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EDITOR IN CHIEF- ABDULLAH BIN SALIM AL SHUEILI

Temperatures fell in Oman by 3.1 per cent

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MUSCAT: Temperatures in the Sultanate declined by 3.1 per cent with the average temperature recording 27.8 degrees Centigrade.


March 2016 has seen highest quantity of rainfall with the Governorate of South Al Batinah registering 104.7 millimetres.


The average temperature in 2015 was the highest with 28.7 degrees Centigrade compared to the years from 2012 to 2016. The climate statistics released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) pointed out that the highest temperature in 2016 summer was 37 degrees Centigrade and the low during the same season was 26.3 degrees Centigrade compared to 29.5 and 19 degrees for the high and low temperatures in 2016 winter.


The change in temperatures from 2012 to 2016 ranged between 0.4 per cent in 2012, 4.1 per cent in 2013 and 1.8 per cent in 2014.


The average humidity recorded in 2016 summer was at 52.3 per cent, compared at 53.4 per cent during summer compared with 44.7 per cent and 52.2 per cent during 2015 summer and winter respectively.


— ONA


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