Khabr National Park
Baft (Persian: بافت) is a city in the Central District of Baft County, Kerman province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. It is 155 kilometres (96 mi) southwest of Kerman. Baft has an elevation of about 2,280 metres (7,480 ft).
In the 2011 census, a population of 33,107 across 8,473 households was recorded. The following census in 2011 counted 33,107 people in 8,473 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 34,517 people in 10,035 households.
Climate
| Climate data for Baft (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.0 (68.0) |
22.4 (72.3) |
26.8 (80.2) |
27.4 (81.3) |
33.8 (92.8) |
37.0 (98.6) |
36.8 (98.2) |
36.6 (97.9) |
33.5 (92.3) |
28.9 (84.0) |
24.2 (75.6) |
24.0 (75.2) |
37.0 (98.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.6 (49.3) |
11.5 (52.7) |
15.2 (59.4) |
20.6 (69.1) |
26.3 (79.3) |
31.1 (88.0) |
32.5 (90.5) |
31.3 (88.3) |
28.3 (82.9) |
23.0 (73.4) |
16.5 (61.7) |
12.5 (54.5) |
21.5 (70.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.5 (38.3) |
5.5 (41.9) |
9.1 (48.4) |
14.6 (58.3) |
20.2 (68.4) |
24.9 (76.8) |
26.2 (79.2) |
24.9 (76.8) |
21.9 (71.4) |
16.2 (61.2) |
9.8 (49.6) |
5.9 (42.6) |
15.2 (59.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −1.6 (29.1) |
0.1 (32.2) |
3.5 (38.3) |
8.4 (47.1) |
13.2 (55.8) |
17.8 (64.0) |
19.8 (67.6) |
18.4 (65.1) |
15.2 (59.4) |
9.6 (49.3) |
3.7 (38.7) |
0.3 (32.5) |
9.0 (48.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −16.6 (2.1) |
−11.6 (11.1) |
−7.6 (18.3) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
6.4 (43.5) |
9.5 (49.1) |
14.5 (58.1) |
12.6 (54.7) |
6.6 (43.9) |
2.8 (37.0) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
−16.6 (2.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 52.1 (2.05) |
53.1 (2.09) |
51.1 (2.01) |
24.1 (0.95) |
8.9 (0.35) |
1.8 (0.07) |
5.0 (0.20) |
11.2 (0.44) |
1.3 (0.05) |
4.9 (0.19) |
12.0 (0.47) |
33.5 (1.32) |
259.0 (10.20) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 30.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 52.0 | 50.0 | 46.0 | 39.0 | 30.0 | 24.0 | 27.0 | 26.0 | 28.0 | 34.0 | 43.0 | 48.0 | 37.3 |
| Average dew point °C (°F) | −6.6 (20.1) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
0.6 (33.1) |
1.8 (35.2) |
4.2 (39.6) |
2.8 (37.0) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−5.9 (21.4) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 226 | 216 | 243 | 268 | 318 | 313 | 301 | 317 | 296 | 294 | 251 | 239 | 3,282 |
| Source: NOAA | |||||||||||||
Khabr National Park
Baft is one of the natural area in Iran. Within its local is the Khabr National Park which has been submitted by Iran as a UNESCO world heritage site. Khabr National Park has a rich flora (about 750 species) and about 120 endemic species.
