Akhfennir is a small town in

Tarfaya Province Tarfaya is a province in the Moroccan economic region of Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra, which includes the southwestern part of the territory of Morocco as of before 1975, and the northern part of the disputed territory of Western Sahara. Its populatio ...

, in the

Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra ( ar, العيون - الساقية الحمراء, al-ʿuyūn as-sāqiya l-ḥamrāʾ; ber, ⵍⵄⵢⵓⵏ ⵜⴰⵔⴳⴰ ⵜⴰⵣⴳⴳⵯⴰⵖⵜ, lɛyun targa tazggʷaɣt) is one of the twelve regions of Morocc ...

region of

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

. The area is noted for

Khenifiss National Park Khenifiss National Park (french: Le Parc National Khenifiss ) is a national park in the southwest of Morocco, located near Akhfenir on the Atlantic coast in the region of Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra. It was established in 2006. The area of the park ...

and Tarfaya-Akhfenir Wind Farm.

Climate and Weather Condition in Akhfennir

In Akhfennir, the summer seasons are warm, muggy, and

arid A region is arid when it severely lacks available water, to the extent of hindering or preventing the growth and development of plant and animal life. Regions with arid climates tend to lack vegetation and are called xeric or desertic. Most ar ...

; the winter seasons are short, cool, and dry; and it is windy and mostly clear year round. Over the year, the

temperature Temperature is a physical quantity that expresses quantitatively the perceptions of hotness and coldness. Temperature is measured with a thermometer. Thermometers are calibrated in various temperature scales that historically have relied o ...

typically changes from 55 °F to 81 °F and is rarely below 51 °F or above 89 °F. Rainfall The rainy period starts from November 18 to March 1, and lasts for 3.5 months of the year, with a sliding 31-day rainfall of at least 0.5 inches. The month with the highest rain in Akhfennir is February, with an average rainfall of 0.6 inches. The rainless period of the year lasts for 8.6 months, from March 1 to November 18. The month with the least rain in Akhfennir is June, with an average rainfall of 0.0 inches. Average temperature The warm season lasts for 3.5 months, from July 12 to October 28, with an average daily high temperature above 79 °F. The hottest month of the year in Akhfennir is August, with an average high of 81 °F and low of 69 °F. The cool season lasts for 2.4 months, from December 12 to February 25, with an average daily high temperature below 72 °F. The coldest month of the year in Akhfennir is January, with an average low of 56 °F and high of 70 °F. Cloud In Akhfennir, the percentage of the sky covered by cloud experiences change over the year. The clearer part of the year in Akhfennir begins around May 29 and lasts for 3.4 months, ending around September 9. The clearest month of the year in Akhfennir is July, during this period, which on average the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 97% of the time. From September 9 to May 29 is the cloudier part of the year and lasts for 8.6 months. November is the cloudiest month of the year in Akhfennir, during which on average the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy 35% of the time. Precipitation Among wet days, there is a difference between those that experience

rain Rain is water droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then fall under gravity. Rain is a major component of the water cycle and is responsible for depositing most of the fresh water on the Earth. It provides water f ...

alone,

snow Snow comprises individual ice crystals that grow while suspended in the atmosphere—usually within clouds—and then fall, accumulating on the ground where they undergo further changes. It consists of frozen crystalline water throughout ...

alone, or a mixture of the two. The month with the most days of rain alone in Akhfennir is November, with an average of 2.0 days. Based on this categorization, the most common form of

precipitation In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravitational pull from clouds. The main forms of precipitation include drizzle, rain, sleet, snow, ice pellets, graupel and hail. ...

throughout the year is rain alone, with a peak probability of 8% on November 24.

References

Populated places in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra Tarfaya {{LaâyouneSakiaElHamra-geo-stub