Pattan Tehsil
Pattan Tehsil
تحصیل پٹن پټن تحصیل | |
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| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| District | Lower Kohistan |
| Government | |
| • Chairman | Maulana Rehmatullah (IND) |
| Elevation | 833 m (2,733 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 202,913 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Pattan (Pashto: پټن, Urdu: پٹن) is the capital of Lower Kohistan District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
Climate
[edit]With a mild and generally warm and temperate climate, Pattan features a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen climate classification. The average temperature in Pattan is 19.6 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 802 mm. Even in the driest months, there is a lot of precipitation. November is the driest month with 17 mm of precipitation, while July, the wettest month, has an average precipitation of 123 mm.
July is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 29.3 °C. The coldest month January has an average temperature of 7.9 °C.
| Climate data for Pattan | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 13.3 (55.9) |
15.9 (60.6) |
20.8 (69.4) |
26.1 (79.0) |
31.6 (88.9) |
36.8 (98.2) |
35.9 (96.6) |
34.4 (93.9) |
32.6 (90.7) |
28.2 (82.8) |
22.3 (72.1) |
15.6 (60.1) |
26.1 (79.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.9 (46.2) |
10.3 (50.5) |
14.7 (58.5) |
19.7 (67.5) |
24.5 (76.1) |
29.2 (84.6) |
29.3 (84.7) |
28.3 (82.9) |
25.7 (78.3) |
20.6 (69.1) |
15.0 (59.0) |
9.6 (49.3) |
19.6 (67.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.6 (36.7) |
4.7 (40.5) |
8.7 (47.7) |
13.3 (55.9) |
17.4 (63.3) |
21.7 (71.1) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.2 (72.0) |
18.8 (65.8) |
13.0 (55.4) |
7.7 (45.9) |
3.7 (38.7) |
13.1 (55.5) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[2] | |||||||||||||
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-21. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
- ^ "Climate: Patan - Climate-Data.org". Retrieved 15 September 2016.
External links
[edit]Administrative divisions of Lower Kohistan District | ||
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