Ghormach غورماچ | |
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  Ghormach Location in Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates:35°43′32″N63°47′22″E / 35.72556°N 63.78944°E /35.72556; 63.78944 | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Badghis Province |
| District | Ghormach District |
| Elevation | 2,170 ft (660 m) |
| Time zone | + 4.30 |
Ghormach (Pashto:غورماچ) orGhowrmach is a town inBadghis Province in northwesternAfghanistan.[1] It serves as the center ofGhormach District.
With a mild and generally warm and temperate climate, Ghormach features ahot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa) under theKöppen climate classification. The average temperature in Ghormach is 14.9 °C (58.8 °F), while the annual precipitation averages 356 mm (14.0 in). August is the driest month with no rainfall, while March, the wettest month, has an average precipitation of 85 mm (3.3 in).
July is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 27.0 °C (80.6 °F). The coldest month January has an average temperature of 2.7 °C (36.9 °F).
| Climate data for Ghormach | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.8 (46.0) | 8.8 (47.8) | 14.8 (58.6) | 21.0 (69.8) | 27.4 (81.3) | 33.7 (92.7) | 35.7 (96.3) | 34.1 (93.4) | 29.4 (84.9) | 22.8 (73.0) | 16.1 (61.0) | 10.5 (50.9) | 21.8 (71.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.7 (36.9) | 4.5 (40.1) | 9.6 (49.3) | 15.0 (59.0) | 19.6 (67.3) | 24.8 (76.6) | 27.0 (80.6) | 25.4 (77.7) | 20.4 (68.7) | 14.8 (58.6) | 9.5 (49.1) | 5.2 (41.4) | 14.9 (58.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.3 (27.9) | 0.2 (32.4) | 4.4 (39.9) | 9.0 (48.2) | 11.8 (53.2) | 15.9 (60.6) | 18.3 (64.9) | 16.8 (62.2) | 11.5 (52.7) | 6.8 (44.2) | 2.9 (37.2) | 0.0 (32.0) | 7.9 (46.3) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[2] | |||||||||||||
AnInternational Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldier (aNorwegiannational) was killed in Ghormach on January 25, 2010.[3]
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