En Nahud

En Nahud
En Nahud
Location in Sudan (North Kurdufan state highlighted)
Coordinates: 12°42′N 28°26′E / 12.700°N 28.433°E / 12.700; 28.433
Country Sudan
State North Kurdufan

En Nahud is a town in the desert of central Sudan. Formerly located within the Sudanese political division of West Kurdufan,[1] it is now part of the country's North Kurdufan state.

Climate

Climate data for En Nahud (1961–1990, extremes 1911–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 43.0
(109.4)		 42.5
(108.5)		 44.4
(111.9)		 45.0
(113)		 46.0
(114.8)		 43.3
(109.9)		 41.2
(106.2)		 40.0
(104)		 41.0
(105.8)		 42.0
(107.6)		 41.5
(106.7)		 39.5
(103.1)		 46.0
(114.8)
Average high °C (°F) 31.1
(88)		 33.6
(92.5)		 36.6
(97.9)		 39.4
(102.9)		 39.6
(103.3)		 37.4
(99.3)		 33.7
(92.7)		 32.9
(91.2)		 34.8
(94.6)		 36.9
(98.4)		 34.5
(94.1)		 31.5
(88.7)		 35.2
(95.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) 22.1
(71.8)		 24.3
(75.7)		 27.7
(81.9)		 30.4
(86.7)		 31.7
(89.1)		 30.7
(87.3)		 28.4
(83.1)		 27.7
(81.9)		 28.6
(83.5)		 29.2
(84.6)		 25.9
(78.6)		 22.7
(72.9)		 27.5
(81.5)
Average low °C (°F) 13.2
(55.8)		 14.9
(58.8)		 18.8
(65.8)		 21.4
(70.5)		 23.7
(74.7)		 23.9
(75)		 23.1
(73.6)		 22.6
(72.7)		 22.4
(72.3)		 21.5
(70.7)		 17.4
(63.3)		 13.9
(57)		 19.7
(67.5)
Record low °C (°F) 5.8
(42.4)		 6.5
(43.7)		 10.2
(50.4)		 11.0
(51.8)		 16.4
(61.5)		 14.6
(58.3)		 18.2
(64.8)		 18.0
(64.4)		 18.5
(65.3)		 12.9
(55.2)		 7.8
(46)		 6.4
(43.5)		 5.8
(42.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 0.0
(0)		 0.0
(0)		 0.5
(0.02)		 1.7
(0.067)		 10.1
(0.398)		 45.7
(1.799)		 105.0
(4.134)		 115.3
(4.539)		 44.3
(1.744)		 13.3
(0.524)		 0.0
(0)		 0.0
(0)		 335.9
(13.224)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 1.8 5.3 9.8 11.3 7.2 2.4 0.0 0.0 38.5
Average relative humidity (%) 20 16 14 16 29 42 59 68 62 38 23 24 34.2
Mean monthly sunshine hours 310.0 288.4 300.7 303.0 294.5 255.0 226.3 229.4 243.0 288.3 312.0 322.4 3,373
Percent possible sunshine 89 87 81 82 76 68 58 58 68 80 91 92 77
Source #1: NOAA[2]
Source #2: Meteo Climat (record highs and lows)[3]

Transportation

It is served by En Nahud Airport.

References

  1. ↑ http://unosat-maps.web.cern.ch/unosat-maps/SD/sudan_darfur.pdf
  2. ↑ "En Nahud Climate Normals 1961–1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Station En–Nahud" (in French). Meteo Climat. Retrieved 22 October 2016.


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