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Revision as of 21:52, 7 December 2010
Windhoek, Namibia
Latitude/Longitude 23deg 33.67’SOUTH Longitude: 15deg 02.476’ EAST [1]
Elevation Avg = 1251 meters [2]
Major Bodies of Water The Atlantic Ocean runs along the West coast of Namibia [3]
Contents
Climate
Climate Zone
AW (dry winter season) on Köppen climate chart </ref>http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/global/climate_max.htm
Cities with similar climate include Cape Town, South Africa Earth Science 7-Cape Town, South Africa
Average precipitation
January- 78.1 mm, 3.1 inches
February- 80.3 mm, 3.2 inches
March- 78.7 mm, 3.1 inches
April- 37.7 mm, 1.5 inches
May- 6.6 mm, 0.3 inches
June- 1.2 mm, 0.0 inches
July- o.7 mm, o.o inches
August- 0.9 mm, 0.0 inches
September- 2.8 mm, 0.1 inches
October- 11.8 mm, 0.5 inches
November - 26.9 mm, 1.1 inches
December- 41.7 mm, 1.6 inches
Yearly- 365.1 mm, 14.4 inches
Average temperature-degrees Celsius
January- min-17/max-29
February- min-16/max-28
March- min-15/max-27
April- min-13/max-25
May- min-9/max-22
June- min-7/max-20
July- min-6/max-10
August- min-8/max-23
September- min-10/max-12
October- min-10/max-15
November- min-10/max-15
December- min-10/max-17
Factors that Regulate the Climate
Namibia is on the coast of Africa, on the Atlantic Ocean. Windhoek is in the middle of the city. However, because Windhoek sits on the leeward side of a mountain, it does not get as much cold air from the ocean as it would if it was on the windward side instead. The elevation is not extremely high, so Windhoek is not exceptionally cold. Overall, there are no extreme climates (sea cools it in summer, mountainous air warms it in winter)
</ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/city_guides/results.shtml?tt=TT000470
- ↑ http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/.../inspectripNamibia1-13October2006.doc
- ↑ Google Earth
- ↑ Google Earth
