Chaurikharka चौरीखर्क | |
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Coordinates: 27°44′N86°44′E / 27.74°N 86.73°E | |
Country | Nepal |
Zone | Sagarmatha Zone |
District | Solukhumbu District |
Population (1991) | |
• Total | 2,422 |
Time zone | UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time) |
Chaurikharka is a village development committee in Solukhumbu District in the Sagarmatha Zone of northeastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2422 people living in 502 individual households. [1]
Climate data for Chaurikharka (elevation 2,619 m (8,593 ft)) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 9.8 (49.6) | 11.0 (51.8) | 13.7 (56.7) | 18.1 (64.6) | 19.2 (66.6) | 19.5 (67.1) | 19.3 (66.7) | 19.6 (67.3) | 18.4 (65.1) | 17.5 (63.5) | 14.0 (57.2) | 11.3 (52.3) | 16.0 (60.7) |
Average low °C (°F) | −1.5 (29.3) | −0.2 (31.6) | 3.0 (37.4) | 6.1 (43.0) | 8.3 (46.9) | 11.3 (52.3) | 12.2 (54.0) | 11.7 (53.1) | 10.6 (51.1) | 7.1 (44.8) | 2.3 (36.1) | −0.4 (31.3) | 5.9 (42.6) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 16 (0.6) | 28 (1.1) | 51 (2.0) | 80 (3.1) | 106 (4.2) | 310 (12.2) | 566 (22.3) | 531 (20.9) | 303 (11.9) | 92 (3.6) | 14 (0.6) | 9 (0.4) | 2,106 (82.9) |
Source 1: ANU [2] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: WWF Nepal (precipitation) [3] |
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