Obe (Owbi, Obeh) is a town and the administrative center of Obe District, Herat Province, Afghanistan.[1] It is located at 34°22′11″N 63°10′35″E / 34.3697°N 63.1764°E / 34.3697; 63.1764 at 1277 m altitude in the valley of the Hari River, northeast of Herat.

Obe
اوبه
Obe is located in Afghanistan
Obe
Obe
Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 34°22′11″N 63°10′35″E / 34.36972°N 63.17639°E / 34.36972; 63.17639
Country Afghanistan
ProvinceHerat
DistrictObe
Elevation
1,277 m (4,190 ft)
Time zoneUTC+4:30

Climate

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Obe features a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dsa). Precipitation is low, and mostly falls in spring and winter. The average annual temperature is 10.5 °C (50.9 °F).

Climate data for Obe, Herat Province
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Daily mean °C (°F) −2
(28)
−0.3
(31.5)
5.0
(41.0)
10.5
(50.9)
15.8
(60.4)
21.2
(70.2)
23.4
(74.1)
21.8
(71.2)
16.5
(61.7)
10.4
(50.7)
4.0
(39.2)
0.2
(32.4)
10.5
(50.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 50.1
(1.97)
54.1
(2.13)
69.3
(2.73)
41.4
(1.63)
15.7
(0.62)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
5.5
(0.22)
17.5
(0.69)
34.6
(1.36)
288.2
(11.35)
Average relative humidity (%) 61 68 56 47 37 24 21 22 23 33 48 50 41
Source 1: ClimateCharts[2](1988-2017)
Source 2: World Weather Online (humidity)[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Obeh". GEOnet Names Server. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Climate: Obe - ClimateCharts, Laura Zepner, Pierre Karrasch, Felix Wiemann & Lars Bernard (2020) ClimateCharts.net – an interactive climate analysis web platform, International Journal of Digital Earth, DOI: 10.1080/17538947.2020.1829112". Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Humidity: Obeh, worldweatheronline.com". Retrieved 18 September 2022.

See also

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