Waygal Waygul | |
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  Waygal Location within Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates:35°14′00″N71°02′00″E / 35.23333°N 71.03333°E /35.23333; 71.03333 | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Nuristan |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
• Total | 19,100 |
Waygal District[2] (Waigali:Vägal,Pashto:وایگل ولسوالۍ,Persian:ولسوالی وایگل) is adistrict ofNuristan Province in easternAfghanistan. It has nine major villages in the valley as following by area and population, Waygal, Zanchgal, Nishigram, Ameshdesh, Akun, Kegal, Muldesh, Jamach, and Want. The local Kalasha people speak theWaigali language, aNuristani language.Pashto andDari are also widely understood and used as official languages.[3]
According to theKöppen climate classification system, Waygal has ahumid continental climate (Dsb) with warm summers and cold, snowy winters. The annual average temperature in Waygal is 5.0 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 1,096 mm. September is the driest month with 47 mm of precipitation, while March, the wettest month, has an average precipitation of 161 mm.
July is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 19.4 °C. The coldest month January has an average temperature of -8.3 °C.
| Climate data for Waygalak Hamlet, elevation: 1,991 metres (6,532.2 ft) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −4.8 (23.4) | −3.3 (26.1) | 2.1 (35.8) | 8.3 (46.9) | 15.6 (60.1) | 22.2 (72.0) | 25.4 (77.7) | 24.0 (75.2) | 20.7 (69.3) | 14.2 (57.6) | 4.2 (39.6) | −2.3 (27.9) | 10.5 (51.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −8.3 (17.1) | −6.7 (19.9) | −2.5 (27.5) | 2.9 (37.2) | 6.9 (44.4) | 15.1 (59.2) | 19.4 (66.9) | 18.5 (65.3) | 15.1 (59.2) | 7.9 (46.2) | −1.4 (29.5) | −6.6 (20.1) | 5.0 (41.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −11.8 (10.8) | −10.1 (13.8) | −7.0 (19.4) | −2.6 (27.3) | 1.8 (35.2) | 7.9 (46.2) | 13.3 (55.9) | 13.0 (55.4) | 9.4 (48.9) | 1.5 (34.7) | −7.0 (19.4) | −10.8 (12.6) | −0.2 (31.6) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 108 (4.3) | 143 (5.6) | 161 (6.3) | 144 (5.7) | 103 (4.1) | 60 (2.4) | 50 (2.0) | 48 (1.9) | 47 (1.9) | 66 (2.6) | 78 (3.1) | 88 (3.5) | 1,096 (43.4) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[4] | |||||||||||||
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