Rafha
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Rafha
رفحاء | |
|---|---|
  Rafha Location in Northern Borders Province, Saudi Arabia | |
| Coordinates: 29°38′19″N 043°30′05″E / 29.63861°N 43.50139°E | |
| Country |  Saudi Arabia |
| Province | Northern Borders |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
| • Total | 84,536 |
Rafha (
Northern Borders Region (also known as Al-Hudud ash Shamaliyah). Currently the Ministry of Housing is building over 600 new villas for the local population and others and making significant improvements to the local infrastructure.[2]
Climate
| Climate data for Rafha (1985-2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 29.8 (85.6) |
34.2 (93.6) |
38.4 (101.1) |
41.5 (106.7) |
46.0 (114.8) |
48.5 (119.3) |
51.1 (124.0) |
48.9 (120.0) |
46.5 (115.7) |
41.7 (107.1) |
36.0 (96.8) |
32.2 (90.0) |
51.1 (124.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 16.7 (62.1) |
19.6 (67.3) |
24.6 (76.3) |
31.1 (88.0) |
37.2 (99.0) |
41.0 (105.8) |
42.8 (109.0) |
43.4 (110.1) |
40.1 (104.2) |
34.2 (93.6) |
24.8 (76.6) |
18.6 (65.5) |
31.2 (88.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.1 (50.2) |
12.6 (54.7) |
17.3 (63.1) |
23.6 (74.5) |
29.6 (85.3) |
33.0 (91.4) |
34.5 (94.1) |
35.0 (95.0) |
31.7 (89.1) |
26.0 (78.8) |
17.6 (63.7) |
11.9 (53.4) |
23.6 (74.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.3 (39.7) |
6.0 (42.8) |
9.9 (49.8) |
15.7 (60.3) |
21.1 (70.0) |
23.7 (74.7) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.5 (77.9) |
22.4 (72.3) |
18.2 (64.8) |
11.2 (52.2) |
6.1 (43.0) |
15.8 (60.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −5.8 (21.6) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
3.0 (37.4) |
12.1 (53.8) |
17.1 (62.8) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.0 (66.2) |
12.2 (54.0) |
4.3 (39.7) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−5.8 (21.6) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 14.4 (0.57) |
9.2 (0.36) |
20.0 (0.79) |
12.0 (0.47) |
2.2 (0.09) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
2.6 (0.10) |
12.4 (0.49) |
10.8 (0.43) |
83.6 (3.3) |
| Average relative humidity (%)
|
64 | 54 | 43 | 36 | 25 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 32 | 49 | 61 | 37 |
| Source: Jeddah Regional Climate Center[5] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ a b "Places in Rafḥā' (Northern Borders Region, Saudi Arabia) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Housing. [full citation needed]
- ^ "Average Temperature, weather by month, Rafha weather averages". en.climate-data.org. Archived from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ "Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". en.climate-data.org. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ "Climate Data for Saudi Arabia". Jeddah Regional Climate Center. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
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