The climate of Choeung Ek (Cambodia)
Choeung Ek is mainly known as ‘the killing fields’. This enormous mass
grave was discovered after the fall of the Red Khmer regime. This
communist regime was the ruling party in Cambodia from 1975-1979. In
total the regime executed more than 1 million people. At Choeung Ek
8,895 bodies were discovered. Nowadays Choeung Ek is a memorial
site, marked by a Buddhist Stupa which is filled with more than
5,000 human skulls. Choeung Ek has a tropical savannah climate with
a rainy period from May till September. Precipitation figures are
fairly low during the rest of the year. Temperatures are well above
20 degrees Celsius (68 degrees Fahrenheit) all year round.
Temperatures are highest during the rainy period.
Climate information
The figures below are based on long term weather and climate records.
They are an average for Choeung Ek:
average maximum
temperature (°C)
average
minimum
temperature (°C)
average
hours of sunshine
per day
average days with
precipitation
per month
average
mm precipitation
per month
average
sea
temperature (°C)
January
32
21
9
1
n/a
February
32
22
9
2
n/a
March
34
23
8
4
n/a
April
35
24
8
7
n/a
May
34
25
7
15
n/a
June
33
24
6
16
n/a
July
32
25
5
17
n/a
August
32
25
5
17
n/a
September
31
24
5
19
n/a
October
31
24
6
17
n/a
November
30
23
8
9
n/a
December
30
22
9
4
n/a
= 0-5 mm ●
= 6-30 mm ●
= 31-60 mm ●
= 61-100 mm ●
= 101-200 mm ●
=
over 200 mm = 0-2 inches ●
= 2-12 inches ●
= 12-24 inches ●
= 25-40 inches ●
= 41-80 inches ●
= over 80 inches
More climate information
Climate figures are very useful but don’t present a general impression
of the climate and the eventual weather circumstances within a certain
period. The figures don’t always reflect the chance of wintry weather,
extreme heat or hurricanes. That is why we offer useful extra climate
information for each month of the year:
Disclaimer
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= 0-5 mm ●
= 6-30 mm ●
= 31-60 mm ●
= 61-100 mm ●
= 101-200 mm ●
=
over 200 mm
