Ayer Tawar
Town in Perak, Malaysia
Town in Perak, Malaysia
04°17′56″N 100°45′29″E / 4.29889°N 100.75806°E / 4.29889; 100.75806
Malaysia
Perak (2000)[1] [2]
32000
Ayer Tawar (Jawi: اير تاور; Chinese: 爱大华; pinyin: Ài Dàhuá) is a town in Manjung District, Perak, Malaysia. Its name came from Air Tawar, which literally means "fresh water" in the Malay language.
Geography
Ayer Tawar is located on the eastern portion of Manjung District, about 60 kilometres west of the state capital Ipoh, and about 22 kilometres northeast of Lumut, where the largest Malaysian naval base is situated. Its average elevation is 13 metres above the sea level.[3]
Climate
Ayer Tawar has Tropical Rainforest Climate. It receives the least rainfall in June, with an average precipitation of 139 mm; and the most in November, with an average precipitation of 360 mm.
| Climate data for Ayer Tawar | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28.8 (83.8) | 29.6 (85.3) | 29.9 (85.8) | 29.9 (85.8) | 30.1 (86.2) | 30.2 (86.4) | 30.2 (86.4) | 30.2 (86.4) | 29.7 (85.5) | 29.2 (84.6) | 28.7 (83.7) | 28.7 (83.7) | 29.6 (85.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.9 (78.6) | 26.3 (79.3) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.8 (80.2) | 27.1 (80.8) | 27.1 (80.8) | 26.9 (80.4) | 26.9 (80.4) | 26.6 (79.9) | 26.2 (79.2) | 25.9 (78.6) | 25.9 (78.6) | 26.5 (79.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.4 (74.1) | 23.5 (74.3) | 24.1 (75.4) | 24.5 (76.1) | 24.6 (76.3) | 24.4 (75.9) | 24.1 (75.4) | 24.1 (75.4) | 24.1 (75.4) | 24.0 (75.2) | 23.9 (75.0) | 23.7 (74.7) | 24.0 (75.3) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 225 (8.9) | 166 (6.5) | 225 (8.9) | 243 (9.6) | 211 (8.3) | 139 (5.5) | 141 (5.6) | 171 (6.7) | 218 (8.6) | 294 (11.6) | 360 (14.2) | 308 (12.1) | 2,701 (106.5) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[4] | |||||||||||||
External links
- Ayer Tawar at VirtualTourist.com Archived 2009-06-21 at the Wayback Machine
References
- ^ BUKU TAHUNAN PERANGKAAN MALAYSIA 2010 [YEARBOOK OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA] (PDF) (in Malay). DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, MALAYSIA. June 2011. p. 30 (70). Retrieved 13 August 2024. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706214935/https://seadelt.net/Asset/Source/Document_ID-226_No-01.pdf |archive-date=6 July 2024
- ^ 4.0 HALA TUJU PEMBANGUNAN NEGERI PERAK 2040 (PDF) (in Malay). Laporan Pemeriksaan RANCANGAN STRUKTUR NEGERI PERAK 2040 (KAJIAN SEMULA). 2016. p. 36 (38). Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ^ "Ayer Tawar topographic map, elevation, terrain". Topographic maps. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
- ^ "Ayer Tawar climate: Temperature Ayer Tawar & Weather By Month - Climate-Data.org". en.climate-data.org. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
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