Garmsir
Prince Harry spent time in the village during his 2008 period in the country.
Climate
Garmsir has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh), characterised by little precipitation and high variation between summer and winter temperatures. The average temperature in Garmsir is 21.3 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 83 mm. July is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 33.8 °C. The coldest month January has an average temperature of 8.6 °C.
Climate data for Garmsir | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.9 (60.6) |
19.0 (66.2) |
25.5 (77.9) |
30.5 (86.9) |
36.7 (98.1) |
41.8 (107.2) |
42.6 (108.7) |
40.9 (105.6) |
36.7 (98.1) |
30.9 (87.6) |
23.4 (74.1) |
17.8 (64.0) |
30.1 (86.3) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 8.6 (47.5) |
11.5 (52.7) |
17.5 (63.5) |
22.1 (71.8) |
27.7 (81.9) |
32.2 (90.0) |
33.8 (92.8) |
31.5 (88.7) |
26.4 (79.5) |
20.6 (69.1) |
13.9 (57.0) |
9.4 (48.9) |
21.3 (70.3) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.3 (34.3) |
4.1 (39.4) |
9.5 (49.1) |
13.7 (56.7) |
18.8 (65.8) |
22.6 (72.7) |
25.1 (77.2) |
22.2 (72.0) |
16.2 (61.2) |
10.3 (50.5) |
4.5 (40.1) |
1.1 (34.0) |
12.5 (54.4) |
Source: Climate-Data.org |
Conflict
Garmsir was the scene of heavy fighting during April–September 2008 when U.S. Marines from the 24th MEU arrived to reinforce British and Afghan forces.
In July 2009, Marines taking part in Operation Khanjar met little or no resistance initially. By July 5, elements of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines were engaged in heavy fighting with Taliban forces.
Notable people
- Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji, founder of the Khalji dynasty of Bengal (1204–1227)
See also
- Camp Dwyer
- Forward Operating Base Delhi
- JTAC Cornet Harry Wales
- Mullah Abdul Karim (Guantanamo detainee 520)
- Helmand Province campaign