Bogra CL6
22 Bogra Khetlal CL181
23 Bogra Nandigram CL22
24 Bogra Nawkhila CL24
25 Bogra Sherpur_Bogra CL33
26 Brahmanbaria Kasba CL362
27 Brahmanbaria Nabinagar CL367
28 Brahmanbaria Bancharampur CL351
29 Brahmanbaria Brahmanbaria CL103
30 Brahmanbaria Nasirnagar CL132
31 Brahmanbaria Sarail CL131
32 Chandpur Chandpur CL354
33 Chandpur Hajiganj CL360
34 Chittagong Mirsarai CL320
35 Chittagong Sandwip CL331
36 Chittagong Sitakunda CL334
37 Chittagong Nazirhat CL324
38 Chittagong Amtali CL301
39 Chittagong Narayanhat CL323
40 Chittagong Patia CL325
41 Chittagong Rangunia CL330
42 Chittagong Satkania CL332
43 Chittagong Chittagong CL306
44 Chittagong Fatikchari CL311
45 Chittagong Anowara CL302
46 Chittagong Hathazari CL313
47 Chuadanga Alamdanga CL452
48 Chuadanga Amla CL214

Sl No District Station Station ID Remarks

49 Chuadanga Chuadanga CL224
50 Comilla Daudkandi CL357
51 Comilla Barura CL352
52 Comilla Chauddagram CL51
53 Comilla Muradnagar CL366
54 Comilla Laksam CL363
55 Comilla Comilla CL356
56 Comilla Gunabati CL359
57 Cox's Bazar Kutubdia CL316
58 Cox's Bazar Dulahazara CL310
59 Dhaka Savar CL31
60 Dhaka Dhaka_PBO CL9
61 Dhaka Dhaka_Banani CL42
62 Dhaka Nawabganj CL412
63 Dinajpur Ghoraghat CL164
64 Dinajpur Khansama CL179
65 Dinajpur Nawabganj CL196
66 Dinajpur Hilli (Hakimpur) CL175
67 Dinajpur Setabganj CL213
68 Dinajpur Kantanagar CL180
69 Dinajpur Dinajpur CL168
70 Dinajpur Phulbari CL201
71 Faridpur Bhanga CL403
72 Faridpur Faridpur CL406
73 Faridpur Boalmari CL404
74 Faridpur Modhukhali CL411
75 Feni Feni CL358
76 Feni Parshuram CL370
77 Feni Chhagalnaya CL355
78 Gaibandha Gobindaganj CL171
79 Gaibandha Gaibandha(Bhawaniganj) CL156
80 Gaibandha Sundarganj CL218
81 Gazipur Sreepur CL37
82 Gazipur Maona CL43
83 Gazipur Joydebpur CL17
84 Gopalganj Fatehpur CL407
85 Gopalganj Haridaspur CL409
86 Habiganj Habiganj CL110
87 Habiganj Itakhola(Baikuntha) CL111
88 Habiganj Chandpur Bagan CL105
89 Habiganj Markuli CL120
90 Jamalpur Jamalpur CL67
91 Jamalpur Dewanganj CL62
92 Jamalpur Sarishabari CL32
93 Jessore Keshabpur CL459
94 Jessore Rajghat CL451
95 Jessore Jessore CL456
96 Jessore Benapole CL453
97 Jessore Chaugacha CL454


98 Jhalokathi Jhalokati CL264
99 Jhenaidah Dattanagar CL455
100 Jhenaidah Sailkupa CL463
101 Jhenaidah Jhenaidah CL457
102 Jhenaidah Kaliganj (Jessore) CL458
103 Joypurhat Joypurhat CL520
104 Khagrachhari Manikchari CL319
105 Khagrachhari Ramgarh CL327
106 Khagrachhari Chandarkhil CL305
107 Khulna Chalna CL503
108 Khulna Paikgacha CL515
109 Khulna Khulna CL510
110 Khulna Dumuria CL504
111 Khulna Kapilmuni CL509
112 Kishoreganj Khaliajuri CL113
113 Kishoreganj Bajitpur CL61
114 Kishoreganj Bhairab Bazar CL101
115 Kishoreganj Kishoreganj CL71
116 Kishoreganj Itna CL112
117 Kurigram Chilmari CL163
118 Kurigram Bhurangamari CL159
119 Kurigram Kurigram CL182
120 Kurigram Ulipur CL222
121 Kushtia Bheramara CL41
122 Kushtia Kushtia CL19
123 Lakshmipur Ramgati CL375
124 Lakshmipur Lakshmipur CL364
125 Lakshmipur Raipur (Noakhali) CL372
126 Lalmonirhat Patgram CL200
127 Lalmonirhat Hatibandha CL174
128 Lalmonirhat Lalmanirhat CL183
129 Madaripur Madaripur CL410
130 Madaripur Shibchar CL414
131 Magura Salikha CL462
132 Magura Magura CL460
133 Manikganj Manikganj CL20
134 Manikganj Daulatpur CL10
135 Meherpur Dattapara CL54
136 Meherpur Meherpur CL225
137 Meherpur Hogalbaria CL223
138 Moulvi Bazar Srimangal CL126
139 Moulvi Bazar Moulvi Bazar CL122
140 Munshiganj Munshiganj CL365
141 Munshiganj Bhagyakul CL402
142 Mymensingh Ghosegaon CL45
143 Mymensingh Phulbaria CL27
144 Mymensingh Nandail CL75
145 Mymensingh Bhaluka CL5
146 Mymensingh Muktagacha CL72


