Merom Golan מְרוֹם גּוֹלָן | |
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| Coordinates:33°08′00″N35°46′33″E / 33.13333°N 35.77583°E /33.13333; 35.77583 | |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Golan |
| Region | Golan Heights |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 14 July 1967 |
| Population (2022)[1] | 741 |
| Website | merom-golan.org.il |
Merom Golan (Hebrew:מְרוֹם גּוֹלָן) is anIsraeli settlement organized as akibbutz in the WesternGolan Heights. Thesettlement was established as a kibbutz after Israeloccupied the area in theSix Day War in 1967. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heightsillegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[2]
It is located at the bottom of thevolcanic crater[3] ofMount Bental. The settlement falls under the jurisdiction ofGolan Regional Council. In 2022, it had a population of 741.[1]
Kibbutz Golan (later Merom Golan) was established on 14 July 1967 with funds from theUpper Galilee Regional Council on the site of the abandoned military camp of Aleika.[4]
The kibbutz had the lowest temperature ever recorded by an Israeli weather station: -14.2° C. The previous record was -13.7C in theBeit Netofa Valley.[5]
| Climate data for Merom Golan (Temperature: 1995–2010, Precipitation: 1980-2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.2 (70.2) | 22.0 (71.6) | 29.7 (85.5) | 33.3 (91.9) | 38.2 (100.8) | 38.0 (100.4) | 40.8 (105.4) | 41.4 (106.5) | 38.3 (100.9) | 35.1 (95.2) | 28.6 (83.5) | 24.2 (75.6) | 41.4 (106.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.9 (49.8) | 11.0 (51.8) | 14.5 (58.1) | 18.8 (65.8) | 24.5 (76.1) | 27.7 (81.9) | 29.2 (84.6) | 29.4 (84.9) | 27.7 (81.9) | 24.1 (75.4) | 17.5 (63.5) | 12.3 (54.1) | 20.6 (69.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.7 (42.3) | 6.5 (43.7) | 9.3 (48.7) | 12.8 (55.0) | 17.2 (63.0) | 20.7 (69.3) | 23.1 (73.6) | 23.1 (73.6) | 20.9 (69.6) | 17.5 (63.5) | 11.8 (53.2) | 7.9 (46.2) | 14.7 (58.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.5 (34.7) | 2.0 (35.6) | 4.1 (39.4) | 6.8 (44.2) | 10.0 (50.0) | 13.8 (56.8) | 17.0 (62.6) | 16.8 (62.2) | 14.1 (57.4) | 10.9 (51.6) | 6.1 (43.0) | 3.4 (38.1) | 8.9 (48.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −14.2 (6.4) | −12.5 (9.5) | −6.7 (19.9) | −4.5 (23.9) | −0.2 (31.6) | 4.0 (39.2) | 7.7 (45.9) | 6.7 (44.1) | 3.4 (38.1) | −2.0 (28.4) | −6.1 (21.0) | −8.8 (16.2) | −14.2 (6.4) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 201 (7.9) | 196 (7.7) | 115 (4.5) | 40 (1.6) | 9.1 (0.36) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1.9 (0.07) | 22 (0.9) | 86 (3.4) | 159 (6.3) | 830 (32.73) |
| Average rainy days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 13 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.7 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 68.3 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 80 | 79 | 73 | 64 | 57 | 57 | 60 | 67 | 65 | 62 | 69 | 78 | 68 |
| Source:Israel Meteorological Service[6][7] | |||||||||||||
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)Kibbutz Merom Golan on the Golan Heights experienced temperatures of -14.2° C [...] The previous low was reached in February 1950 in the Beit Netofa valley. [...] The Golan Heights were not a part of Israel at that time, and their higher altitude likely would have earned them the original record too.
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