Kalasin
Kalasin (Thai: กาฬสินธุ์) is a town (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 | |
| 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(s) | (+66) 43 |
Geography
Climate
| Climate data for Kalasin (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
41.5 (106.7) |
42.3 (108.1) |
38.6 (101.5) |
37.1 (98.8) |
35.6 (96.1) |
35.3 (95.5) |
35.0 (95.0) |
35.5 (95.9) |
35.9 (96.6) |
42.3 (108.1) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 30.4 (86.7) |
32.6 (90.7) |
34.6 (94.3) |
35.7 (96.3) |
34.1 (93.4) |
33.2 (91.8) |
32.5 (90.5) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.6 (88.9) |
30.6 (87.1) |
29.4 (84.9) |
32.3 (90.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 24.1 (75.4) |
26.1 (79.0) |
28.7 (83.7) |
30.1 (86.2) |
29.5 (85.1) |
29.3 (84.7) |
28.8 (83.8) |
28.2 (82.8) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.5 (81.5) |
25.6 (78.1) |
23.9 (75.0) |
27.5 (81.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 17.3 (63.1) |
19.8 (67.6) |
22.4 (72.3) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.8 (76.6) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.9 (76.8) |
24.7 (76.5) |
24.3 (75.7) |
23.0 (73.4) |
19.7 (67.5) |
17.2 (63.0) |
22.3 (72.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 9.5 (49.1) |
10.2 (50.4) |
13.3 (55.9) |
20.1 (68.2) |
20.1 (68.2) |
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 rainfall mm (inches) | 3.4 (0.13) |
13.4 (0.53) |
47.1 (1.85) |
80.3 (3.16) |
190.1 (7.48) |
232.8 (9.17) |
238.0 (9.37) |
266.5 (10.49) |
221.8 (8.73) |
90.3 (3.56) |
21.1 (0.83) |
2.3 (0.09) |
1,407.1 (55.40) |
| Average rainy days | 1.2 | 2.7 | 5.0 | 8.3 | 15.7 | 15.5 | 17.1 | 19.1 | 16.5 | 8.3 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 113.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 66 | 65 | 65 | 69 | 76 | 78 | 80 | 83 | 83 | 77 | 70 | 67 | 73 |
| 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 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 8.9 | 9.2 | 8.9 | 8.1 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 7.0 |
| Source 1: Thai Meteorological Department[3] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Office of Water Management and Hydrology, Royal Irrigation Department (sun and humidity)[4] | |||||||||||||
References
- 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.
- "Climatological Data for the Period 1981–2010". Thai Meteorological Department. p. 11. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- "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.
External links
Kalasin travel guide from Wikivoyage- https://web.archive.org/web/20100731063711/http://www.kalasin-mu.go.th/ Official website
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