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Wadi Al Dawasir وادي الدواسر | |
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  Wadi Al Dawasir Location in Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia | |
| Coordinates:20°27′52″N044°47′14″E / 20.46444°N 44.78722°E /20.46444; 44.78722 | |
| Country |  Saudi Arabia |
| Province | Riyadh |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
• Total | 106,152 |
Wadi Al Dawasir (Arabic:وادي الدواسر) is a city inNajd,Saudi Arabia, in the Dawasir valley. The region is the homeland of thetribe of Al-Dawasir, the name Dawasir derives from the Arabic word 'Dawsar', the most prominent meaning of this word isSteel Lion.Thegovernorates had a population of 91,535 at the 2022 Census.[2] It is divided into three main neighborhoods: Alnowaima, Alkhamaseen and Allidam.
Wadi ad-Dawasir has ahot desert climate (Köppen climate classificationBWh).
| Climate data for Wadi Al Dawasir (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 36.0 (96.8) | 38.0 (100.4) | 42.0 (107.6) | 43.0 (109.4) | 47.0 (116.6) | 48.0 (118.4) | 54.0 (129.2) | 48.0 (118.4) | 46.0 (114.8) | 42.0 (107.6) | 45.2 (113.4) | 34.0 (93.2) | 54.0 (129.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 25.0 (77.0) | 28.4 (83.1) | 32.3 (90.1) | 36.9 (98.4) | 41.2 (106.2) | 43.6 (110.5) | 44.3 (111.7) | 44.2 (111.6) | 41.5 (106.7) | 36.2 (97.2) | 30.6 (87.1) | 26.1 (79.0) | 35.9 (96.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 17.6 (63.7) | 20.7 (69.3) | 25.0 (77.0) | 29.6 (85.3) | 33.9 (93.0) | 35.8 (96.4) | 36.9 (98.4) | 36.6 (97.9) | 33.4 (92.1) | 28.0 (82.4) | 22.9 (73.2) | 18.6 (65.5) | 28.2 (82.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 9.7 (49.5) | 12.4 (54.3) | 16.6 (61.9) | 21.2 (70.2) | 25.1 (77.2) | 26.3 (79.3) | 27.8 (82.0) | 27.5 (81.5) | 23.9 (75.0) | 18.9 (66.0) | 14.8 (58.6) | 10.9 (51.6) | 19.6 (67.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.0 (28.4) | 2.0 (35.6) | 6.0 (42.8) | 11.0 (51.8) | 17.5 (63.5) | 18.0 (64.4) | 21.0 (69.8) | 18.3 (64.9) | 15.8 (60.4) | 10.0 (50.0) | 5.0 (41.0) | 1.5 (34.7) | −2.0 (28.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 1.3 (0.05) | 1.0 (0.04) | 4.5 (0.18) | 10.6 (0.42) | 3.6 (0.14) | 0.0 (0.0) | 1.7 (0.07) | 1.0 (0.04) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.5 (0.02) | 1.0 (0.04) | 0.7 (0.03) | 25.9 (1.03) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 4.8 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 46 | 35 | 31 | 27 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 26 | 36 | 45 | 27 |
| Source:World Meteorological Organization[3] Jeddah Regional Climate Center[4] | |||||||||||||
Capital:Riyadh | |
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