Chenachène (also written Chenachane[2]) is an isolated village in the commune of Tindouf,[1] in Tindouf Province, Algeria.
Chenachène | |
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Village | |
![]() ![]() Chenachène | |
Coordinates: 26°2′23″N 4°12′56″W | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | Tindouf Province |
District | Tindouf District |
Commune | Tindouf[1] |
Elevation | 380 m (1,250 ft) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Chenachène has a hyper-arid hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). It is one of the driest places on earth and the hottest during summer. The average high temperature in July is 48.3 °C (118.9 °F), which is 0.9°C higher than Furnace Creek, Death Valley, California and the highest on earth (Chenachène beats nearby Taghaza in Mali by 0.1°C, and Taoudenni, also in Mali, by 0.4°C).
Climate data for Chenachène | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 23.0 (73.4) |
26.6 (79.9) |
30.1 (86.2) |
35.8 (96.4) |
39.4 (102.9) |
44.5 (112.1) |
48.3 (118.9) |
46.7 (116.1) |
42.0 (107.6) |
35.1 (95.2) |
28.1 (82.6) |
22.4 (72.3) |
35.2 (95.3) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 14.7 (58.5) |
17.7 (63.9) |
21.7 (71.1) |
26.2 (79.2) |
29.9 (85.8) |
34.6 (94.3) |
38.7 (101.7) |
37.6 (99.7) |
33.6 (92.5) |
26.9 (80.4) |
20.5 (68.9) |
15.0 (59.0) |
26.4 (79.6) |
Average low °C (°F) | 6.5 (43.7) |
8.9 (48.0) |
13.3 (55.9) |
16.7 (62.1) |
20.5 (68.9) |
24.8 (76.6) |
29.1 (84.4) |
28.5 (83.3) |
25.3 (77.5) |
18.7 (65.7) |
13.0 (55.4) |
7.6 (45.7) |
17.7 (63.9) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 0 (0) |
1 (0.0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
2 (0.1) |
2 (0.1) |
1 (0.0) |
2 (0.1) |
0 (0) |
8 (0.3) |
Source: Climate-Data.org[3] |
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Tindouf District |
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