Kitale

Kitale is an agricultural town in northern Rift Valley Kenya situated between Mount Elgon and the Cherangany Hills at an elevation of around 1,900 metres (6,200 ft).[3] Its population is 106,187 as of 2009.[1] Kitale is the headquarter town of Trans-Nzoia County. Kitale is reachable by air through Kitale Airport. The postal code for Kitale is 30200.[4]

Downtown Kitale
Kitale
Municipality
Nickname(s): 
KTL
Kitale
Location in Kenya
Coordinates: 1°01′N 35°00′E
Country Kenya
CountyTrans-Nzoia County
Elevation
1,900 m (6,200 ft)
Population
 (2019)
 • Total162,174 [1][2]
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

The National Museum of Western Kenya is located at Kitale. It is a natural history museum and was originally created by Lt Col. Hugh Stoneham in 1926.[5] Just next to the museum there is a demonstration farm with agroforestry practices run by a Swedish non-governmental organisation called Vi Agroforestry.

Climate

Kitale has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb).

Climate data for Kitale (1961–1990, extremes 1921–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 36.0
(96.8)		 35.2
(95.4)		 37.8
(100.0)		 33.0
(91.4)		 33.3
(91.9)		 29.2
(84.6)		 27.8
(82.0)		 30.0
(86.0)		 29.8
(85.6)		 29.8
(85.6)		 33.0
(91.4)		 33.6
(92.5)		 37.8
(100.0)
Average high °C (°F) 27.0
(80.6)		 27.7
(81.9)		 27.5
(81.5)		 25.8
(78.4)		 24.8
(76.6)		 24.1
(75.4)		 23.3
(73.9)		 23.7
(74.7)		 24.8
(76.6)		 25.1
(77.2)		 24.9
(76.8)		 25.7
(78.3)		 25.4
(77.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) 18.8
(65.8)		 19.5
(67.1)		 19.8
(67.6)		 19.3
(66.7)		 18.7
(65.7)		 17.9
(64.2)		 17.4
(63.3)		 17.5
(63.5)		 17.9
(64.2)		 18.3
(64.9)		 18.1
(64.6)		 18.1
(64.6)		 18.4
(65.1)
Average low °C (°F) 10.5
(50.9)		 11.4
(52.5)		 12.0
(53.6)		 12.9
(55.2)		 12.6
(54.7)		 11.7
(53.1)		 11.6
(52.9)		 11.3
(52.3)		 11.0
(51.8)		 11.5
(52.7)		 11.3
(52.3)		 10.5
(50.9)		 11.5
(52.7)
Record low °C (°F) 6.0
(42.8)		 6.0
(42.8)		 7.0
(44.6)		 7.4
(45.3)		 7.3
(45.1)		 7.0
(44.6)		 8.0
(46.4)		 6.5
(43.7)		 7.0
(44.6)		 7.0
(44.6)		 5.0
(41.0)		 5.8
(42.4)		 5.0
(41.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 20.4
(0.80)		 52.2
(2.06)		 102.5
(4.04)		 190.3
(7.49)		 198.4
(7.81)		 101.1
(3.98)		 123.3
(4.85)		 150.9
(5.94)		 102.8
(4.05)		 91.5
(3.60)		 90.9
(3.58)		 34.8
(1.37)		 1,259.1
(49.57)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 8 13 14 13 17 15 13 14 13 7 5 5 137
Average relative humidity (%) 50 52 54 66 70 70 73 72 67 63 63 56 63
Mean monthly sunshine hours 257.3 218.4 226.3 195.0 210.8 207.0 192.2 201.5 210.0 223.2 207.0 254.2 2,602.9
Mean daily sunshine hours 8.3 7.8 7.3 6.5 6.8 6.9 6.2 6.5 7.0 7.2 6.9 8.2 7.1
Source 1: NOAA[6]
Source 2: Deutscher Wetterdienst (humidity, 1961–1990),[7] Meteo Climat (record highs and lows)[8]

References
  1. "2009 Census Vol 1 Table 3 Rural and Urban Population". Archived from the original on 2016-07-29. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
  2. population statistics
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-03-17. Retrieved 2013-05-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/38212-postal-codes-list-all-postal-codes-kenya
  5. "About Kenyan Museums". Kenyan Museums. Archived from the original on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
  6. "Kitale Climate Normals 1961–1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  7. "Klimatafel von Kitale / Kenia" (PDF). Baseline climate means (1961-1990) from stations all over the world (in German). Deutscher Wetterdienst. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  8. "Station Kitale" (in French). Meteo Climat. Retrieved August 31, 2016.

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