Batkanu

Place in Northern Province, Sierra Leone
09°05′00″N 12°25′00″W / 9.08333°N 12.41667°W / 9.08333; -12.41667Country Sierra LeoneProvinceNorthern ProvinceDistrictBombali DistrictChiefdomLibeisaygahunElevation
112 ft (34 m)Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Batkanu is a village and seat of the chiefdom of Libeisaygahun in Bombali District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone.

Geographic facts

Latitude: 9.0833, Longitude: -12.4167, Elevation: 114 feet (35 meters).

Climate

Like almost all of Sierra Leone, Batkanu has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) with very warm to hot temperatures year-round, a short though very pronounced dry season from December to March, and a long, very rainy wet season from April to November. Batkanu’s climate is less extreme than coastal locations like Freetown or Conakry, with the wettest months receiving less than 500 millimetres or 20 inches as against over 1,000 millimetres or 40 inches at those coastal cities.

Climate data for Batkanu
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 33
(91) 		35
(95) 		36
(96) 		35
(95) 		34
(93) 		32
(89) 		29
(84) 		28
(82) 		30
(86) 		32
(89) 		33
(91) 		32
(89) 		32
(89)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 20
(68) 		21
(69) 		22
(71) 		22
(71) 		22
(71) 		21
(69) 		21
(69) 		21
(69) 		21
(69) 		21
(69) 		21
(69) 		20
(68) 		21
(69)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 2.5
(0.1) 		5.1
(0.2) 		25
(1) 		94
(3.7) 		230
(8.9) 		390
(15.2) 		450
(17.6) 		480
(18.8) 		470
(18.4) 		410
(16.2) 		180
(6.9) 		18
(0.7) 		2,730
(107.5)
Source: Weatherbase [1]

Images

http://maps.fallingrain.com/perl/map.cgi?kind=illum&scale=-5&x=480&y=360&xcenter=-12.4167&ycenter=9.0833&lat=9.0833&long=-12.4167&name=Batkanu&c=

References

  1. ^ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Batkanu, Sierra Leone". Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved on November 24, 2011.