Station Name: Barquisimeto WMO Station Number: 80410 National I.D. Number: Country: VENEZUELA WMO Region: REGION III - SOUTH AMERICA Latitude: 10d 14m N Longitude: 069d 19m W Elevation: 613 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 22.8 Feb 23.3 Mar 23.9 Apr 24.3 May 24.0 Jun 23.5 Jul 23.1 Aug 23.5 Sep 23.9 Oct 24.0 Nov 23.9 Dec 23.1 Annual 23.6 Ann-NCDC 23.6 ------------------ Element 02: Maximum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MAX_VAL (Statistic 04): Maximum Value -------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN MAX_VAL Month -------------------------- Jan 29.5 33.9 Feb 30.3 35.4 Mar 31.1 37.5 Apr 30.4 35.6 May 29.6 35.6 Jun 28.9 34.0 Jul 28.8 32.8 Aug 29.7 33.8 Sep 30.2 34.0 Oct 30.2 34.1 Nov 29.8 33.6 Dec 29.1 32.8 Annual 29.8 37.5 Ann-NCDC 29.8 NA -------------------------- Element 03: Minimum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MIN_VAL (Statistic 05): Minimum Value -------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN MIN_VAL Month -------------------------- Jan 18.6 13.4 Feb 19.0 13.2 Mar 19.6 12.6 Apr 20.6 15.2 May 20.6 16.5 Jun 20.2 16.1 Jul 19.8 16.4 Aug 19.9 15.4 Sep 20.1 15.4 Oct 20.2 15.1 Nov 20.0 15.0 Dec 19.1 13.8 Annual 19.8 12.6 Ann-NCDC 19.8 NA -------------------------- Element 06: Precipitation (mm) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value MIN_MLY (Statistic 20): Minimum Monthly Value QUIN20% (Statistic 22): First Quintile QUIN40% (Statistic 23): Second Quintile QUIN60% (Statistic 24): Third Quintile QUIN80% (Statistic 25): Fourth Quintile MAX_MLY (Statistic 26): Maximum Monthly Value ------------------------------------------------------------------ byr: 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 Statistic: MEANMLY MIN_MLY QUIN20% QUIN40% QUIN60% QUIN80% MAX_MLY Month ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jan 9.0 0.0 1.0 2.5 6.0 16.0 54.0 Feb 8.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 5.5 17.5 49.0 Mar 14.0 0.0 0.5 3.0 12.0 20.0 73.0 Apr 65.0 0.0 17.0 42.5 66.5 92.0 250.0 May 75.0 9.0 34.5 48.5 78.5 120.5 197.0 Jun 78.0 30.0 42.5 63.0 83.5 109.5 161.0 Jul 77.0 30.0 54.0 66.0 76.0 102.0 140.0 Aug 53.0 8.0 32.0 44.0 56.0 72.0 109.0 Sep 39.0 4.0 20.0 28.5 40.0 56.5 95.0 Oct 49.0 12.0 23.0 33.0 51.5 67.0 145.0 Nov 48.0 1.0 28.0 36.0 43.0 65.5 146.0 Dec 25.0 0.0 4.5 14.0 26.0 41.5 92.0 Annual 540.0 291.0 426.0 501.5 582.0 643.0 809.0 Ann-NCDC 540.0 NA NA NA NA NA NA ------------------------------------------------------------------ Element 11: Relative Humidity (%) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MNDLYMX (Statistic 09): Mean Daily Maximum Value MNDLYMI (Statistic 10): Mean Daily Minimum Value ---------------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN MNDLYMX MNDLYMI Month ---------------------------------- Jan 74.0 94.0 43.0 Feb 72.0 92.0 41.0 Mar 71.0 91.0 40.0 Apr 75.0 93.0 47.0 May 80.0 96.0 52.0 Jun 83.0 97.0 53.0 Jul 83.0 97.0 52.0 Aug 82.0 96.0 50.0 Sep 80.0 96.0 49.0 Oct 80.0 97.0 49.0 Nov 80.0 97.0 49.0 Dec 78.0 96.0 48.0 Annual 78.0 95.0 48.0 Ann-NCDC 78.2 95.2 47.8 ---------------------------------- Element 12: Sea Level Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1972 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1011.5 Feb 1011.2 Mar 1010.7 Apr 1010.2 May 1010.4 Jun 1011.7 Jul 1012.0 Aug 1011.3 Sep 1010.6 Oct 1009.7 Nov 1009.9 Dec 1011.1 Annual 1010.9 Ann-NCDC 1010.9 ------------------ Element 15: Sunshine Statistic 44: Mean Number of Hours Qualifier: 06: Mean Daily Value Qualifier: NCDC: Mean Monthly Value Computed by NCDC from Mean Daily Values Provided by Member -------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 Qualifier: 06 NCDC Month -------------------------- Jan 8.4 260.4 Feb 8.4 235.2 Mar 7.8 241.8 Apr 6.1 183.0 May 6.2 192.2 Jun 6.7 201.0 Jul 7.5 232.5 Aug 7.8 241.8 Sep 7.6 228.0 Oct 7.3 226.3 Nov 7.4 222.0 Dec 8.0 248.0 Annual 7.4 2712.2 Ann-NCDC NA 2712.2 -------------------------- Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 3.4 Feb 3.5 Mar 3.6 Apr 3.7 May 4.4 Jun 4.5 Jul 4.5 Aug 4.6 Sep 4.4 Oct 3.8 Nov 3.3 Dec 3.2 Annual 3.9 Ann-NCDC 3.9 ------------------ Element 17: Wind Direction (degrees) PREVAIL (Statistic 41): Prevailing ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 67.5 Feb 67.5 Mar 67.5 Apr 67.5 May 90.0 Jun 90.0 Jul 90.0 Aug 90.0 Sep 90.0 Oct 90.0 Nov 90.0 Dec 90.0 Annual 90.0 Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 20: Sky Cover (Cloud Cover) (okta) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 4.9 Feb 4.8 Mar 5.4 Apr 6.4 May 6.8 Jun 6.9 Jul 6.8 Aug 6.7 Sep 6.5 Oct 6.5 Nov 6.2 Dec 5.4 Annual 6.1 Ann-NCDC 6.1 ------------------ Element 33: Global Solar Radiation (MJ/m2) MEANDLY (Statistic 06): Mean Daily Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 19.06 Feb 20.34 Mar 20.72 Apr 18.69 May 18.94 Jun 19.94 Jul 20.90 Aug 21.06 Sep 20.49 Oct 18.97 Nov 17.82 Dec 17.84 Annual 19.56 Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 95: Number Days with Precipitation GE Threshold (count) Qualifier: 1.0 mm MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1.5 Feb 1.2 Mar 1.7 Apr 5.5 May 7.9 Jun 12.0 Jul 10.6 Aug 8.1 Sep 5.8 Oct 6.1 Nov 6.4 Dec 4.0 Annual 5.9 Ann-NCDC 70.8 ------------------