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Darai Nur | |
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  Darai Nur Location | |
| Coordinates:34°42′10″N70°36′07″E / 34.702778°N 70.601944°E /34.702778; 70.601944 | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Nangarhar |
| District | Darai Nur |
| Elevation | 2,106 m (6,909 ft) |
| Time zone | +4:30 |
Darai Nur (Pashayi/Pashto:دره نور) orDarra-i-Nur is a town in theDarai Nur District ofNangarhar Province,Afghanistan. It is located 45 km to the northeast ofJalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar. Darai Nur's residents speak a variant ofPashayi language, but are bilingual inPashto.
Darai Nur has ahumid subtropical climate (Cfa) under theKöppen climate classification. The average temperature in Darai Nur is 12.2 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 1,049 mm. December is the driest month with 34 mm of precipitation, while July, the wettest month, has an average precipitation of 157 mm.
July is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 22.7 °C. The coldest month January has an average temperature of 0.3 °C.
| Climate data for Darai Nur | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.0 (42.8) | 7.1 (44.8) | 13.4 (56.1) | 19.2 (66.6) | 24.6 (76.3) | 28.2 (82.8) | 28.3 (82.9) | 26.9 (80.4) | 24.7 (76.5) | 20.0 (68.0) | 13.9 (57.0) | 9.6 (49.3) | 18.5 (65.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.3 (32.5) | 1.5 (34.7) | 6.9 (44.4) | 12.3 (54.1) | 17.2 (63.0) | 21.1 (70.0) | 22.7 (72.9) | 21.7 (71.1) | 18.6 (65.5) | 13.4 (56.1) | 7.6 (45.7) | 3.3 (37.9) | 12.2 (54.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −5.5 (22.1) | −4.2 (24.4) | 0.4 (32.7) | 5.3 (41.5) | 9.7 (49.5) | 13.9 (57.0) | 17.0 (62.6) | 16.4 (61.5) | 12.4 (54.3) | 6.7 (44.1) | 1.2 (34.2) | −3.1 (26.4) | 5.9 (42.5) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 60 (2.4) | 92 (3.6) | 128 (5.0) | 134 (5.3) | 88 (3.5) | 63 (2.5) | 157 (6.2) | 144 (5.7) | 69 (2.7) | 42 (1.7) | 38 (1.5) | 34 (1.3) | 1,049 (41.4) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[1] | |||||||||||||
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