Sharurah
شرورة | |
|---|---|
  Sharurah Location in Najran Province, Saudi Arabia | |
| Coordinates: 17°29′N 047°07′E / 17.483°N 47.117°E | |
| Country |  Saudi Arabia |
| Province | Najran |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 85,977 |
Sharurah (Arabic: شرورة) is a town in Najran Province, southern Saudi Arabia, approximately 200 miles east of the town of Najran.
It is located in the Empty Quarter desert near the Yemeni border, and functions mainly as a border town. Sharurah had a population of 85,977 at the 2010 Census.[1] It served by Sharurah Domestic Airport, a small airport with services to Riyadh, Abha and Jeddah.
Climate
| Climate data for Sharurah, 1982–2011 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 26.9 (80.4) |
30.7 (87.3) |
34.1 (93.4) |
37.3 (99.1) |
40.8 (105.4) |
42.5 (108.5) |
43.1 (109.6) |
42.7 (108.9) |
40.4 (104.7) |
35.5 (95.9) |
31.1 (88.0) |
27.8 (82.0) |
36.1 (96.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 10.4 (50.7) |
13.6 (56.5) |
17.4 (63.3) |
21.2 (70.2) |
24.0 (75.2) |
24.7 (76.5) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.8 (80.2) |
23.7 (74.7) |
19.0 (66.2) |
14.7 (58.5) |
11.3 (52.3) |
19.4 (67.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.0 (0.04) |
2.9 (0.11) |
17.5 (0.69) |
18.6 (0.73) |
3.5 (0.14) |
4.6 (0.18) |
5.2 (0.20) |
7.2 (0.28) |
2.0 (0.08) |
1.7 (0.07) |
0.5 (0.02) |
1.8 (0.07) |
66.5 (2.61) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 0.3 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 11.5 |
| Source: World Meteorological Organization[2] | |||||||||||||
References
- 1 2 "Saudi Arabia: Sharurah". Geohive. Archived from the original on 2013-08-28.
- ↑ "World Weather Information Service – Sharurah". World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
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