City in Marodi Jeh, Somaliland
Salahley (Somali: Sallaxley), (Arabic: سلحلي), is a city in the Maroodi Jeex region of Somaliland and is the seat of the Salahlay District. It is south of Hargeisa, the capital of the country.[1]
Location
The City located around 56 km southeast of Hargeisa and 15 km from the border with the Somali Region of Ethiopia.
Climate
The climate in Salahley is called a desert climate. There is virtually no rainfall during the year. The climate here is classified as BWh by the Köppen-Geiger system. In Salaxley, the average annual temperature is 22.7 °C. About 367 mm of precipitation falls annually.
The driest month is December. There is 1 mm of precipitation in December. In April, the precipitation reaches its peak, with an average of 72 mm.
With an average of 24.7 °C, May is the warmest month. At 19.5 °C on average, January is the coldest month of the year.
The precipitation varies 71 mm between the driest month and the wettest month. The variation in annual temperature is around 5.2 °C
| Climate data for Salaxley
|
| Month
|
Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
May
|
Jun
|
Jul
|
Aug
|
Sep
|
Oct
|
Nov
|
Dec
|
Year
|
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
27.4
(81.3)
|
29
(84)
|
30.8
(87.4)
|
30.1
(86.2)
|
31.4
(88.5)
|
31.2
(88.2)
|
29.2
(84.6)
|
29.9
(85.8)
|
31.6
(88.9)
|
30.1
(86.2)
|
28.3
(82.9)
|
27.1
(80.8)
|
29.7
(85.4)
|
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
11.6
(52.9)
|
13.3
(55.9)
|
15.6
(60.1)
|
16.9
(62.4)
|
18
(64)
|
18
(64)
|
17.7
(63.9)
|
17.8
(64.0)
|
17.9
(64.2)
|
15.5
(59.9)
|
13.6
(56.5)
|
12.6
(54.7)
|
15.7
(60.2)
|
| Average precipitation mm (inches)
|
3
(0.1)
|
4
(0.2)
|
26
(1.0)
|
72
(2.8)
|
65
(2.6)
|
29
(1.1)
|
29
(1.1)
|
41
(1.6)
|
54
(2.1)
|
34
(1.3)
|
9
(0.4)
|
1
(0.0)
|
367
(14.3)
|
| Source: Climate-Data.org,[2]
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