Hương Khê District
Hương Khê is a rural district (huyện) of Hà Tĩnh province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam.
As of 2003 the district had a population of 105,975. The district covers an area of 1,299 square kilometres (502 sq mi). The district capital lies at Hương Khê. On 20 April 2019 it recorded a temperature of 43.4 °C (110.1 °F), which is the highest temperature ever recorded in Vietnam until 7 May 2023.
Climate
| Climate data for Hương Khê | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 35.4 (95.7) |
38.4 (101.1) |
41.0 (105.8) |
43.4 (110.1) |
42.6 (108.7) |
41.2 (106.2) |
41.0 (105.8) |
40.5 (104.9) |
39.3 (102.7) |
35.8 (96.4) |
36.8 (98.2) |
33.4 (92.1) |
43.4 (110.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 21.4 (70.5) |
22.5 (72.5) |
25.7 (78.3) |
30.5 (86.9) |
33.6 (92.5) |
34.6 (94.3) |
34.8 (94.6) |
33.4 (92.1) |
31.2 (88.2) |
28.1 (82.6) |
25.1 (77.2) |
22.1 (71.8) |
28.6 (83.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 17.6 (63.7) |
18.7 (65.7) |
21.3 (70.3) |
25.1 (77.2) |
27.8 (82.0) |
29.2 (84.6) |
29.2 (84.6) |
28.1 (82.6) |
26.3 (79.3) |
24.0 (75.2) |
21.3 (70.3) |
18.5 (65.3) |
23.9 (75.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.4 (59.7) |
16.6 (61.9) |
19.0 (66.2) |
21.9 (71.4) |
24.1 (75.4) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.3 (77.5) |
24.8 (76.6) |
23.6 (74.5) |
21.6 (70.9) |
19.0 (66.2) |
16.2 (61.2) |
21.0 (69.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 2.6 (36.7) |
6.7 (44.1) |
6.1 (43.0) |
11.8 (53.2) |
15.5 (59.9) |
19.0 (66.2) |
20.4 (68.7) |
20.4 (68.7) |
17.2 (63.0) |
13.5 (56.3) |
6.6 (43.9) |
2.9 (37.2) |
2.6 (36.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 43.6 (1.72) |
46.8 (1.84) |
66.0 (2.60) |
94.8 (3.73) |
206.8 (8.14) |
157.0 (6.18) |
160.5 (6.32) |
282.6 (11.13) |
504.1 (19.85) |
578.8 (22.79) |
201.7 (7.94) |
71.7 (2.82) |
2,414.1 (95.04) |
| Average rainy days | 13.8 | 14.7 | 16.4 | 13.1 | 14.4 | 11.5 | 11.6 | 15.6 | 17.1 | 19.0 | 14.5 | 12.3 | 173.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 89.7 | 90.1 | 89.1 | 85.7 | 80.6 | 76.7 | 75.2 | 81.4 | 86.0 | 88.4 | 88.1 | 88.3 | 84.9 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 58.3 | 51.8 | 72.9 | 125.8 | 176.6 | 181.2 | 191.3 | 154.7 | 118.8 | 93.0 | 70.2 | 51.4 | 1,332.7 |
| Source: Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Districts of Vietnam". Statoids. Retrieved March 20, 2009.
- ^ "TRUNG TÂM DỰ BÁO KHÍ TƯỢNG THỦY VĂN TRUNG ƯƠNG". Archived from the original on 2019-04-20.
- ^ Jessica Blunden; Derek Arndt (2020). "State of the Climate in 2019". Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 101 (8): Si-S429. Bibcode:2020BAMS..101S...1.. doi:10.1175/2020BAMSStateoftheClimate.1. S2CID 225385099. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ Cappucci, Matthew (22 April 2019). "Vietnam just observed its highest temperature ever recorded: 110 degrees, in April". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology" (PDF). Retrieved 16 August 2023.
18°10′34″N 105°42′40″E / 18.176°N 105.711°E
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| Hà Tĩnh province | ||
| Quảng Bình province |
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| Quảng Trị province | ||
| Thừa Thiên Huế province |
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