Er Roseires

Er Roseires
Er Roseires
Location in Sudan
Coordinates:
Country Sudan
State Blue Nile

Er Roseires is a town in eastern Sudan 60km from the border with Ethiopia.

Lord Prudhoe mentions this town in the 1829 diary he kept while travelling in the Sennar. At the time it was the residence of one Sheikh Suliman, ruler of the lower reach of the Blue Nile (known as Bahr-el-azrek), for which he paid 1500 ounces of gold to the Egyptians out of his revenues.[1]

The Roseires Dam is located just upstream of the town.

Climate

Climate data for Ar Rusayris
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 36
(96)		 37
(98)		 39
(102)		 40
(104)		 38
(100)		 35
(95)		 32
(89)		 31
(87)		 32
(89)		 36
(96)		 37
(98)		 36
(96)		 35.5
(95.8)
Average low °C (°F) 15
(59)		 17
(62)		 19
(66)		 22
(71)		 23
(73)		 22
(71)		 21
(69)		 20
(68)		 20
(68)		 20
(68)		 18
(64)		 16
(60)		 19.2
(66.6)
Precipitation cm (inches) 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 0
(0.1)		 1
(0.5)		 5
(2)		 12
(4.9)		 17
(6.6)		 20
(8)		 14
(5.5)		 3
(1.3)		 0
(0.1)		 0
(0)		 74
(29)
Source: Weatherbase [2]

References

  1. ^ Lord Prudhoe, "Extracts from Private Memoranda Kept by Lord Prudhoe on a Journey from Cairo to Sennar,in 1829, Describing the Peninsula of Sennar", Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, 5 (1835), p. 52
  2. ^ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Ar Rusayris, Sudan". Weatherbase. 2011. http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=628051&refer=wikipedia.  Retrieved on November 24, 2011.