Karima, Sudan

Karima
Karima

Location in Sudan

Coordinates: SD 18°33′N 31°51′E / 18.550°N 31.850°E / 18.550; 31.850
Country Sudan
Admin. division Northern (state)

Karima is a town in Northern State in Sudan some 400 km from Khartoum on a loop of the Nile.

The hill of Jebel Barkal is near Karima. Beside it are the ruins of Napata, a city-state of ancient Nubia on the west bank of the Nile River, including the temple of Amun. The Shaigiya tribe lived around Karima and Korti, but suffered for their support of the British against the Mahdi. The land around Karima is a center for cultivation of Barakawi dates. Karima is a terminus of a branch narrow gauge railway of the Sudan Railways system.

Climate

Climate data for Karima, Sudan (1961–1990)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 37.3
(99.1)
41.6
(106.9)
45.5
(113.9)
46.6
(115.9)
48.0
(118.4)
48.1
(118.6)
47.5
(117.5)
46.6
(115.9)
46.6
(115.9)
44.7
(112.5)
40.8
(105.4)
37.5
(99.5)
48.1
(118.6)
Average high °C (°F) 28.0
(82.4)
30.5
(86.9)
34.7
(94.5)
38.8
(101.8)
42.0
(107.6)
43.4
(110.1)
41.9
(107.4)
41.4
(106.5)
42.1
(107.8)
39.2
(102.6)
33.2
(91.8)
29.4
(84.9)
37.0
(98.6)
Daily mean °C (°F) 19.1
(66.4)
22.0
(71.6)
26.0
(78.8)
30.1
(86.2)
33.5
(92.3)
35.1
(95.2)
34.5
(94.1)
34.4
(93.9)
34.6
(94.3)
31.5
(88.7)
25.6
(78.1)
21.6
(70.9)
29.0
(84.2)
Average low °C (°F) 11.9
(53.4)
13.5
(56.3)
17.3
(63.1)
21.5
(70.7)
25.1
(77.2)
26.9
(80.4)
27.0
(80.6)
27.1
(80.8)
27.1
(80.8)
23.8
(74.8)
18.0
(64.4)
13.8
(56.8)
21.1
(70)
Record low °C (°F) 3.6
(38.5)
3.8
(38.8)
7.5
(45.5)
10.0
(50)
16.7
(62.1)
19.5
(67.1)
20.7
(69.3)
21.0
(69.8)
19.0
(66.2)
13.2
(55.8)
7.7
(45.9)
5.5
(41.9)
3.6
(38.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.1
(0.004)
0.1
(0.004)
7.7
(0.303)
11.4
(0.449)
1.1
(0.043)
0.3
(0.012)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
20.7
(0.815)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 1.0 1.7 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 3.8
Average relative humidity (%) 30 23 19 17 16 17 24 29 22 23 29 33 23.5
Mean monthly sunshine hours 316.2 296.8 325.5 324.0 328.6 312.0 322.4 300.7 282.0 319.3 303.0 288.3 3,718.8
Percent possible sunshine 91 92 86 86 84 79 79 79 76 87 94 93 86
Source: NOAA[1]


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Coordinates: 18°33′00″N 31°51′00″E / 18.55000°N 31.85000°E / 18.55000; 31.85000


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