Sharurah
Sharurah (Arabic: شرورة) is a town in Najran Province, southern Saudi Arabia, approximately 200 miles east of the town of Najran.
Sharurah
شرورة | |
|---|---|
  Sharurah Location in Najran Province, Saudi Arabia | |
| Coordinates: 17°29′N 047°07′E | |
| Country |  Saudi Arabia |
| Province | Najran |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 85,977 |
It is located in the Empty Quarter desert near the Yemeni border, and functions mainly as a border town. Sharurah had a population of 85,977 at the 2010 Census.[1] It served by Sharurah Domestic Airport, a small airport with services to Riyadh, Abha and Jeddah.
Climate
| Climate data for Sharurah, 1982–2011 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 26.9 (80.4) |
30.7 (87.3) |
34.1 (93.4) |
37.3 (99.1) |
40.8 (105.4) |
42.5 (108.5) |
43.1 (109.6) |
42.7 (108.9) |
40.4 (104.7) |
35.5 (95.9) |
31.1 (88.0) |
27.8 (82.0) |
36.1 (96.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 10.4 (50.7) |
13.6 (56.5) |
17.4 (63.3) |
21.2 (70.2) |
24.0 (75.2) |
24.7 (76.5) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.8 (80.2) |
23.7 (74.7) |
19.0 (66.2) |
14.7 (58.5) |
11.3 (52.3) |
19.4 (67.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.0 (0.04) |
2.9 (0.11) |
17.5 (0.69) |
18.6 (0.73) |
3.5 (0.14) |
4.6 (0.18) |
5.2 (0.20) |
7.2 (0.28) |
2.0 (0.08) |
1.7 (0.07) |
0.5 (0.02) |
1.8 (0.07) |
66.5 (2.61) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 0.3 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 11.5 |
| Source: World Meteorological Organization[2] | |||||||||||||
References
- "Saudi Arabia: Sharurah". Geohive. Archived from the original on 2013-08-28.
- "World Weather Information Service – Sharurah". World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
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