City in Marodi Jeh, Somaliland
Salahley (Somali: Sallaxley), (Arabic: سلحلي), is a city in the Maroodi Jeex region of Somaliland and is the seat of the Salahlay District. It is south of Hargeisa, the capital of the country.[1]
Location
The City located around 56 km southeast of Hargeisa and 15 km from the border with the Somali Region of Ethiopia.
Climate
The climate in Salahley is called a desert climate. There is virtually no rainfall during the year. The climate here is classified as BWh by the Köppen-Geiger system. In Salaxley, the average annual temperature is 22.7 °C. About 367 mm of precipitation falls annually.
The driest month is December. There is 1 mm of precipitation in December. In April, the precipitation reaches its peak, with an average of 72 mm.
With an average of 24.7 °C, May is the warmest month. At 19.5 °C on average, January is the coldest month of the year.
The precipitation varies 71 mm between the driest month and the wettest month. The variation in annual temperature is around 5.2 °C
Climate data for Salaxley
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Month
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Jan
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Feb
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Mar
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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Year
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Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
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27.4 (81.3)
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29 (84)
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30.8 (87.4)
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30.1 (86.2)
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31.4 (88.5)
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31.2 (88.2)
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29.2 (84.6)
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29.9 (85.8)
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31.6 (88.9)
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30.1 (86.2)
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28.3 (82.9)
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27.1 (80.8)
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29.7 (85.4)
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Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
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11.6 (52.9)
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13.3 (55.9)
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15.6 (60.1)
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16.9 (62.4)
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18 (64)
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18 (64)
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17.7 (63.9)
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17.8 (64.0)
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17.9 (64.2)
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15.5 (59.9)
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13.6 (56.5)
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12.6 (54.7)
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15.7 (60.2)
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Average precipitation mm (inches)
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3 (0.1)
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4 (0.2)
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26 (1.0)
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72 (2.8)
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65 (2.6)
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29 (1.1)
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29 (1.1)
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41 (1.6)
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54 (2.1)
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34 (1.3)
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9 (0.4)
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1 (0.0)
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367 (14.3)
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Source: Climate-Data.org,[2]
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See also
References
https://en.climate-data.org/africa/somalia/woqooyi-galbeed/salaxley-643964