Nok Kundi
نوکنڈی, نوک کنڈی
Naukundi
Nok Kundi is located in Balochistan, Pakistan
Nok Kundi
Nok Kundi
Nok Kundi is located in Pakistan
Nok Kundi
Nok Kundi
Coordinates: 28°49′33″N 62°45′00″E / 28.825887°N 62.750025°E / 28.825887; 62.750025
Country Pakistan
ProvinceBalochistan
DistrictChagai District
Government
Elevation
679 m (2,228 ft)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
  Summer (DST)UTC+6 (PDT)

Nok Kundi ("the blunt point"), is a township and region in western Pakistan in the province of Balochistan. This region of western Pakistan, was historically known to these people as Dzaranga ("water producing land"). It was recorded by the Greeks and Hellenized to Drangiana in Greek literature. The original word for this region is Zaranka which means "watermill" or a "spring". This word occurs in old Balochi and Persian as "Waterland".

Climate

Nok Kundi has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh) with extremely hot summers and mild winters. There is virtually no rainfall whole the year. The climate is very dry with just 35 millimetres (1.4 in) of rainfall each year.

Climate data for Nok Kundi
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 31.1
(88.0)
33.0
(91.4)
37.8
(100.0)
43.1
(109.6)
47.5
(117.5)
49.6
(121.3)
48.3
(118.9)
47.8
(118.0)
46.0
(114.8)
43.0
(109.4)
36.0
(96.8)
29.0
(84.2)
49.6
(121.3)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 18.7
(65.7)
21.5
(70.7)
27.7
(81.9)
33.8
(92.8)
39.0
(102.2)
42.7
(108.9)
42.9
(109.2)
41.5
(106.7)
38.1
(100.6)
33.3
(91.9)
26.9
(80.4)
21.0
(69.8)
32.3
(90.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) 11.3
(52.3)
14.1
(57.4)
20.1
(68.2)
26.2
(79.2)
31.2
(88.2)
35.1
(95.2)
35.8
(96.4)
34.1
(93.4)
30.0
(86.0)
24.6
(76.3)
18.4
(65.1)
13.2
(55.8)
24.5
(76.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 4.0
(39.2)
6.8
(44.2)
12.6
(54.7)
18.6
(65.5)
23.5
(74.3)
27.4
(81.3)
28.6
(83.5)
26.6
(79.9)
21.9
(71.4)
15.9
(60.6)
10.0
(50.0)
5.5
(41.9)
16.8
(62.2)
Record low °C (°F) −8
(18)
−10.0
(14.0)
−1.1
(30.0)
7.0
(44.6)
8.1
(46.6)
16.1
(61.0)
18.9
(66.0)
17.8
(64.0)
10.0
(50.0)
2.0
(35.6)
−4.4
(24.1)
−8.3
(17.1)
−10.0
(14.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 10.8
(0.43)
8.0
(0.31)
7.6
(0.30)
3.5
(0.14)
0.4
(0.02)
0.0
(0.0)
1.3
(0.05)
1.2
(0.05)
0.0
(0.0)
0.4
(0.02)
0.2
(0.01)
1.9
(0.07)
35.3
(1.4)
Mean monthly sunshine hours 219.2 205.1 250.4 280.5 313.5 299.1 286.9 319.9 274.0 290.3 254.6 224.9 3,218.4
Source: NOAA (1961-1990) [1]

References

  1. "Nokkundi Climate Normals 1961-1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
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