Station Name: Khost WMO Station Number: 40971 National I.D. Number: Country: AFGHANISTAN, ISLAMIC STATE OF WMO Region: REGION II - ASIA Latitude: 33d 21m N Longitude: 069d 57m E Elevation: 1146 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: 1962 eyr: 1982 Month ------------------ Jan 4.8 Feb 7.0 Mar 12.2 Apr 17.5 May 22.6 Jun 28.0 Jul 27.4 Aug 26.4 Sep 23.3 Oct 17.9 Nov 11.0 Dec 6.4 Annual 17.0 Ann-NCDC 17.0 ------------------ Element 02: Maximum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MAX_VAL (Statistic 04): Maximum Value -------------------------- byr: 1962 1962 eyr: 1982 1982 Statistic: MEAN MAX_VAL Month -------------------------- Jan 12.7 22.1 Feb 13.8 26.9 Mar 19.1 32.3 Apr 25.1 37.0 May 30.3 40.2 Jun 35.4 46.4 Jul 33.6 41.5 Aug 32.3 37.8 Sep 30.5 38.6 Oct 26.4 33.2 Nov 20.1 29.0 Dec 14.8 22.0 Annual 24.5 46.4 Ann-NCDC 24.5 33.9 -------------------------- Element 03: Minimum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MIN_VAL (Statistic 05): Minimum Value -------------------------- byr: 1962 1972 eyr: 1982 1983 Statistic: MEAN MIN_VAL Month -------------------------- Jan -0.9 -8.5 Feb 1.1 -10.4 Mar 5.8 -3.3 Apr 10.4 1.0 May 14.3 5.4 Jun 19.8 9.5 Jul 21.3 13.3 Aug 21.2 14.6 Sep 16.5 7.2 Oct 10.3 0.0 Nov 3.6 -6.0 Dec -0.0 -5.5 Annual 10.3 -10.4 Ann-NCDC 10.3 1.4 -------------------------- Element 06: Precipitation (mm) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1972 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 25.9 Feb 53.6 Mar 61.8 Apr 65.2 May 39.8 Jun 21.6 Jul 75.9 Aug 62.0 Sep 30.5 Oct 7.7 Nov 11.6 Dec 20.9 Annual 39.7 Ann-NCDC 476.5 ------------------ Element 10: Snow Depth (cm) MAX_DLY (Statistic 11): Maximum Daily Value ------------------ byr: 1962 eyr: 1982 Month ------------------ Jan 38.0 Feb 11.0 Mar 0.0 Apr 0.0 May 0.0 Jun 0.0 Jul 0.0 Aug 0.0 Sep 0.0 Oct 0.0 Nov 0.0 Dec 4.0 Annual 38.0 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: 1972 1962 1962 eyr: 1983 1982 1982 Statistic: MEAN MAX_VAL MIN_VAL Month ---------------------------------- Jan 60.0 100.0 9.0 Feb 62.0 100.0 5.0 Mar 62.0 100.0 7.0 Apr 59.0 100.0 8.0 May 50.0 98.0 6.0 Jun 46.0 100.0 7.0 Jul 63.0 98.0 9.0 Aug 68.0 100.0 15.0 Sep 62.0 100.0 9.0 Oct 56.0 98.0 8.0 Nov 56.0 99.0 8.0 Dec 59.0 100.0 10.0 Annual 58.0 100.0 5.0 Ann-NCDC 58.6 NA NA ---------------------------------- Element 13: Station Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1972 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 887.2 Feb 885.9 Mar 884.8 Apr 883.0 May 880.1 Jun 876.0 Jul 875.0 Aug 876.8 Sep 880.8 Oct 885.8 Nov 887.9 Dec 888.2 Annual 887.4 Ann-NCDC 882.6 ------------------ Element 14: Vapor Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1962 eyr: 1982 Month ------------------ Jan 5.2 Feb 6.7 Mar 8.4 Apr 11.2 May 13.1 Jun 17.0 Jul 23.2 Aug 23.0 Sep 17.1 Oct 11.0 Nov 7.4 Dec 5.6 Annual 12.0 Ann-NCDC 12.4 ------------------ Element 15: Sunshine MN_#HRS (Statistic 44): Mean Number of Hours ------------------ byr: 1962 eyr: 1982 Month ------------------ Jan 207.7 Feb 189.9 Mar 220.1 Apr 226.7 May 292.2 Jun 285.3 Jul 252.8 Aug 250.3 Sep 274.8 Oct 256.1 Nov 248.0 Dec 180.9 Annual 239.5 Ann-NCDC 2884.8 ------------------ Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MAXGUST (Statistic 30): Maximum Gust -------------------------- byr: 1962 1962 eyr: 1982 1982 Statistic: MEAN MAXGUST Month -------------------------- Jan 2.0 28.0 Feb 2.0 19.0 Mar 2.0 28.0 Apr 2.0 25.0 May 2.0 15.0 Jun 2.0 17.0 Jul 2.0 25.0 Aug 2.0 20.0 Sep 2.0 16.0 Oct 2.0 15.0 Nov 2.0 14.0 Dec 2.0 17.0 Annual 2.0 28.0 Ann-NCDC 2.0 NA -------------------------- Element 17: Wind Direction (degrees) MAXGUST (Statistic 30): Maximum Gust ------------------ byr: 1962 eyr: 1982 Month ------------------ Jan 315.0 Feb 315.0 Mar 270.0 Apr 247.5 May 90.0 Jun 90.0 Jul 225.0 Aug 180.0 Sep 360.0 Oct 90.0 Nov 270.0 Dec 90.0 Annual 270.0 Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 51: Number Days with Thunder (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1962 eyr: 1982 Month ------------------ Jan 0.0 Feb 0.0 Mar 2.0 Apr 5.0 May 6.0 Jun 3.0 Jul 6.0 Aug 8.0 Sep 5.0 Oct 2.0 Nov 1.0 Dec 0.0 Annual 38.0 Ann-NCDC 38.0 ------------------ Element 56: Number Days with Snowfall (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1962 eyr: 1982 Month ------------------ Jan 0.0 Feb 0.0 Mar 0.0 Apr 0.0 May 0.0 Jun 0.0 Jul 0.0 Aug 0.0 Sep 0.0 Oct 0.0 Nov 0.0 Dec 0.0 Annual 0.0 Ann-NCDC 0.0 ------------------ Element BT: Number Days with Occurrence of Rain (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1962 eyr: 1982 Month ------------------ Jan 4.0 Feb 6.0 Mar 9.0 Apr 9.0 May 6.0 Jun 3.0 Jul 8.0 Aug 7.0 Sep 4.0 Oct 2.0 Nov 2.0 Dec 3.0 Annual 63.0 Ann-NCDC 63.0 ------------------