Titan (Persian: تیتان) is the district center of Saghar District, Ghor province, Afghanistan.[1] It is located at 33°41′29″N 63°52′01″E / 33.6914°N 63.8669°E at 2,166 m altitude. Very close to Titan is the village of Saghar which gives the name of the district.
Titan
تیتان | |
|---|---|
  Titan Location in Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates: 33°41′29″N 63°52′1″E / 33.69139°N 63.86694°E | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Ghor |
| District | Saghar |
| Elevation | 7,106 ft (2,166 m) |
| Time zone | UTC+4:30 |
Climate
editTitan has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen climate classification system. Temperatures typically range between −5 and 21 °C (23 and 70 °F) through the year, but rarely can drop to −23 °C (−9 °F) or can rise to as high as 33 °C (91 °F).
The warmest months in Titan are June, July and August, with daily mean temperatures ranging from 18 to 21 °C (64 to 70 °F) throughout the day. The coldest temperatures usually occur in January, February and December, when daily mean temperatures range from −5 to −1 °C (23 to 30 °F) throughout the day. On average each year, Titan experiences 86 days above 25 °C (77 °F) and 139 days below 0 °C (32 °F).
| Climate data for Titan, Ghor Province | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 13.7 (56.7) |
20.1 (68.2) |
27.1 (80.8) |
28.9 (84.0) |
33.4 (92.1) |
37.3 (99.1) |
38.7 (101.7) |
37.4 (99.3) |
33.4 (92.1) |
28.9 (84.0) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.1 (70.0) |
38.7 (101.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 0.6 (33.1) |
1.1 (34.0) |
7.8 (46.0) |
16.7 (62.1) |
21.1 (70.0) |
26.1 (79.0) |
29.4 (84.9) |
28.3 (82.9) |
25.6 (78.1) |
18.3 (64.9) |
10.0 (50.0) |
5.0 (41.0) |
15.8 (60.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −4.7 (23.5) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
2.5 (36.5) |
10.0 (50.0) |
13.6 (56.5) |
18.1 (64.6) |
21.4 (70.5) |
19.7 (67.5) |
16.4 (61.5) |
10.0 (50.0) |
3.6 (38.5) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
8.8 (47.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −10.0 (14.0) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
3.3 (37.9) |
6.1 (43.0) |
10.0 (50.0) |
13.3 (55.9) |
11.1 (52.0) |
7.2 (45.0) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
1.8 (35.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −31 (−24) |
−28.6 (−19.5) |
−14.8 (5.4) |
−10.2 (13.6) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
1.3 (34.3) |
5.4 (41.7) |
3.7 (38.7) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−15.9 (3.4) |
−29.7 (−21.5) |
−31 (−24) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 42 (1.7) |
88 (3.5) |
75 (3.0) |
56 (2.2) |
34 (1.3) |
2 (0.1) |
1 (0.0) |
0 (0) |
1 (0.0) |
5 (0.2) |
35 (1.4) |
16 (0.6) |
355 (14) |
| Source 1: Nomadseason,[2] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: NASA Power[3] (Extremes 1990-2021) | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Titan". GEOnet Names Server. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ^ "Titan, Nomadseason.com". Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ "Data Access Viewer". Retrieved 11 October 2022.
See also
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