Kishim کشيم | |
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| Country | Afghanistan |
| Province | Badakhshan |
| Capital | Mashhad |
| Government | |
| • Type | District council |
| Population | |
• Estimate | 91,407 |
Kishim District is one of the 29 districts of Badakhshan province in eastern Afghanistan.The district capital is Mashhad. The district is located in the Keshem Valley, a primarily rural area on the western edge of the province, and is home to approximately 91,407 residents, [1] [2] making it the second most populous district of the province.
Kishim has a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dsb), with warm summers and cold winters. The temperature in July averages 21.6 °C (70.9 °F). January has the lowest average temperature of the year. It is −3.8 °C (25.2 °F).
| Climate data for Kishim | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 1.1 (34.0) | 3.0 (37.4) | 10.1 (50.2) | 16.1 (61.0) | 20.7 (69.3) | 25.1 (77.2) | 27.9 (82.2) | 27.1 (80.8) | 23.2 (73.8) | 17.2 (63.0) | 10.0 (50.0) | 3.9 (39.0) | 15.4 (59.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −3.8 (25.2) | −1.9 (28.6) | 4.1 (39.4) | 9.5 (49.1) | 14.2 (57.6) | 18.5 (65.3) | 21.6 (70.9) | 20.9 (69.6) | 17.0 (62.6) | 10.9 (51.6) | 4.0 (39.2) | −1.7 (28.9) | 9.4 (49.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −8.7 (16.3) | −6.8 (19.8) | −1.9 (28.6) | 2.9 (37.2) | 7.7 (45.9) | 11.8 (53.2) | 15.2 (59.4) | 14.7 (58.5) | 10.7 (51.3) | 4.5 (40.1) | −2.0 (28.4) | −7.2 (19.0) | 3.4 (38.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 63 (2.5) | 76 (3.0) | 109 (4.3) | 152 (6.0) | 127 (5.0) | 27 (1.1) | 5 (0.2) | 2 (0.1) | 6 (0.2) | 33 (1.3) | 57 (2.2) | 51 (2.0) | 559 (22.0) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org [3] | |||||||||||||
36°46′12″N70°07′54″E / 36.77000°N 70.13167°E
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