Khash, Nimruz

Khash
خاش
Ghurghuri
Town
Khash

Location

Coordinates: 31°26′38″N 62°38′06″E / 31.444°N 62.635°E / 31.444; 62.635Coordinates: 31°26′38″N 62°38′06″E / 31.444°N 62.635°E / 31.444; 62.635
Country  Afghanistan
Province Nimruz Province
District Khash Rod District
Elevation 553 m (1,814 ft)
Time zone +4:30

Khash city (Persian/Pashto: خاش), also called Ghurghuri (Pashto/Balochi: غورغوري) is a town and capital of Khash Rod District of Nimruz Province, Afghanistan.

Climate

Khash has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh), characterised by little precipitation and high variation between summer and winter temperatures. The average temperature in Khash is 21.4 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 62 mm. July is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 34.4 °C. The coldest month January has an average temperature of 8.0 °C.

Climate data for Khash
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 15.4
(59.7)
18.6
(65.5)
24.9
(76.8)
30.9
(87.6)
36.5
(97.7)
42.0
(107.6)
42.7
(108.9)
41.3
(106.3)
36.6
(97.9)
30.8
(87.4)
23.2
(73.8)
17.7
(63.9)
30.05
(86.09)
Daily mean °C (°F) 8.0
(46.4)
11.1
(52)
16.8
(62.2)
22.5
(72.5)
27.7
(81.9)
32.8
(91)
34.4
(93.9)
32.4
(90.3)
27.0
(80.6)
21.0
(69.8)
13.7
(56.7)
9.1
(48.4)
21.38
(70.47)
Average low °C (°F) 0.7
(33.3)
3.6
(38.5)
8.8
(47.8)
14.1
(57.4)
19.0
(66.2)
23.7
(74.7)
26.1
(79)
23.5
(74.3)
17.5
(63.5)
11.2
(52.2)
4.3
(39.7)
0.5
(32.9)
12.75
(54.96)
Source: Climate-Data.org[1]

References

  1. "Climate: Khash - Climate-Data.org". Retrieved 15 September 2016.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.