El Qoseir
26°06′14″N 34°16′52″E / 26.10389°N 34.28111°E
El Qoseir
القصير ( UTC+2 (EST ) |
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El QoseirPtolemaic era was Myos Hormos.[2] Historically, it was the endpoint of the Wadi Hammamat trail, an important route connecting Egypt and the Red Sea. El Qoseir is located 138 kilometers south of Hurghada, 130 km north of Marsa Alam and 68 km north of the Marsa Alam International Airport. In 1986, its population was approximately 20,000. Today, the population of El Qoseir is around 50,000.
Climate
Ras El Bar, Baltim, Damietta and Alexandria have the least temperature variation. Rain is very rare as in most of Egypt. Seasonal variation is small, comparable to Marsa Alam, but its summer days are cooler, even cooler than similar more northern areas at the Red Sea, like Hurghada and Sharm El Sheikh
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The highest record temperature was 46 °C (115 °F), recorded on July 12, 1983, while the coldest record temperature was 1 °C (34 °F), recorded on January 6, 1976.[3]
| Climate data for El Qoseir | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 30.4 (86.7) |
31.4 (88.5) |
38.3 (100.9) |
42.2 (108.0) |
44.6 (112.3) |
41.0 (105.8) |
37.6 (99.7) |
38.3 (100.9) |
36.4 (97.5) |
36.7 (98.1) |
32.8 (91.0) |
31.3 (88.3) |
44.6 (112.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 21.9 (71.4) |
22.6 (72.7) |
24.5 (76.1) |
27.1 (80.8) |
29.8 (85.6) |
31.8 (89.2) |
32.6 (90.7) |
32.7 (90.9) |
31.6 (88.9) |
29.3 (84.7) |
24.7 (76.5) |
23.2 (73.8) |
27.7 (81.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 17.8 (64.0) |
18.5 (65.3) |
20.5 (68.9) |
23.5 (74.3) |
26.4 (79.5) |
28.8 (83.8) |
29.6 (85.3) |
29.9 (85.8) |
28.3 (82.9) |
25.9 (78.6) |
22.5 (72.5) |
19.2 (66.6) |
24.2 (75.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 13.8 (56.8) |
14.3 (57.7) |
16.4 (61.5) |
19.7 (67.5) |
22.7 (72.9) |
25.4 (77.7) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.4 (79.5) |
25.0 (77.0) |
22.4 (72.3) |
17.8 (64.0) |
15.5 (59.9) |
20.5 (68.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 9.0 (48.2) |
8.8 (47.8) |
9.2 (48.6) |
12.7 (54.9) |
16.6 (61.9) |
21.2 (70.2) |
21.3 (70.3) |
23.0 (73.4) |
18.1 (64.6) |
17.5 (63.5) |
12.4 (54.3) |
9.3 (48.7) |
8.8 (47.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
1 (0.0) |
1 (0.0) |
1 (0.0) |
3 (0.1) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Average relative humidity (%)
|
51 | 48 | 50 | 50 | 48 | 48 | 50 | 51 | 54 | 56 | 54 | 54 | 51.2 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 |
| Source 1: NOAA,[4] Climate Charts[5] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Voodoo Skies for record temperatures,[3] Weather2Travel for sunshine[6] | |||||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 °C (73 °F) | 22 °C (72 °F) | 22 °C (72 °F) | 23 °C (73 °F) | 25 °C (77 °F) | 26 °C (79 °F) | 28 °C (82 °F) | 29 °C (84 °F) | 28 °C (82 °F) | 27 °C (81 °F) | 26 °C (79 °F) | 24 °C (75 °F) |
See also
Notes
- ^ Also spelled Kosseir, Al Qusair, El Quseir, Quseir, Qusseir or Qosseir.
References
- ISBN 978-3-8053-1771-9.
- ^ Myos Hormos - Quseir al-Qadim: Roman and Islamic Ports on the Red Sea, Blue, Lucie, Peacock, David P. S.,Oxbow (2006)
- ^ a b "Quseir, Egypt". Voodoo Skies. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ "Kosseir Climate Normals 1961–1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
- ^ "Kosseir, Egypt: Climate, Global Warming, and Daylight Charts and Data". Archived from the original on 19 August 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- ^ a b "El Quseir Climate and Weather Averages, Egypt". Weather2Travel. Archived from the original on 2014-10-07. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
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