Qarabolaq
Qarabolaq
قرهبلاق | |
|---|---|
  Qarabolaq Location in Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates: 37°25′N 73°46′E / 37.417°N 73.767°E | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Badakhshan |
| District | Wakhan |
| 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
[edit]Qarabolaq has an alpine tundra climate (Köppen: ET). It has brief, cool summers and long, frigid winters. With an annual mean of −7.8 °C (18.0 °F), Qarabolaq lies in the continuous permafrost zone.
| Climate data for Qarabolaq (2009-2022) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | −5 (23) |
−2 (28) |
3 (37) |
7 (45) |
11 (52) |
17 (63) |
22 (72) |
19 (66) |
17 (63) |
11 (52) |
2 (36) |
−2 (28) |
22 (72) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −15.1 (4.8) |
−12.2 (10.0) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
2.3 (36.1) |
7.2 (45.0) |
12.7 (54.9) |
12.2 (54.0) |
7.7 (45.9) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
−13.0 (8.6) |
−1.4 (29.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −23.2 (−9.8) |
−20.2 (−4.4) |
−15.1 (4.8) |
−10.4 (13.3) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
2.2 (36.0) |
8.2 (46.8) |
7.4 (45.3) |
2.7 (36.9) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
−15.2 (4.6) |
−21.1 (−6.0) |
−7.8 (17.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −31.3 (−24.3) |
−28.2 (−18.8) |
−22.9 (−9.2) |
−17.8 (0.0) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
3.8 (38.8) |
2.7 (36.9) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
−10.2 (13.6) |
−22.3 (−8.1) |
−29.1 (−20.4) |
−14.2 (6.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −48 (−54) |
−46 (−51) |
−41 (−42) |
−39 (−38) |
−26 (−15) |
−18 (0) |
−10 (14) |
−7 (19) |
−14 (7) |
−30 (−22) |
−36 (−33) |
−44 (−47) |
−48 (−54) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 55.0 (2.17) |
78.8 (3.10) |
85.5 (3.37) |
78.7 (3.10) |
52.7 (2.07) |
27.0 (1.06) |
23.5 (0.93) |
24.8 (0.98) |
18.7 (0.74) |
35.2 (1.39) |
51.6 (2.03) |
43.7 (1.72) |
575.2 (22.66) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 49.8 (19.6) |
69.6 (27.4) |
77.4 (30.5) |
71.0 (28.0) |
42.0 (16.5) |
17.6 (6.9) |
2.7 (1.1) |
7.1 (2.8) |
11.2 (4.4) |
32.6 (12.8) |
49.9 (19.6) |
40.7 (16.0) |
471.6 (185.6) |
| Source: World Weather Online[2] | |||||||||||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "NGA GeoName Database". National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
- ^ "Qarabolaq, World Weather Online". Retrieved 17 September 2022.
External links
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