Abetifi Highest Habitable Point In Ghana | |
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 Ramseyer Presbyterian chapel. | |
  Abetifi Location of Abetifi in Eastern Region, Ghana | |
| Coordinates: 6°40′N0°45′W / 6.667°N 0.750°W | |
| Country |  Ghana |
| Region | Eastern Region |
| District | Kwahu East District |
| Elevation | 1,972 ft (601 m) |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | GMT |
Abetifi is a small town in south Ghana and is the capital of Kwahu East district, a district in the Eastern Region of south Ghana. [1] [2]
| Climate data for Abetifi (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 34.5 (94.1) | 35.7 (96.3) | 35.8 (96.4) | 33.6 (92.5) | 33.1 (91.6) | 31.2 (88.2) | 29.5 (85.1) | 30.5 (86.9) | 30.0 (86.0) | 33.4 (92.1) | 32.0 (89.6) | 33.3 (91.9) | 35.8 (96.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.3 (86.5) | 31.6 (88.9) | 31.1 (88.0) | 30.2 (86.4) | 29.1 (84.4) | 27.5 (81.5) | 26.3 (79.3) | 26.2 (79.2) | 26.9 (80.4) | 28.0 (82.4) | 29.2 (84.6) | 29.4 (84.9) | 28.8 (83.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.8 (78.4) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.5 (79.7) | 26.0 (78.8) | 25.3 (77.5) | 24.2 (75.6) | 23.2 (73.8) | 23.0 (73.4) | 23.6 (74.5) | 24.4 (75.9) | 25.2 (77.4) | 25.5 (77.9) | 24.9 (76.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.4 (70.5) | 21.9 (71.4) | 22.0 (71.6) | 21.9 (71.4) | 21.5 (70.7) | 20.8 (69.4) | 20.1 (68.2) | 19.8 (67.6) | 20.3 (68.5) | 20.8 (69.4) | 21.3 (70.3) | 21.5 (70.7) | 21.1 (70.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 15.5 (59.9) | 18.4 (65.1) | 17.8 (64.0) | 18.0 (64.4) | 17.1 (62.8) | 17.3 (63.1) | 17.4 (63.3) | 16.8 (62.2) | 17.7 (63.9) | 18.3 (64.9) | 18.8 (65.8) | 18.1 (64.6) | 15.5 (59.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 18.7 (0.74) | 35.8 (1.41) | 133.7 (5.26) | 139.4 (5.49) | 156.8 (6.17) | 205.4 (8.09) | 96.8 (3.81) | 64.2 (2.53) | 181.2 (7.13) | 174.3 (6.86) | 46.3 (1.82) | 26.4 (1.04) | 1,279 (50.35) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 1.4 | 2.8 | 8.0 | 9.9 | 11.4 | 13.9 | 8.2 | 6.5 | 13.5 | 12.9 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 94.7 |
| Source: NOAA [3] | |||||||||||||
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