Station Name: Fortaleza WMO Station Number: 82397 National I.D. Number: Country: BRAZIL WMO Region: REGION III - SOUTH AMERICA Latitude: 03d 46m S Longitude: 038d 36m W Elevation: 27 m In the following tables, byr = beginning year of normals or extremes data period eyr = ending year of normals or extremes data period NA = Not Applicable, data not submitted or not computed * = value > 0 but < units resolution Ann-NCDC = annual value computed by NCDC from monthly values provided by Members ========================================================== The normals data and climate variable descriptions are presented in these tables as provided by the WMO Member country. ========================================================== Element 01: Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 27.3 Feb 26.7 Mar 26.3 Apr 26.5 May 26.3 Jun 25.9 Jul 25.7 Aug 26.1 Sep 26.6 Oct 27.0 Nov 27.2 Dec 27.3 Annual 26.6 Ann-NCDC 26.6 ------------------ Element 02: Maximum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 30.5 Feb 30.1 Mar 29.7 Apr 29.7 May 29.1 Jun 29.6 Jul 29.5 Aug 29.1 Sep 29.2 Oct 30.5 Nov 30.7 Dec 30.7 Annual 29.9 Ann-NCDC 29.9 ------------------ Element 03: Minimum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 24.7 Feb 23.2 Mar 23.8 Apr 23.4 May 23.4 Jun 22.1 Jul 21.8 Aug 22.6 Sep 23.4 Oct 24.5 Nov 24.4 Dec 24.6 Annual 23.5 Ann-NCDC 23.5 ------------------ Element 06: Precipitation (mm) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 129.6 Feb 215.6 Mar 338.6 Apr 348.1 May 226.1 Jun 160.1 Jul 91.4 Aug 31.2 Sep 22.8 Oct 15.6 Nov 13.4 Dec 49.8 Annual 1642.3 Ann-NCDC 1642.3 ------------------ Element 11: Relative Humidity (%) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 78.0 Feb 79.0 Mar 84.0 Apr 85.0 May 82.0 Jun 80.0 Jul 80.0 Aug 75.0 Sep 74.0 Oct 73.0 Nov 74.0 Dec 76.0 Annual 78.3 Ann-NCDC 78.3 ------------------ Element 13: Station Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1007.4 Feb 1007.5 Mar 1007.6 Apr 1007.8 May 1008.5 Jun 1009.9 Jul 1010.6 Aug 1010.0 Sep 1009.9 Oct 1008.7 Nov 1008.2 Dec 1007.8 Annual 1008.7 Ann-NCDC 1008.7 ------------------ Element 15: Sunshine MN_#HRS (Statistic 44): Mean Number of Hours ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 216.2 Feb 175.8 Mar 148.9 Apr 152.8 May 209.1 Jun 239.6 Jul 263.4 Aug 168.9 Sep 282.9 Oct 296.1 Nov 283.2 Dec 257.4 Annual 2694.3 Ann-NCDC 2694.3 ------------------ Element 20: Sky Cover (Cloud Cover) (okta) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 4.8 Feb 4.8 Mar 5.6 Apr 5.6 May 4.8 Jun 4.0 Jul 3.2 Aug 3.2 Sep 3.2 Oct 3.2 Nov 4.0 Dec 4.0 Annual 4.2 Ann-NCDC 4.2 ------------------ Element 21: Pan Evaporation (mm) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 120.1 Feb 95.5 Mar 72.4 Apr 68.1 May 84.6 Jun 94.7 Jul 118.3 Aug 151.8 Sep 167.8 Oct 173.5 Nov 168.1 Dec 154.3 Annual 1469.2 Ann-NCDC 1469.2 ------------------