Station Name: Montes Claros
  WMO Station Number: 83437
National I.D. Number:         
             Country: BRAZIL
          WMO Region: REGION III - SOUTH AMERICA         
            Latitude:  16d 43m S
           Longitude: 043d 52m W
           Elevation:      646 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
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The normals data and climate variable descriptions are
presented in these tables as provided by the WMO Member
country.
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  Element 01:  Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C)
   MEAN (Statistic 01):  Mean Value
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      byr:    1961
      eyr:    1990
  Month
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   Jan        23.5
   Feb        24.0
   Mar        24.4
   Apr        22.7
   May        21.2
   Jun        19.7
   Jul        19.4
   Aug        21.2
   Sep        22.7
   Oct        23.7
   Nov        23.4
   Dec        23.3
  Annual      22.4
 Ann-NCDC     22.4
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  Element 02:  Maximum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C)
   MEAN (Statistic 01):  Mean Value
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      byr:    1961
      eyr:    1990
  Month
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   Jan        29.8
   Feb        30.4
   Mar        30.3
   Apr        29.4
   May        28.6
   Jun        27.8
   Jul        27.4
   Aug        29.3
   Sep        30.3
   Oct        30.4
   Nov        29.3
   Dec        28.8
  Annual      29.3
 Ann-NCDC     29.3
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  Element 03:  Minimum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C)
   MEAN (Statistic 01):  Mean Value
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      byr:    1961
      eyr:    1990
  Month
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   Jan        18.6
   Feb        19.0
   Mar        18.7
   Apr        17.3
   May        15.3
   Jun        13.1
   Jul        12.5
   Aug        13.5
   Sep        16.1
   Oct        18.2
   Nov        19.0
   Dec        19.1
  Annual      16.7
 Ann-NCDC     16.7
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  Element 06:  Precipitation (mm)
MEANMLY (Statistic 15):  Mean Monthly Value
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      byr:    1961
      eyr:    1990
  Month
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   Jan       192.0
   Feb       115.7
   Mar       124.6
   Apr        41.6
   May        14.2
   Jun         4.3
   Jul         3.5
   Aug         6.6
   Sep        21.2
   Oct       110.5
   Nov       211.0
   Dec       237.1
  Annual    1082.3
 Ann-NCDC   1082.3
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  Element 11:  Relative Humidity (%)
   MEAN (Statistic 01):  Mean Value
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      byr:    1961
      eyr:    1990
  Month
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   Jan        74.0
   Feb        71.2
   Mar        72.7
   Apr        71.8
   May        65.3
   Jun        65.0
   Jul        59.1
   Aug        52.1
   Sep        53.4
   Oct        62.1
   Nov        75.8
   Dec        76.8
  Annual      66.6
 Ann-NCDC     66.6
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  Element 13:  Station Pressure (hPa)
   MEAN (Statistic 01):  Mean Value
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      byr:    1961
      eyr:    1990
  Month
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   Jan       939.9
   Feb       940.4
   Mar       939.9
   Apr       941.5
   May       942.9
   Jun       944.7
   Jul       945.0
   Aug       943.7
   Sep       942.4
   Oct       940.4
   Nov       939.7
   Dec       939.4
  Annual     941.7
 Ann-NCDC    941.7
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  Element 15:  Sunshine
MN_#HRS (Statistic 44):  Mean Number of Hours
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      byr:    1961
      eyr:    1990
  Month
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   Jan       209.2
   Feb       212.8
   Mar       220.6
   Apr       226.7
   May       279.7
   Jun       245.3
   Jul       258.0
   Aug       270.0
   Sep       227.6
   Oct       197.3
   Nov       161.8
   Dec       163.6
  Annual    2642.6
 Ann-NCDC   2672.6
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  Element 20:  Sky Cover (Cloud Cover) (okta)
   MEAN (Statistic 01):  Mean Value
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      byr:    1961
      eyr:    1990
  Month
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   Jan         5.4
   Feb         4.7
   Mar         4.8
   Apr         4.3
   May         3.8
   Jun         3.4
   Jul         3.3
   Aug         2.7
   Sep         3.5
   Oct         4.9
   Nov         5.8
   Dec         6.0
  Annual       4.4
 Ann-NCDC      4.4
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  Element 21:  Pan Evaporation (mm)
MEANMLY (Statistic 15):  Mean Monthly Value
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      byr:    1961
      eyr:    1990
  Month
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   Jan        92.9
   Feb        91.2
   Mar        97.1
   Apr        95.8
   May       104.8
   Jun       112.5
   Jul       136.4
   Aug       166.2
   Sep       175.1
   Oct       146.2
   Nov        99.4
   Dec        80.3
  Annual    1396.9
 Ann-NCDC   1397.9
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