Qarabolaq

Qarabolaq
قره‌بلاق
Qarabolaq
Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 37°25′N 73°46′E / 37.417°N 73.767°E / 37.417; 73.767
Country Afghanistan
ProvinceBadakhshan
DistrictWakhan
Elevation
13,579 ft (4,139 m)
Time zone+ 4.30

Qarabolaq or Qareh Bulaq (Dari: قره‌بلاق) is a small settlement in the Great Pamir in Wakhan District, Badakhshan Province, northeastern Afghanistan.[1] It lies at an altitude of 4,139 m on the eastern shore of Zorkul lake, near the Afghan border with Tajikistan but also close to the Afghan borders with Pakistan and China.

Climate

Climate data for Tora'ka
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high humidex −22.0 −14.3 3.5 7.8 26.4 39.1 42.1 35.5 29.8 12.3 0.1 −14.1 42.1
Record high °C (°F) −18.6
(−1.5)
−11
(12)
8.0
(46.4)
12.2
(54.0)
28.0
(82.4)
35.7
(96.3)
38.4
(101.1)
35.2
(95.4)
26.5
(79.7)
17.0
(62.6)
2.2
(36.0)
−12.1
(10.2)
38.4
(101.1)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −44.0
(−47.2)
−38.2
(−36.8)
−20.6
(−5.1)
−3.4
(25.9)
10.2
(50.4)
21.1
(70.0)
23.8
(74.8)
19.3
(66.7)
8.3
(46.9)
−8.4
(16.9)
−30.9
(−23.6)
−42.7
(−44.9)
−8.8
(16.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) −46.2
(−51.2)
−42.8
(−45.0)
−28.5
(−19.3)
−11.3
(11.7)
4.4
(39.9)
14.2
(57.6)
17.2
(63.0)
12.6
(54.7)
3.0
(37.4)
−13.4
(7.9)
−34.6
(−30.3)
−45.4
(−49.7)
−14.2
(6.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −48.5
(−55.3)
−47.1
(−52.8)
−36.4
(−33.5)
−19.5
(−3.1)
−1.2
(29.8)
7.3
(45.1)
10.3
(50.5)
6.1
(43.0)
−2.3
(27.9)
−19.0
(−2.2)
−38.4
(−37.1)
−48.0
(−54.4)
−19.7
(−3.5)
Record low °C (°F) −69.0
(−92.2)
−67.6
(−89.7)
−62.0
(−79.6)
−53.7
(−64.7)
−28.5
(−19.3)
−5.7
(21.7)
−1.4
(29.5)
−6.9
(19.6)
−21.7
(−7.1)
−51.1
(−60.0)
−63.0
(−81.4)
−66.4
(−87.5)
−69.0
(−92.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 2.8
(0.11)
2.7
(0.11)
2.2
(0.09)
3.0
(0.12)
12.3
(0.48)
28.7
(1.13)
52.2
(2.06)
26.5
(1.04)
16.2
(0.64)
8.1
(0.32)
4.0
(0.16)
3.3
(0.13)
162
(6.39)
Average snowy days 20 19 18 14 10 1 0.0 0.6 9 19 21 18 149.6
Average relative humidity (%) 76 73 70 66 60 57 60 68 73 75 77 76 69
Mean monthly sunshine hours 5 40 136 219 289 298 285 192 102 52 9 0 1,627
Source: BMO[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "NGA GeoName Database". National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
  2. ^ "Qarabolaq, World Weather Online". Retrieved 17 September 2022.