Kalasin (Thai: กาฬสินธุ์) is a city (thesaban mueang) in northeast Thailand, the capital of Kalasin Province.[2] As of 2015, it has a population of 34,429[1] It covers the whole tambon Kalasin of the Mueang Kalasin District, an area of 16.96 km2 (6.55 sq mi). Kalasin lies 513 kilometres (319 mi) north-northeast of Bangkok by road.
Kalasin
กาฬสินธุ์ | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Kalasin Location in Thailand | |
| Coordinates: 16°26′3″N 103°30′33″E / 16.43417°N 103.50917°E | |
| Country | Thailand |
| Province | Kalasin Province |
| Founded | 1937 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jaruwat Bunpherm |
| Area | |
• Total | 16.96 km2 (6.55 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 152 m (499 ft) |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 34,429 |
| • Density | 2,000/km2 (5,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC 7 (ICT) |
| Postal code | 46000 |
| Area code | ( 66) 43 |
Geography
editClimate
edit| Climate data for Kalasin (1991–2020, extremes 1998-present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 36.3 (97.3) |
38.3 (100.9) |
40.8 (105.4) |
43.3 (109.9) |
42.9 (109.2) |
40.0 (104.0) |
41.1 (106.0) |
36.6 (97.9) |
36.6 (97.9) |
35.3 (95.5) |
36.9 (98.4) |
36.0 (96.8) |
43.3 (109.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.4 (86.7) |
32.3 (90.1) |
34.5 (94.1) |
35.8 (96.4) |
34.7 (94.5) |
33.5 (92.3) |
32.5 (90.5) |
31.9 (89.4) |
31.7 (89.1) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.0 (87.8) |
29.6 (85.3) |
32.4 (90.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 23.9 (75.0) |
25.7 (78.3) |
28.4 (83.1) |
29.9 (85.8) |
29.6 (85.3) |
29.2 (84.6) |
28.5 (83.3) |
28.1 (82.6) |
27.7 (81.9) |
27.2 (81.0) |
25.7 (78.3) |
23.7 (74.7) |
27.3 (81.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 17.4 (63.3) |
19.4 (66.9) |
22.4 (72.3) |
24.3 (75.7) |
25.0 (77.0) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.4 (75.9) |
23.0 (73.4) |
20.3 (68.5) |
17.4 (63.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 9.5 (49.1) |
8.2 (46.8) |
12.5 (54.5) |
16.3 (61.3) |
16.1 (61.0) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.2 (72.0) |
21.7 (71.1) |
20.5 (68.9) |
15.4 (59.7) |
12.0 (53.6) |
5.5 (41.9) |
5.5 (41.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 7.6 (0.30) |
14.1 (0.56) |
43.4 (1.71) |
75.9 (2.99) |
179.6 (7.07) |
198.4 (7.81) |
237.9 (9.37) |
265.0 (10.43) |
229.1 (9.02) |
93.0 (3.66) |
17.7 (0.70) |
2.2 (0.09) |
1,363.9 (53.70) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 0.6 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 5.7 | 11.8 | 11.6 | 13.8 | 15.0 | 13.5 | 6.0 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 84.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 66.9 | 65.8 | 66.0 | 69.0 | 75.4 | 78.3 | 81.1 | 83.8 | 84.6 | 78.9 | 72.4 | 68.1 | 74.2 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 275.9 | 259.9 | 275.9 | 243.0 | 198.4 | 156.0 | 161.2 | 117.8 | 144.0 | 198.4 | 252.0 | 257.3 | 2,539.8 |
| Source 1: World Meteorological Organization[3] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Office of Water Management and Hydrology, Royal Irrigation Department (sun 1981–2010)[4](extremes)[5] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b Department of provincial administration Archived August 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Kalasin". Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020". World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "ปริมาณการใช้น้ำของพืชอ้างอิงโดยวิธีของ Penman Monteith (Reference Crop Evapotranspiration by Penman Monteith)" (PDF) (in Thai). Office of Water Management and Hydrology, Royal Irrigation Department. p. 52. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ "Climatological Data for the Period 1981–2010". Thai Meteorological Department. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
External links
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Kalasin travel guide from Wikivoyage- https://web.archive.org/web/20100731063711/http://www.kalasin-mu.go.th/ Official website
16°26′3″N 103°30′33″E / 16.43417°N 103.50917°E
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