HULHULE-MALE’ BRIDGE PROJECT

EIA for the proposed Hulhule-Male’ Bridge Project
The probable maximum precipitations predicted for Hulhule’ by UNDP (2006) are shown in
Table 4.3.
Table 4.3: Probable Maximum Precipitation for various Return periods in Hulhule’
Station Return Period
50 year 100 year 200 year 500 year
Hulhule’ 187.4 203.6 219.8 241.1
Source (UNDP, 2006)
4.1.4 Temperature
Daily temperatures of Maldives vary little throughout the year with a mean annual temperature
of 28°C. The annual mean maximum temperature recorded for Male’ during the period 1967-
1995 was 30.4°C and the annual mean minimum temperature for the same period was 25.7°C.
The highest recorded temperature for Male’ was 34.1°C on 16th and 28th of April 1973. The
hottest month recorded was April 1975 with a maximum monthly average temperature of
32.7°C, the next highest being 32.6°C in April 1998. The lowest minimum average temperature
of 23.7°C was recorded in July 1992.
There is considerable inter annual variability in extreme temperatures for Hulhule as shown in
Figure 4.6. A maximum temperature of at least 33.5 o C is rare at Hulhule and has a return period
of 20 years (Hay, 2006).
Figure 4.6: Maximum Temperature by year in Hulhule’- 1975-2005 (Source: Hay, 2006)
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