Phongsali
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Phongsali or Phongsaly (Lao: ຜົ້ງສາລີ) is the capital of Phongsaly Province, Laos. It is the northernmost provincial capital in Laos.
Languages
Climate
Phongsali has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen climate classification: Cwa).
| Climate data for Phongsali, elevation 1,300 m (4,300 ft), (1990–2019) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.5 (67.1) | 22.8 (73.0) | 25.8 (78.4) | 27.5 (81.5) | 27.1 (80.8) | 26.5 (79.7) | 25.2 (77.4) | 25.8 (78.4) | 25.4 (77.7) | 23.7 (74.7) | 21.6 (70.9) | 18.8 (65.8) | 24.1 (75.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 15.4 (59.7) | 17.8 (64.0) | 20.6 (69.1) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.8 (73.0) | 22.1 (71.8) | 22.4 (72.3) | 21.8 (71.2) | 20.2 (68.4) | 17.8 (64.0) | 15.0 (59.0) | 20.1 (68.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 11.3 (52.3) | 12.8 (55.0) | 15.5 (59.9) | 17.4 (63.3) | 18.1 (64.6) | 19.0 (66.2) | 18.9 (66.0) | 18.9 (66.0) | 18.2 (64.8) | 16.6 (61.9) | 13.9 (57.0) | 11.2 (52.2) | 16.0 (60.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 37 (1.5) | 19 (0.7) | 60 (2.4) | 100 (3.9) | 208 (8.2) | 251 (9.9) | 372 (14.6) | 339 (13.3) | 165 (6.5) | 96 (3.8) | 52 (2.0) | 39 (1.5) | 1,738 (68.3) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 80.3 | 72.7 | 64.4 | 69.1 | 75.3 | 86.3 | 88.1 | 88.9 | 86.6 | 86.0 | 83.9 | 81.6 | 80.3 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 156.8 | 166.7 | 210.5 | 174.2 | 191.0 | 108.8 | 96.1 | 98.1 | 114.4 | 113.9 | 153.9 | 153.1 | 1,737.5 |
| Source 1: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: SeaDelt (humidity and sun 2016–2022) |
Further reading
- Kingsadā, Thō̜ngphet, and Tadahiko Shintani. 1999 Basic Vocabularies of the Languages Spoken in Phongxaly, Lao P.D.R. Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).
- Shintani, Tadahiko, Ryuichi Kosaka, and Takashi Kato. 2001. Linguistic Survey of Phongxaly, Lao P.D.R. Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).
- Kato, Takashi. 2008. Linguistic Survey of Tibeto-Burman languages in Lao P.D.R. Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).
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