Tokar (Arabic: طوكر), also transliterated Tawkar, is a town of 40,000 people near the Red Sea in northeastern Sudan. Tokar Game Reserve lies to the east of the town.
Tokar
طوكر | |
|---|---|
  Tokar Location in Sudan | |
| Coordinates: 18°25′31″N 37°43′45″E / 18.42528°N 37.72917°E | |
| Country |  Sudan |
| State | Red Sea |
| Elevation | 70 ft (20 m) |
| Population (2008)[1] | |
| • Total | 37,051 |
The town lies in the delta of the Baraka River. Since the 1860s cotton has been grown in the delta.[2]
Climate
editThe high temperature mean daily value, in the month of July, can reach 43 °C or 109.4 °F, the low temperature mean daily value does not go under 28 °C or 82.4 °F. In January the high temperature mean daily value is 28 °C or 82.4 °F and the low temperature mean daily value is 20 °C or 68 °F. The only rain in Tokar falls in the months of November, December, January and August. In the whole world only 48 locations are warmer than Tokar, and 166 are dryer.[3]
| Climate data for Tokar | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28.2 (82.8) |
28.7 (83.7) |
30.9 (87.6) |
33.7 (92.7) |
37.7 (99.9) |
42.3 (108.1) |
42.9 (109.2) |
42.4 (108.3) |
41.3 (106.3) |
36.8 (98.2) |
33.1 (91.6) |
29.8 (85.6) |
35.7 (96.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 24.4 (75.9) |
24.4 (75.9) |
26.1 (79.0) |
27.8 (82.0) |
31.1 (88.0) |
33.3 (91.9) |
35.0 (95.0) |
35.0 (95.0) |
33.3 (91.9) |
30.6 (87.1) |
27.8 (82.0) |
25.6 (78.1) |
29.5 (85.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.0 (68.0) |
19.7 (67.5) |
20.9 (69.6) |
22.0 (71.6) |
23.1 (73.6) |
25.1 (77.2) |
28.0 (82.4) |
28.3 (82.9) |
26.2 (79.2) |
25.3 (77.5) |
23.6 (74.5) |
21.2 (70.2) |
23.6 (74.5) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 17 (0.7) |
4 (0.2) |
1 (0.0) |
2 (0.1) |
2 (0.1) |
1 (0.0) |
5 (0.2) |
4 (0.2) |
1 (0.0) |
7 (0.3) |
22 (0.9) |
16 (0.6) |
82 (3.3) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 69 | 66 | 64 | 59 | 50 | 37 | 34 | 36 | 42 | 58 | 63 | 67 | 54 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 7.0 | 5.1 | 6.7 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 6.5 | 4.9 | 7.1 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 6.8 | 5.3 | 6.8 |
| Source: Arab Meteorology Book[4] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Map of Tokar, Sudan, Africa". Collins Maps. Archived from the original on 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
- ^ "Sudan - Irrigated Agriculture". Country-data.com. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
- ^ "Tokar, Sudan: Climate, Global Warming, and Daylight Charts and Data". Tokar, Sudan: Climate-charts.com. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
- ^ "Appendix I: Meteorological Data" (PDF). Springer. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
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