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.
Isan woman approaching a coffee vendor in Kalasin.
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 | (+66) 43 |
Geography
Climate
| Climate data for Kalasin (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
41.9 (107.4) |
42.3 (108.1) |
40.0 (104.0) |
41.1 (106.0) |
36.6 (97.9) |
35.8 (96.4) |
35.3 (95.5) |
35.5 (95.9) |
36.0 (96.8) |
42.3 (108.1) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 30.3 (86.5) |
32.4 (90.3) |
34.5 (94.1) |
35.9 (96.6) |
34.7 (94.5) |
33.6 (92.5) |
32.5 (90.5) |
31.9 (89.4) |
31.7 (89.1) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.0 (87.8) |
29.6 (85.3) |
32.5 (90.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 24.2 (75.6) |
25.9 (78.6) |
28.7 (83.7) |
30.2 (86.4) |
29.9 (85.8) |
29.4 (84.9) |
28.9 (84.0) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.1 (82.6) |
27.5 (81.5) |
26.1 (79.0) |
24.1 (75.4) |
27.6 (81.7) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 17.5 (63.5) |
19.6 (67.3) |
22.5 (72.5) |
24.3 (75.7) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.5 (76.1) |
23.0 (73.4) |
20.4 (68.7) |
17.5 (63.5) |
22.5 (72.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 9.5 (49.1) |
8.2 (46.8) |
12.5 (54.5) |
17.0 (62.6) |
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 precipitation mm (inches) | 9.0 (0.35) |
16.0 (0.63) |
44.3 (1.74) |
75.9 (2.99) |
179.6 (7.07) |
198.4 (7.81) |
237.9 (9.37) |
265.0 (10.43) |
229.1 (9.02) |
93.0 (3.66) |
17.7 (0.70) |
2.5 (0.10) |
1,368.4 (53.87) |
| Average rainy days | 1.6 | 2.6 | 5.3 | 7.8 | 15.0 | 15.3 | 17.8 | 19.3 | 17.3 | 8.6 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 114 |
| 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 |
| Source 1: Thai Meteorological Department (temperature and rainfall)[3] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Office of Water Management and Hydrology, Royal Irrigation Department (sun and humidity 1981-2010)[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.
- "Upper Northeastern Meteorological Center". www.khonkaen.tmd.go.th. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
- "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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