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Sefwi Bekwai | |
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| Country |  Ghana |
| Region | Western Region |
| District | Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai District |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | GMT |
Sefwi Bekwai is a town in Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai District in the Western North Region of Ghana.
| Climate data for Sefwi Bekwai (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 37.6 (99.7) | 39.5 (103.1) | 39.7 (103.5) | 38.0 (100.4) | 36.7 (98.1) | 35.3 (95.5) | 33.8 (92.8) | 34.5 (94.1) | 34.0 (93.2) | 35.0 (95.0) | 36.0 (96.8) | 35.7 (96.3) | 39.7 (103.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 33.9 (93.0) | 35.6 (96.1) | 35.1 (95.2) | 34.5 (94.1) | 33.6 (92.5) | 31.9 (89.4) | 30.5 (86.9) | 29.9 (85.8) | 31.0 (87.8) | 32.3 (90.1) | 33.2 (91.8) | 33.0 (91.4) | 32.9 (91.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.8 (82.0) | 29.5 (85.1) | 29.3 (84.7) | 29.0 (84.2) | 28.5 (83.3) | 27.4 (81.3) | 26.5 (79.7) | 26.1 (79.0) | 26.9 (80.4) | 27.6 (81.7) | 28.1 (82.6) | 27.7 (81.9) | 27.9 (82.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.6 (70.9) | 23.4 (74.1) | 23.5 (74.3) | 23.5 (74.3) | 23.4 (74.1) | 23.0 (73.4) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.8 (73.0) | 22.9 (73.2) | 22.9 (73.2) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.9 (73.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 13.4 (56.1) | 14.4 (57.9) | 18.1 (64.6) | 19.2 (66.6) | 19.9 (67.8) | 18.6 (65.5) | 18.5 (65.3) | 18.5 (65.3) | 19.9 (67.8) | 19.5 (67.1) | 19.3 (66.7) | 13.6 (56.5) | 13.4 (56.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 19.7 (0.78) | 56.5 (2.22) | 129.1 (5.08) | 161.1 (6.34) | 187.0 (7.36) | 218.2 (8.59) | 130.9 (5.15) | 79.5 (3.13) | 148.3 (5.84) | 189.8 (7.47) | 94.4 (3.72) | 32.5 (1.28) | 1,447 (56.96) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 1.5 | 3.6 | 8.7 | 9.4 | 12.3 | 14.3 | 11.2 | 9.3 | 12.3 | 14.2 | 8.0 | 2.5 | 107.3 |
| Source: NOAA [1] | |||||||||||||
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