Station Name: Maiquetia WMO Station Number: 80415 National I.D. Number: Country: VENEZUELA WMO Region: REGION III - SOUTH AMERICA Latitude: 10d 36m N Longitude: 066d 59m W Elevation: 63 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 24.4 Feb 24.5 Mar 24.9 Apr 25.7 May 26.6 Jun 26.7 Jul 26.4 Aug 27.0 Sep 27.4 Oct 27.3 Nov 26.7 Dec 25.4 Annual 26.1 Ann-NCDC 26.1 ------------------ 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 28.5 33.1 Feb 28.3 32.3 Mar 28.5 34.4 Apr 29.1 33.7 May 30.0 35.4 Jun 30.3 34.9 Jul 30.1 34.5 Aug 30.9 35.5 Sep 31.4 35.4 Oct 31.3 34.6 Nov 30.5 35.6 Dec 29.4 33.5 Annual 29.9 35.6 Ann-NCDC 29.9 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 21.9 15.4 Feb 21.9 19.3 Mar 22.3 19.3 Apr 23.3 18.8 May 24.2 20.6 Jun 24.2 21.3 Jul 23.8 20.0 Aug 24.2 20.0 Sep 24.6 21.0 Oct 24.6 21.0 Nov 24.0 20.8 Dec 22.7 19.9 Annual 23.5 15.4 Ann-NCDC 23.5 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 28.0 0.0 2.5 11.0 28.0 44.5 203.0 Feb 17.0 0.0 1.5 7.0 12.5 29.5 75.0 Mar 22.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 12.5 32.5 250.0 Apr 29.0 0.0 1.5 6.5 15.0 44.5 253.0 May 36.0 0.0 7.5 19.5 35.5 51.5 185.0 Jun 53.0 9.0 24.0 32.0 53.0 92.0 183.0 Jul 57.0 6.0 31.5 44.0 65.5 87.0 115.0 Aug 50.0 10.0 18.0 42.0 52.0 75.0 142.0 Sep 54.0 8.0 32.0 40.0 56.0 74.0 151.0 Oct 56.0 11.0 20.0 33.5 46.5 80.0 290.0 Nov 54.0 3.0 17.0 25.0 46.5 89.0 221.0 Dec 54.0 0.0 9.5 20.5 42.0 88.0 221.0 Annual 510.0 205.0 406.5 443.5 533.5 611.5 817.0 Ann-NCDC 510.0 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 82.0 93.0 64.0 Feb 81.0 92.0 64.0 Mar 81.0 93.0 65.0 Apr 83.0 93.0 69.0 May 84.0 93.0 68.0 Jun 83.0 94.0 67.0 Jul 83.0 94.0 66.0 Aug 82.0 93.0 64.0 Sep 81.0 93.0 63.0 Oct 82.0 93.0 65.0 Nov 82.0 93.0 66.0 Dec 83.0 94.0 64.0 Annual 82.0 93.0 66.0 Ann-NCDC 82.2 93.2 65.4 ---------------------------------- Element 12: Sea Level Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1013.4 Feb 1013.4 Mar 1013.0 Apr 1012.2 May 1012.1 Jun 1013.1 Jul 1013.5 Aug 1012.5 Sep 1011.6 Oct 1010.9 Nov 1011.1 Dec 1012.4 Annual 1012.4 Ann-NCDC 1012.4 ------------------ 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 7.5 232.5 Feb 7.8 218.4 Mar 7.8 241.8 Apr 6.1 183.0 May 6.5 201.5 Jun 6.9 207.0 Jul 7.8 241.8 Aug 7.9 244.9 Sep 7.6 228.0 Oct 6.7 207.7 Nov 6.5 195.0 Dec 6.8 210.8 Annual 7.2 2612.4 Ann-NCDC NA 2612.4 -------------------------- Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 2.1 Feb 2.3 Mar 2.3 Apr 2.2 May 2.0 Jun 2.1 Jul 1.9 Aug 1.8 Sep 1.7 Oct 1.6 Nov 1.7 Dec 1.8 Annual 1.9 Ann-NCDC 2.0 ------------------ Element 17: Wind Direction (degrees) PREVAIL (Statistic 41): Prevailing ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 90.0 Feb 90.0 Mar 90.0 Apr 90.0 May 90.0 Jun 90.0 Jul 90.0 Aug 90.0 Sep 90.0 Oct 90.0 Nov 67.0 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 4.5 Feb 4.6 Mar 4.9 Apr 5.9 May 5.8 Jun 5.8 Jul 5.6 Aug 5.4 Sep 5.7 Oct 5.7 Nov 5.5 Dec 5.2 Annual 5.4 Ann-NCDC 5.4 ------------------ Element 33: Global Solar Radiation (MJ/m2) MEANDLY (Statistic 06): Mean Daily Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 17.67 Feb 19.89 Mar 21.51 Apr 20.31 May 19.49 Jun 20.41 Jul 20.71 Aug 20.80 Sep 20.25 Oct 17.90 Nov 16.10 Dec 16.11 Annual 19.26 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 3.6 Feb 2.6 Mar 1.8 Apr 2.7 May 4.4 Jun 6.7 Jul 7.6 Aug 7.4 Sep 7.0 Oct 6.7 Nov 5.5 Dec 5.1 Annual 5.1 Ann-NCDC 61.1 ------------------