Station Name: Gardiz WMO Station Number: 40970 National I.D. Number: Country: AFGHANISTAN, ISLAMIC STATE OF WMO Region: REGION II - ASIA Latitude: 33d 37m N Longitude: 069d 14m E Elevation: 2350 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: 1964 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan -6.1 Feb -4.7 Mar 2.7 Apr 10.1 May 15.1 Jun 20.6 Jul 22.0 Aug 21.1 Sep 16.7 Oct 10.5 Nov 3.8 Dec -2.2 Annual 8.6 Ann-NCDC 9.1 ------------------ Element 02: Maximum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MAX_VAL (Statistic 04): Maximum Value -------------------------- byr: 1964 1964 eyr: 1983 1983 Statistic: MEAN MAX_VAL Month -------------------------- Jan 1.0 14.6 Feb 2.3 12.7 Mar 8.8 24.7 Apr 16.8 26.5 May 22.2 31.0 Jun 27.8 34.5 Jul 29.6 34.8 Aug 29.0 33.8 Sep 25.1 30.0 Oct 18.6 27.8 Nov 11.9 20.0 Dec 5.7 17.6 Annual 15.6 34.8 Ann-NCDC 16.6 25.7 -------------------------- Element 03: Minimum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MIN_VAL (Statistic 05): Minimum Value -------------------------- byr: 1964 1970 eyr: 1983 1983 Statistic: MEAN MIN_VAL Month -------------------------- Jan -11.7 -31.0 Feb -10.1 -30.0 Mar -2.3 -19.6 Apr 4.0 -6.4 May 7.9 -2.5 Jun 12.5 4.7 Jul 14.9 9.0 Aug 13.8 4.5 Sep 8.4 0.5 Oct 2.3 -9.3 Nov -2.8 -13.2 Dec -7.6 -27.8 Annual 2.1 -31.0 Ann-NCDC 2.4 -10.1 -------------------------- Element 06: Precipitation (mm) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1970 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 35.8 Feb 61.7 Mar 65.5 Apr 50.4 May 21.7 Jun 4.8 Jul 15.8 Aug 7.5 Sep 0.9 Oct 5.8 Nov 12.4 Dec 33.2 Annual 26.3 Ann-NCDC 315.5 ------------------ Element 10: Snow Depth (cm) MAX_DLY (Statistic 11): Maximum Daily Value ------------------ byr: 1964 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 59.0 Feb 79.0 Mar 76.0 Apr 3.0 May 0.0 Jun 0.0 Jul 0.0 Aug 0.0 Sep 0.0 Oct 0.0 Nov 19.0 Dec 61.0 Annual 79.0 Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 11: Relative Humidity (%) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MAX_VAL (Statistic 04): Maximum Value MIN_VAL (Statistic 05): Minimum Value ---------------------------------- byr: 1970 1964 1964 eyr: 1983 1983 1983 Statistic: MEAN MAX_VAL MIN_VAL Month ---------------------------------- Jan 69.0 100.0 8.0 Feb 72.0 100.0 8.0 Mar 66.0 100.0 5.0 Apr 58.0 100.0 4.0 May 47.0 100.0 4.0 Jun 39.0 97.0 4.0 Jul 49.0 100.0 3.0 Aug 51.0 100.0 2.0 Sep 45.0 100.0 3.0 Oct 45.0 100.0 2.0 Nov 51.0 100.0 3.0 Dec 60.0 100.0 7.0 Annual 55.0 100.0 2.0 Ann-NCDC 54.3 NA NA ---------------------------------- Element 13: Station Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1970 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 768.7 Feb 768.0 Mar 768.6 Apr 769.0 May 768.2 Jun 766.0 Jul 764.8 Aug 765.7 Sep 768.8 Oct 771.7 Nov 771.7 Dec 770.3 Annual 768.4 Ann-NCDC 768.5 ------------------ Element 14: Vapor Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1964 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 3.1 Feb 3.4 Mar 5.0 Apr 6.8 May 7.6 Jun 8.7 Jul 11.9 Aug 11.6 Sep 8.2 Oct 5.5 Nov 4.1 Dec 3.2 Annual 6.5 Ann-NCDC 6.6 ------------------ Element 15: Sunshine MN_#HRS (Statistic 44): Mean Number of Hours ------------------ byr: 1964 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 171.5 Feb 166.8 Mar 214.2 Apr 242.9 May 316.2 Jun 357.5 Jul 343.0 Aug 335.8 Sep 329.8 Oct 302.4 Nov 253.9 Dec 200.4 Annual 270.7 Ann-NCDC 3234.4 ------------------ Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MAXGUST (Statistic 30): Maximum Gust -------------------------- byr: 1964 1964 eyr: 1983 1983 Statistic: MEAN MAXGUST Month -------------------------- Jan 4.0 18.0 Feb 4.0 19.0 Mar 4.0 25.0 Apr 4.0 22.0 May 4.0 20.0 Jun 4.0 26.0 Jul 4.0 21.0 Aug 4.0 20.0 Sep 4.0 22.0 Oct 4.0 24.0 Nov 3.0 16.0 Dec 4.0 18.0 Annual 4.0 26.0 Ann-NCDC 3.9 NA -------------------------- Element 17: Wind Direction (degrees) MAXGUST (Statistic 30): Maximum Gust ------------------ byr: 1964 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 45.0 Feb 225.0 Mar 180.0 Apr 180.0 May 270.0 Jun 360.0 Jul 45.0 Aug 45.0 Sep 90.0 Oct 225.0 Nov 225.0 Dec 45.0 Annual 360.0 Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 51: Number Days with Thunder (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1964 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 0.0 Feb 0.0 Mar 2.0 Apr 5.0 May 5.0 Jun 2.0 Jul 5.0 Aug 3.0 Sep 2.0 Oct 1.0 Nov 0.0 Dec 0.0 Annual 25.0 Ann-NCDC 25.0 ------------------ Element 56: Number Days with Snowfall (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1964 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 8.0 Feb 8.0 Mar 5.0 Apr 1.0 May 0.0 Jun 0.0 Jul 0.0 Aug 0.0 Sep 0.0 Oct 0.0 Nov 1.0 Dec 6.0 Annual 29.0 Ann-NCDC 29.0 ------------------ Element BT: Number Days with Occurrence of Rain (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1964 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 1.0 Feb 1.0 Mar 6.0 Apr 9.0 May 6.0 Jun 2.0 Jul 3.0 Aug 2.0 Sep 0.0 Oct 2.0 Nov 3.0 Dec 1.0 Annual 38.0 Ann-NCDC 36.0 ------------------