Table 4. Climate characteristics, rainfall and ETo of Gaziantep Province obtained using the CLIMWAT tool attached to the CROPWAT software.
Month | Min Temp | Max Temp | Humidity | Wind | Sun | Rad | ETo | Rain | Eff rain |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
°C | °C | % | km/day | hours | MJ/m2/day | mm/day | mm | mm | |
January | −0.8 | 7.3 | 79 | 121 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 0.82 | 99 | 83.3 |
February | 0.4 | 9.2 | 73 | 130 | 2.5 | 8 | 1.14 | 77 | 67.5 |
March | 3.1 | 14 | 64 | 138 | 5.4 | 13.8 | 2.08 | 79 | 69.0 |
April | 7.2 | 19.7 | 59 | 138 | 7.2 | 18.7 | 3.25 | 52 | 47.7 |
May | 11.7 | 25.7 | 51 | 130 | 9.8 | 23.9 | 4.66 | 34 | 32.2 |
June | 16.7 | 31.2 | 43 | 181 | 12.1 | 27.7 | 6.5 | 6 | 5.9 |
July | 20.8 | 35.3 | 37 | 199 | 12.5 | 28 | 7.52 | 2 | 2.0 |
August | 20.6 | 35.1 | 37 | 164 | 11.5 | 25.1 | 6.67 | 1 | 1.0 |
September | 15.9 | 31.2 | 41 | 121 | 10 | 20.3 | 4.78 | 2 | 2.0 |
October | 9.8 | 24.2 | 50 | 78 | 7.5 | 14.1 | 2.67 | 37 | 34.8 |
November | 4.4 | 16.4 | 68 | 78 | 4.9 | 8.9 | 1.42 | 63 | 56.6 |
December | 1.3 | 9.9 | 76 | 104 | 2.3 | 5.7 | 0.91 | 98 | 82.6 |
Average | 9.3 | 21.6 | 56 | 132 | 7.3 | 16.7 | 3.54 | 550 | 484.7 |