147 Mymensingh Gafargaon CL64
148 Mymensingh Gauripur CL65
149 Mymensingh Rasulpur CL46
150 Mymensingh Phulpur CL77
151 Mymensingh Mymensingh CL73
152 Naogaon Naogaon CL191
153 Naogaon Atrai Ahsanganj CL3
154 Naogaon Nithpur CL194
155 Naogaon Manda CL185
156 Naogaon Mohadebpur CL187
157 Naogaon Nazipur (Patnitala) CL192
158 Naogaon Sapahar CL211
159 Naogaon Badalgachi CL152
160 Narail Narail CL461
161 Narayanganj Shimrail CL519
162 Narsingdi Narsindi CL76
163 Narsingdi Shibpur CL79
164 Natore Gurudaspur CL14
165 Natore Singra CL36
166 Natore Lalpur CL184
167 Natore Joari CL16
168 Natore Natore CL23
169 Nawabganj Rohanpur CL208
170 Nawabganj Bholahat CL158
171 Nawabganj Chapai-Nawabganj CL195
172 Nawabganj Nachole CL190
173 Netrokona Durgapur CL63
174 Netrokona Kendua CL115
175 Netrokona Netrokona CL123
176 Netrokona Jaria-jhanjail CL68
177 Netrokona Mohanganj CL121
178 Nilphamari Dalia CL226
179 Nilphamari Dimla CL167
180 Nilphamari Saidpur CL210
181 Noakhali Noakhali CL369
182 Noakhali Hatiya CL361
183 Noakhali Sonaimuri CL377
184 Noakhali Senbag CL376
185 Noakhali Basurhat CL353
186 Pabna Chatmohar CL7
187 Pabna Atghoria CL1
188 Pabna Pabna CL25
189 Pabna Faridpur Banuaripara CL12
190 Pabna Ishurdi CL15
191 Pabna Bera CL4
192 Panchagarh Tentulia CL220
193 Panchagarh Boda CL161
194 Panchagarh Panchagarh CL197
195 Panchagarh Bhithargarh CL157


196 Panchagarh Debiganj CL166
197 Patuakhali Khepupara CL269
198 Patuakhali Patuakhali CL266
199 Patuakhali Galachipa CL262
200 Patuakhali Bauphal CL255
201 Pirojpur Mathbaria CL265
202 Pirojpur Pirojpur CL267
203 Pirojpur Nazirpur CL271
204 Pirojpur Bhandaria CL259
205 Rajbari Rajbari CL30
206 Rajshahi Puthia CL204
207 Rajshahi Sardah CL212
208 Rajshahi Rajshahi CL205
209 Rajshahi Shibganj(Rajshahi) CL215
210 Rajshahi Tanore CL219
211 Rajshahi Godagari CL172
212 Rangamati Rangamati CL328
213 Rangpur Latu CL118
214 Rangpur Rangpur CL206
215 Rangpur Badarganj CL153
216 Rangpur Kaunia CL178
217 Satkhira Kaikhali CL506
218 Satkhira Kalaroa CL507
219 Satkhira Satkhira CL518
220 Satkhira Benarpota CL502
221 Satkhira Kaliganj(Khulna) CL508
222 Satkhira Islamkati CL505
223 Shariatpur Polang CL413
224 Sherpur Nakuagaon CL227
225 Sherpur Nalitabari CL74
226 Sherpur Sherpur Town CL78
227 Sirajganj Taras CL39
228 Sirajganj Shazadpur CL35
229 Sirajganj Ullapara CL40
230 Sirajganj Sirajganj CL34
231 Sirajganj Raiganj CL29
232 Sunamganj Chhatak CL107
233 Sunamganj Sunamganj CL127
234 Sunamganj Laurergarh CL49
235 Sunamganj Moheshkhola CL44
236 Sylhet Companyganj Bholaganj CL102
237 Sylhet Sylhet CL128
238 Tangail Mirzapur CL21
239 Tangail Tangail_Atia CL2
240 Tangail Gopalpur CL13
241 Tangail Kalihati CL18
242 Thakurgaon Thakurgaon CL221
243 Thakurgaon Nekmard CL193


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Appendix1 List of Raifall staion and ID 19-23

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Table 1.1 Hydrological Network of BWDB 1

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Figure 1.1 Map showing BWDB’s Rainfall Stations. 2

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1.2 Required Data

1.3 Sources of Data

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1.4 Rainfall Stations

Source : BWDB Database

Figure 1.1 : Map showing BWDB’s Rainfall Stations.

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Figure 2.1: Average Climate of Bangladesh

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2.2 Rainfall Volume and Statistics

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2.3 Rainfall Volume for the year 2017 & 2018.

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Summer - March, April and May

3.1 Seasonal Variation of rainfall

SL District Summer Monsoon Post Winter Annual

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SL District Summer Monsoon Post Winter Annual

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SL District Summer Monsoon Post Winter Annual

Table:3.2:Average Seasonal variation of Rainfall during 2018 (District wise)

SL District Summer Monsoon Post Winter Annual

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SL District Summer Monsoon Post Winter Annual

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SL District Summer Monsoon Post Winter Annual

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Figure 4.1b: District wise annual rainfall of 2017

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The Maximum monthly rainfall occurred is 2683mm (Companygonj Bholagonj, Sylhet,

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District wise annual Rainfall in the year 2017 & 2018.

Figure 4.3a: District wise annual rainfall of 2017 and 2018

District wise annua Rainfall in the year 2017 & 2018.

Figure 4.3b: District wise annual rainfall of 2017 and 2018

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Monthly Rainfall Year'2017

Figure 4.4: Monthly rainfall of 2017

Monthly Rainfall Year'2018.

Figure 4.5: Monthly rainfall of 2018