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Kitale
Kitale is an agricultural town in northern Rift Valley Kenya situated between Mount Elgon and the Cherangany Hills at an elevation of around 1,900 metres (6,200 ft).[3] Its population is 106,187 as of 2009.[1] Kitale is the headquarter town of Trans-Nzoia County. Kitale is reachable by air through Kitale Airport. The postal code for Kitale is 30200.[4]
Kitale | |
|---|---|
Downtown Kitale | |
| Nickname: KTL | |
Kitale Location in Kenya | |
| Coordinates: 1°01′N 35°00′E / 1.017°N 35.000°E | |
| Country | Kenya |
| County | Trans-Nzoia County |
| Elevation | 1,900 m (6,200 ft) |
| Population (2019) | |
| • Total | 162,174 [1][2] |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
The National Museum of Western Kenya is located at Kitale. It is a natural history museum and was originally created by Lt Col. Hugh Stoneham in 1926.[5] Just next to the museum there is a demonstration farm with agroforestry practices run by a Swedish non-governmental organisation called Vi Agroforestry.
Climate
Kitale has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb).
| Climate data for Kitale (1961–1990, extremes 1921–present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 36.0 (96.8) | 35.2 (95.4) | 37.8 (100.0) | 33.0 (91.4) | 33.3 (91.9) | 29.2 (84.6) | 27.8 (82.0) | 30.0 (86.0) | 29.8 (85.6) | 29.8 (85.6) | 33.0 (91.4) | 33.6 (92.5) | 37.8 (100.0) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 27.0 (80.6) | 27.7 (81.9) | 27.5 (81.5) | 25.8 (78.4) | 24.8 (76.6) | 24.1 (75.4) | 23.3 (73.9) | 23.7 (74.7) | 24.8 (76.6) | 25.1 (77.2) | 24.9 (76.8) | 25.7 (78.3) | 25.4 (77.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 18.8 (65.8) | 19.5 (67.1) | 19.8 (67.6) | 19.3 (66.7) | 18.7 (65.7) | 17.9 (64.2) | 17.4 (63.3) | 17.5 (63.5) | 17.9 (64.2) | 18.3 (64.9) | 18.1 (64.6) | 18.1 (64.6) | 18.4 (65.1) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 10.5 (50.9) | 11.4 (52.5) | 12.0 (53.6) | 12.9 (55.2) | 12.6 (54.7) | 11.7 (53.1) | 11.6 (52.9) | 11.3 (52.3) | 11.0 (51.8) | 11.5 (52.7) | 11.3 (52.3) | 10.5 (50.9) | 11.5 (52.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 6.0 (42.8) | 6.0 (42.8) | 7.0 (44.6) | 7.4 (45.3) | 7.3 (45.1) | 7.0 (44.6) | 8.0 (46.4) | 6.5 (43.7) | 7.0 (44.6) | 7.0 (44.6) | 5.0 (41.0) | 5.8 (42.4) | 5.0 (41.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 20.4 (0.80) | 52.2 (2.06) | 102.5 (4.04) | 190.3 (7.49) | 198.4 (7.81) | 101.1 (3.98) | 123.3 (4.85) | 150.9 (5.94) | 102.8 (4.05) | 91.5 (3.60) | 90.9 (3.58) | 34.8 (1.37) | 1,259.1 (49.57) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 8 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 137 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 50 | 52 | 54 | 66 | 70 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 63 | 63 | 56 | 63 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 257.3 | 218.4 | 226.3 | 195.0 | 210.8 | 207.0 | 192.2 | 201.5 | 210.0 | 223.2 | 207.0 | 254.2 | 2,602.9 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 8.3 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 8.2 | 7.1 |
| Source 1: NOAA[6] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Deutscher Wetterdienst (humidity, 1961–1990),[7] Meteo Climat (record highs and lows)[8] | |||||||||||||
References
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Kitale.
- ^ a b . Archived from the original on 2016-07-29. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
- ^ population statistics
- ^ . Archived from the original on 2013-03-17. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
- ^ "List of All Postal Codes in Kenya".
- ^ . Kenyan Museums. Archived from the original on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
- ^ "Kitale Climate Normals 1961–1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
- ^ "Klimatafel von Kitale / Kenia" (PDF). Baseline climate means (1961-1990) from stations all over the world (in German). Deutscher Wetterdienst. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ^ "Station Kitale" (in French). Meteo Climat. Retrieved August 31, 2016.