Qarabolaq
Qarabolaq قرهبلاق | |
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  Qarabolaq Location in Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates: 37°25′N 73°46′E / 37.417°N 73.767°E | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Badakhshan |
| District | Wakhan |
| Elevation | 13,579 ft (4,139 m) |
| Time zone | + 4.30 |
Qarabolaq or Qareh Bulaq (Dari: قرهبلاق) is a small settlement in the Great Pamir in Wakhan District, Badakhshan Province, northeastern Afghanistan.[1] It lies at an altitude of 4,139 m on the eastern shore of Zorkul lake, near the Afghan border with Tajikistan but also close to the Afghan borders with Pakistan and China.
Climate
| Climate data for Tora'ka | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high humidex | −22.0 | −14.3 | 3.5 | 7.8 | 26.4 | 39.1 | 42.1 | 35.5 | 29.8 | 12.3 | 0.1 | −14.1 | 42.1 |
| Record high °C (°F) | −18.6 (−1.5) | −11 (12) | 8.0 (46.4) | 12.2 (54.0) | 28.0 (82.4) | 35.7 (96.3) | 38.4 (101.1) | 35.2 (95.4) | 26.5 (79.7) | 17.0 (62.6) | 2.2 (36.0) | −12.1 (10.2) | 38.4 (101.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −44.0 (−47.2) | −38.2 (−36.8) | −20.6 (−5.1) | −3.4 (25.9) | 10.2 (50.4) | 21.1 (70.0) | 23.8 (74.8) | 19.3 (66.7) | 8.3 (46.9) | −8.4 (16.9) | −30.9 (−23.6) | −42.7 (−44.9) | −8.8 (16.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −46.2 (−51.2) | −42.8 (−45.0) | −28.5 (−19.3) | −11.3 (11.7) | 4.4 (39.9) | 14.2 (57.6) | 17.2 (63.0) | 12.6 (54.7) | 3.0 (37.4) | −13.4 (7.9) | −34.6 (−30.3) | −45.4 (−49.7) | −14.2 (6.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −48.5 (−55.3) | −47.1 (−52.8) | −36.4 (−33.5) | −19.5 (−3.1) | −1.2 (29.8) | 7.3 (45.1) | 10.3 (50.5) | 6.1 (43.0) | −2.3 (27.9) | −19.0 (−2.2) | −38.4 (−37.1) | −48.0 (−54.4) | −19.7 (−3.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −69.0 (−92.2) | −67.6 (−89.7) | −62.0 (−79.6) | −53.7 (−64.7) | −28.5 (−19.3) | −5.7 (21.7) | −1.4 (29.5) | −6.9 (19.6) | −21.7 (−7.1) | −51.1 (−60.0) | −63.0 (−81.4) | −66.4 (−87.5) | −69.0 (−92.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.8 (0.11) | 2.7 (0.11) | 2.2 (0.09) | 3.0 (0.12) | 12.3 (0.48) | 28.7 (1.13) | 52.2 (2.06) | 26.5 (1.04) | 16.2 (0.64) | 8.1 (0.32) | 4.0 (0.16) | 3.3 (0.13) | 162 (6.39) |
| Average snowy days | 20 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 9 | 19 | 21 | 18 | 149.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 76 | 73 | 70 | 66 | 60 | 57 | 60 | 68 | 73 | 75 | 77 | 76 | 69 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 5 | 40 | 136 | 219 | 289 | 298 | 285 | 192 | 102 | 52 | 9 | 0 | 1,627 |
| Source: BMO[2] | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ "NGA GeoName Database". National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
- ^ "Qarabolaq, World Weather Online". Retrieved 17 September 2022.
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