Station Name: Maracay WMO Station Number: 80413 National I.D. Number: Country: VENEZUELA WMO Region: REGION III - SOUTH AMERICA Latitude: 10d 15m N Longitude: 067d 39m W Elevation: 436 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 23.6 Feb 24.3 Mar 25.4 Apr 26.3 May 26.0 Jun 24.9 Jul 24.3 Aug 24.4 Sep 24.6 Oct 24.7 Nov 24.6 Dec 23.9 Annual 24.8 Ann-NCDC 24.8 ------------------ 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 31.5 35.9 Feb 32.2 37.5 Mar 32.7 38.5 Apr 32.6 37.5 May 31.5 36.5 Jun 30.4 34.7 Jul 30.1 35.0 Aug 30.4 33.9 Sep 30.7 34.3 Oct 31.1 34.4 Nov 31.3 34.5 Dec 31.2 35.1 Annual 31.3 38.5 Ann-NCDC 31.3 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 17.5 12.2 Feb 18.0 12.0 Mar 19.1 13.3 Apr 21.1 13.9 May 21.7 17.0 Jun 20.8 17.7 Jul 20.1 14.6 Aug 20.2 15.3 Sep 20.3 17.4 Oct 20.2 14.5 Nov 19.7 15.4 Dec 18.2 12.9 Annual 19.7 12.0 Ann-NCDC 19.7 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 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 6.0 35.0 Feb 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 4.5 38.0 Mar 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 12.5 57.0 Apr 45.0 0.0 2.5 23.0 40.0 78.5 198.0 May 106.0 8.0 60.0 93.0 125.0 154.5 192.0 Jun 133.0 8.0 75.5 126.5 153.5 190.5 234.0 Jul 129.0 30.0 83.0 104.0 120.5 148.5 454.0 Aug 172.0 62.0 114.0 151.0 183.0 246.5 292.0 Sep 135.0 29.0 76.0 114.0 136.0 194.5 271.0 Oct 99.0 44.0 69.5 88.5 101.5 125.5 200.0 Nov 52.0 2.0 22.0 37.0 58.0 76.5 129.0 Dec 15.0 0.0 3.0 7.5 13.0 31.0 61.0 Annual 901.0 503.0 725.5 847.0 947.5 1038.5 1604.0 Ann-NCDC 901.0 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 71.0 96.0 38.0 Feb 68.0 96.0 36.0 Mar 66.0 94.0 38.0 Apr 68.0 93.0 43.0 May 74.0 94.0 49.0 Jun 78.0 95.0 51.0 Jul 80.0 96.0 52.0 Aug 81.0 97.0 52.0 Sep 80.0 97.0 51.0 Oct 80.0 97.0 50.0 Nov 78.0 97.0 47.0 Dec 74.0 97.0 42.0 Annual 75.0 96.0 46.0 Ann-NCDC 74.8 95.8 45.8 ---------------------------------- Element 12: Sea Level Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1013.2 Feb 1012.9 Mar 1012.2 Apr 1011.7 May 1012.5 Jun 1013.8 Jul 1014.1 Aug 1013.5 Sep 1012.6 Oct 1011.7 Nov 1011.5 Dec 1012.6 Annual 1012.7 Ann-NCDC 1012.7 ------------------ 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 9.2 285.2 Feb 9.6 268.8 Mar 9.3 288.3 Apr 7.5 225.0 May 6.7 207.7 Jun 6.7 201.0 Jul 7.1 220.1 Aug 7.4 229.4 Sep 7.6 228.0 Oct 7.6 235.6 Nov 8.2 246.0 Dec 8.7 269.7 Annual 8.0 2904.8 Ann-NCDC NA 2904.8 -------------------------- Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1.5 Feb 1.5 Mar 1.6 Apr 1.5 May 1.3 Jun 1.3 Jul 1.2 Aug 1.1 Sep 1.1 Oct 1.1 Nov 1.2 Dec 1.3 Annual 1.3 Ann-NCDC 1.3 ------------------ Element 17: Wind Direction (degrees) PREVAIL (Statistic 41): Prevailing ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 22.5 Feb 337.5 Mar 315.0 Apr 112.5 May 112.5 Jun 112.5 Jul 112.5 Aug 22.5 Sep 22.5 Oct 237.5 Nov 22.5 Dec 22.5 Annual 22.5 Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 20: Sky Cover (Cloud Cover) (okta) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 4.6 Feb 4.6 Mar 5.1 Apr 6.3 May 6.8 Jun 6.7 Jul 6.5 Aug 6.6 Sep 6.6 Oct 6.5 Nov 6.1 Dec 5.3 Annual 6.0 Ann-NCDC 6.0 ------------------ Element 33: Global Solar Radiation (MJ/m2) MEANDLY (Statistic 06): Mean Daily Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 16.53 Feb 18.04 Mar 19.17 Apr 17.81 May 16.78 Jun 16.89 Jul 17.22 Aug 17.81 Sep 18.09 Oct 17.19 Nov 16.26 Dec 15.72 Annual 17.29 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 0.6 Feb 0.7 Mar 0.8 Apr 3.7 May 9.3 Jun 12.6 Jul 13.0 Aug 14.3 Sep 11.4 Oct 9.9 Nov 6.5 Dec 2.4 Annual 7.1 Ann-NCDC 85.2 ------------------