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Ghormach
غورماچ | |
|---|---|
  Ghormach Location in Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates: 35°43′32″N 63°47′22″E / 35.72556°N 63.78944°E | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Badghis Province |
| District | Ghormach District |
| Elevation | 2,170 ft (660 m) |
| Time zone | + 4.30 |
Ghormach (Pashto: غورماچ) or Ghowrmach is a town in Badghis Province in northwestern Afghanistan.[1] It serves as the center of Ghormach District.
Climate
[edit]With a mild and generally warm and temperate climate, Ghormach features a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen climate classification. The average temperature in Ghormach is 14.9 °C (58.8 °F), while the annual precipitation averages 356 mm (14.0 in). August is the driest month with no rainfall, while March, the wettest month, has an average precipitation of 85 mm (3.3 in).
July is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 27.0 °C (80.6 °F). The coldest month January has an average temperature of 2.7 °C (36.9 °F).
| Climate data for Ghormach | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.8 (46.0) |
8.8 (47.8) |
14.8 (58.6) |
21.0 (69.8) |
27.4 (81.3) |
33.7 (92.7) |
35.7 (96.3) |
34.1 (93.4) |
29.4 (84.9) |
22.8 (73.0) |
16.1 (61.0) |
10.5 (50.9) |
21.8 (71.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.7 (36.9) |
4.5 (40.1) |
9.6 (49.3) |
15.0 (59.0) |
19.6 (67.3) |
24.8 (76.6) |
27.0 (80.6) |
25.4 (77.7) |
20.4 (68.7) |
14.8 (58.6) |
9.5 (49.1) |
5.2 (41.4) |
14.9 (58.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.3 (27.9) |
0.2 (32.4) |
4.4 (39.9) |
9.0 (48.2) |
11.8 (53.2) |
15.9 (60.6) |
18.3 (64.9) |
16.8 (62.2) |
11.5 (52.7) |
6.8 (44.2) |
2.9 (37.2) |
0.0 (32.0) |
7.9 (46.3) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[2] | |||||||||||||
Armed conflict
[edit]An International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldier (a Norwegian national) was killed in Ghormach on January 25, 2010.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "NGA GeoName Database". National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 2008-06-08. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
- ↑ "Climate: Ghormach - Climate-Data.org". Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ↑ Trellevik, Amund; Lars Akerhaug (25 January 2010). "Taliban tar på seg ansvaret for nordmann som drepte nordmann". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 28 January 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
External links
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