Hawf District

District in Al Mahrah, Yemen
Hawf District
District
Country Yemen
GovernorateAl Mahrah
Population
 (2003)
 • Total5,143
Time zoneUTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time)

Hawf District is a district of the Al Mahrah Governorate, Yemen. As of 2003, the district had a population of 5,143 inhabitants.[1] The Hawf Area was nominated to be a natural UNESCO World Heritage Site in August 2002. Currently, it is listed as a tentative World Heritage Site.[2] It's around 2 hours away from Sultanate of Oman border and it is 180 km away from Salalah, that is one of the biggest cities of Oman.

Climate

In Hawf, the climate is hot and dry. Most rain falls in the winter. The Köppen-Geiger climate classification is Bwh. The average annual temperature in Hawf is 26.2 °C (79.2 °F). About 51 mm (2.01 in) of precipitation falls annually. According to UNESCO, The area as a whole including Dhofar region in Oman and Hawf region in Yemen has been described as a center of plant diversity, and as a 'fog oasis' in the Arabian Peninsula which is predominantly arid.

Climate data for Hawf
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 27.4
(81.3) 		27.9
(82.2) 		30.4
(86.7) 		32.6
(90.7) 		34.4
(93.9) 		34.6
(94.3) 		31.7
(89.1) 		31.2
(88.2) 		31.9
(89.4) 		31.6
(88.9) 		30.5
(86.9) 		28.2
(82.8) 		31.0
(87.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 16.7
(62.1) 		18.1
(64.6) 		20.1
(68.2) 		22.5
(72.5) 		25.0
(77.0) 		25.9
(78.6) 		24.6
(76.3) 		23.7
(74.7) 		23.5
(74.3) 		21.1
(70.0) 		19.3
(66.7) 		17.9
(64.2) 		21.5
(70.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 4
(0.2) 		3
(0.1) 		4
(0.2) 		10
(0.4) 		1
(0.0) 		2
(0.1) 		7
(0.3) 		8
(0.3) 		1
(0.0) 		2
(0.1) 		4
(0.2) 		5
(0.2) 		51
(2.0)
Source: Climate-Data.org,Climate data

References

  1. ^ "Districts of Yemen". Statoids. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
  2. ^ "The Hawf Area". distancesto. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
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