Al-Dimas

Al-Dimas (Arabic: الديماس), also known as Ad-Dimas, is a town in Syria,^[2] located west of the capital city of Damascus.^[3] According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 14,574 in the 2004 census.^[1]

Al-Dimas الديماس
Town
Al-Dimas
Coordinates: 33°35′00″N 36°05′00″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Rif Dimashq
District	Qudsaya
Subdistrict	al-Dimas
Elevation	1,276 m (4,189 ft)
Population  (2004 census)[1]
• Total	14,574
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code	Country code: 963

Al-Dimas is the location where a Canadian peacekeeping aircraft crashed after being shot down by three Syrian surface-to-air missiles on August 9, 1974.

Climate

In Ad Dimas, there is a Mediterranean climate. Rainfall is higher in winter than in summer. The Köppen-Geiger climate classification is Csa. The average annual temperature in Ad Dimas is 14.7 °C (58.5 °F). About 432 mm (17.01 in) of precipitation falls annually.

Climate data for Ad Dimas
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	9.6 (49.3)	10.8 (51.4)	14.5 (58.1)	19.2 (66.6)	24.6 (76.3)	29.0 (84.2)	31.7 (89.1)	32.1 (89.8)	29.1 (84.4)	24.3 (75.7)	17.5 (63.5)	11.5 (52.7)	21.2 (70.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	0.8 (33.4)	1.1 (34.0)	3.7 (38.7)	6.9 (44.4)	10.3 (50.5)	13.6 (56.5)	15.9 (60.6)	16.0 (60.8)	13.1 (55.6)	9.7 (49.5)	5.9 (42.6)	2.3 (36.1)	8.3 (46.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	101 (4.0)	84 (3.3)	59 (2.3)	26 (1.0)	15 (0.6)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (0.0)	14 (0.6)	45 (1.8)	87 (3.4)	432 (17.0)
Source: Climate-Data.org, Climate data