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Al-Hay الحي | |
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Town | |
 Al-Hay Bazaar, July 2018 | |
  Al-Hay | |
| Coordinates: 32°10′N46°03′E / 32.167°N 46.050°E | |
| Country |  Iraq |
| Governorate | Wasit |
Al-Hay (Arabic : الحي) is a town located in Iraq's Wasit Province. It 45 kilometers south of the Kut and 220 kilometers south of Baghdad. It has a population of 85,500 citizens.
| Climate data for Al-Hai (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 17.3 (63.1) | 20.3 (68.5) | 25.6 (78.1) | 31.9 (89.4) | 38.7 (101.7) | 43.7 (110.7) | 45.6 (114.1) | 45.8 (114.4) | 42.2 (108.0) | 35.6 (96.1) | 25.5 (77.9) | 19.3 (66.7) | 32.6 (90.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 11.8 (53.2) | 14.3 (57.7) | 19.2 (66.6) | 25.2 (77.4) | 31.7 (89.1) | 36.2 (97.2) | 38.0 (100.4) | 37.6 (99.7) | 33.6 (92.5) | 28.0 (82.4) | 18.9 (66.0) | 13.4 (56.1) | 25.7 (78.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.0 (44.6) | 9.0 (48.2) | 13.2 (55.8) | 18.5 (65.3) | 24.6 (76.3) | 28.3 (82.9) | 29.9 (85.8) | 29.6 (85.3) | 25.6 (78.1) | 20.7 (69.3) | 13.2 (55.8) | 8.9 (48.0) | 19.0 (66.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 27.3 (1.07) | 14.6 (0.57) | 19.2 (0.76) | 15.0 (0.59) | 4.2 (0.17) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.2 (0.01) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.7 (0.03) | 6.6 (0.26) | 26.0 (1.02) | 21.4 (0.84) | 135.2 (5.32) |
| Source: NOAA [1] | |||||||||||||
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