Keetmanshoop
Keetmanshoop ǂNuǂgoaes Swartmodder | |
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City | |
 Keetmanshoop church | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Motto: Laborando vincimus | |
 Aerial view of Keetmanshoop (2017) | |
  Keetmanshoop Location in Namibia | |
| Coordinates: 26°34′43″S 18°8′0″E / 26.57861°S 18.13333°E | |
| Country |  Namibia |
| Region | ǁKaras Region |
| Constituency | Keetmanshoop Urban |
| Established | 14 April 1866 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gaudentia Kröhne |
| Area | |
| • Total | 202.4515 sq mi (524.3469 km2) |
| • Land | 202.4515 sq mi (524.3469 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 20,977 |
| • Ethnicities density | 103.6/sq mi (40/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Climate | BWh |
Keetmanshoop is a city[2] in the Karas Region of southern Namibia, on the Trans-Namib Railway from Windhoek to Upington in South Africa. It is named after Johann Keetman, a German industrialist and benefactor of the city.
The town is in a semi-arid area, normally receiving an annual average rainfall of only 159 millimetres (6.3 in), although in 1977 344.7 millimetres (13.57 in) was measured.[3]
Geography[change | change source]
Climate[change | change source]
Keetmanshoop has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh), with long, very hot summers and mild to warm winters. The annual average rainfall is only 159 mm (6 in). Keetmanshoop is one of the sunniest places year-round on the planet with a mean sunshine duration over 3,870 h yearly or 10.7 sunny hours daily or well above 87% of the time.[4][5] The annual mean temperature is 21.1 °C (70.0 °F) with a mean annual high of 28.8 °C (83.8 °F) and a low of 13.3 °C (55.9 °F). The climate is characterized by sunshine and dryness as well as moderate heat all year long.
The highest temperature yet recorded in Keetmanshoop was 42.8 °C (109.0 °F) on 8 & 9 January 2012 and the coldest was -2.7 °C (27.1 °F) on 18 July 1989.
| Climate data for Keetmanshoop | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 42.8 (109.0) | 42.0 (107.6) | 40.1 (104.2) | 37.4 (99.3) | 33.0 (91.4) | 31.6 (88.9) | 30.5 (86.9) | 34.2 (93.6) | 38.0 (100.4) | 40.7 (105.3) | 41.4 (106.5) | 42.3 (108.1) | 42.8 (109.0) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 34.8 (94.6) | 34.0 (93.2) | 32.2 (90.0) | 28.8 (83.8) | 25.0 (77.0) | 21.7 (71.1) | 21.3 (70.3) | 23.5 (74.3) | 27.2 (81.0) | 30.1 (86.2) | 32.4 (90.3) | 34.5 (94.1) | 28.8 (83.8) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 19.0 (66.2) | 19.3 (66.7) | 17.8 (64.0) | 14.4 (57.9) | 10.4 (50.7) | 7.0 (44.6) | 6.4 (43.5) | 7.5 (45.5) | 10.7 (51.3) | 13.7 (56.7) | 15.7 (60.3) | 17.6 (63.7) | 13.3 (55.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 15.1 (59.2) | 11.1 (52.0) | 3.5 (38.3) | 4.0 (39.2) | 1.2 (34.2) | −2.0 (28.4) | −2.7 (27.1) | −1.0 (30.2) | −1.6 (29.1) | 5.5 (41.9) | 8.0 (46.4) | 9.0 (48.2) | −2.7 (27.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 24 (0.9) | 42 (1.7) | 36 (1.4) | 15 (0.6) | 5 (0.2) | 2 (0.1) | 1 (0.0) | 1 (0.0) | 3 (0.1) | 6 (0.2) | 11 (0.4) | 13 (0.5) | 159 (6.1) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 28 | 36 | 40 | 40 | 38 | 39 | 36 | 31 | 27 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 32 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 353 | 300 | 312 | 306 | 304 | 287 | 305 | 323 | 319 | 343 | 348 | 370 | 3,870 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 84 | 82 | 82 | 89 | 91 | 91 | 93 | 93 | 89 | 87 | 86 | 86 | 88 |
| Source 1: Tabulation of Climate Statistics for Selected Stations in Namibia | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: en.tutiempo[6] | |||||||||||||
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Table 4.2.2 Urban population by Census years (2001 and 2011)" (PDF). Namibia 2011 - Population and Housing Census Main Report. Namibia Statistics Agency. p. 39. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ↑ "Local Authorities". Association of Local Authorities in Namibia (ALAN). Retrieved 1 October 2012.
- ↑ "en.tutiempo". 16 Dec 2018.
- ↑ Thomas, David; Shaw, Paul A (1991). The Kalahari Environment. Cambridge University Press. p. 93. ISBN 0521370809.
- ↑ Rudloff (1988). World Climates. University of Michigan. p. 438. ISBN 380470509X.
- ↑ S.L, Tutiempo Network. "Climate Keetmanshoop - Climate data (683120)". www.tutiempo.net.
Other websites[change | change source]
Media related to Keetmanshoop at Wikimedia Commons
Keetmanshoop travel guide from Wikivoyage
