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Weather
Min 16° C
Max 33° C
Windhoek
more weatherInterior: Partly cloudy and hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the northeast but very hot in the South, otherwise fine in the southwest.
Coast: Partly cloudy and cool with fog patches at first.
Wind: Moderate northwesterly to northeasterly.
Katima 19-32
Rundu 20-32
Ondangwa 20-34
Eenhana 18-33
Grootfontein 17-34
Gobabis 18-34
Windhoek 16-33
Mariental 19-36
Keetmans 20-37
Henties 16-18
Walvis Bay 14-23
Lüderitz 17-24
Coast: Partly cloudy and cool with fog patches at first.
Wind: Moderate northwesterly to northeasterly.
Katima 19-32
Rundu 20-32
Ondangwa 20-34
Eenhana 18-33
Grootfontein 17-34
Gobabis 18-34
Windhoek 16-33
Mariental 19-36
Keetmans 20-37
Henties 16-18
Walvis Bay 14-23
Lüderitz 17-24
Exchange rate
$1 = N$ 7.6913
€1 = N$ 11.4194
£1 = N$ 12.7887
Word-a-day
Trichotillomania( (trik-uh-til-uh-MAY-nee-uh) ) noun
show definitionNoun: A compulsion to pull out one’s hair.
Etymology: From Greek tricho- (hair) + tillein (to pluck, pull out) + -mania (excessive enthusiasm or craze). A related word is trichology (the word for the study and treatment of hair and its disorders).
Usage: “Like many with trichotillomania, Neomie said she got some sense of relief and satisfaction from pulling out her hair.” Michelle Roberts; Women Who Tear Their Hair Out; BBC News (London, UK); July 6, 2009.
