Station Name: Kandahar WMO Station Number: 40990 National I.D. Number: Country: AFGHANISTAN, ISLAMIC STATE OF WMO Region: REGION II - ASIA Latitude: 31d 30m N Longitude: 065d 51m E Elevation: 1010 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 5.1 Feb 7.8 Mar 13.9 Apr 20.2 May 25.4 Jun 30.0 Jul 31.9 Aug 29.4 Sep 23.5 Oct 17.5 Nov 11.0 Dec 7.3 Annual 18.5 Ann-NCDC 18.6 ------------------ 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 12.2 25.0 Feb 14.8 26.2 Mar 21.6 36.5 Apr 28.1 37.1 May 34.1 43.0 Jun 39.1 45.0 Jul 40.2 46.5 Aug 38.2 44.5 Sep 34.0 41.0 Oct 27.5 37.5 Nov 21.0 31.5 Dec 15.4 26.0 Annual 27.2 46.5 Ann-NCDC 27.2 36.7 -------------------------- Element 03: Minimum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MIN_VAL (Statistic 05): Minimum Value -------------------------- byr: 1964 1960 eyr: 1983 1983 Statistic: MEAN MIN_VAL Month -------------------------- Jan 0.0 -12.1 Feb 2.4 -10.0 Mar 7.1 -4.8 Apr 12.3 2.0 May 15.8 2.4 Jun 19.5 8.5 Jul 22.5 13.5 Aug 20.0 9.0 Sep 13.5 5.2 Oct 8.5 -2.2 Nov 3.3 -9.3 Dec 1.0 -11.4 Annual 10.7 -12.1 Ann-NCDC 10.5 -.8 -------------------------- Element 06: Precipitation (mm) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1960 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 54.0 Feb 42.0 Mar 41.1 Apr 18.7 May 2.2 Jun 0.0 Jul 2.3 Aug 1.0 Sep 0.0 Oct 2.3 Nov 7.0 Dec 20.0 Annual 15.8 Ann-NCDC 190.6 ------------------ Element 10: Snow Depth (cm) MAX_DLY (Statistic 11): Maximum Daily Value ------------------ byr: 1964 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 0.0 Feb 3.0 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 3.0 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: 1960 1964 1964 eyr: 1983 1983 1983 Statistic: MEAN MAX_VAL MIN_VAL Month ---------------------------------- Jan 58.0 100.0 5.0 Feb 59.0 100.0 8.0 Mar 50.0 100.0 4.0 Apr 41.0 100.0 5.0 May 30.0 93.0 4.0 Jun 23.0 78.0 3.0 Jul 25.0 100.0 4.0 Aug 25.0 100.0 4.0 Sep 24.0 79.0 3.0 Oct 29.0 100.0 5.0 Nov 40.0 100.0 5.0 Dec 52.0 100.0 6.0 Annual 38.0 100.0 3.0 Ann-NCDC 38.0 NA NA ---------------------------------- Element 13: Station Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1960 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 903.6 Feb 901.8 Mar 900.0 Apr 897.7 May 894.9 Jun 889.9 Jul 887.5 Aug 889.7 Sep 895.1 Oct 901.1 Nov 904.2 Dec 904.2 Annual 897.4 Ann-NCDC 897.5 ------------------ Element 14: Vapor Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1964 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 5.2 Feb 6.3 Mar 7.6 Apr 9.0 May 8.9 Jun 9.6 Jul 11.7 Aug 9.8 Sep 7.2 Oct 5.9 Nov 5.4 Dec 5.2 Annual 7.6 Ann-NCDC 7.6 ------------------ Element 15: Sunshine MN_#HRS (Statistic 44): Mean Number of Hours ------------------ byr: 1964 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 199.9 Feb 180.6 Mar 234.6 Apr 254.7 May 346.1 Jun 369.7 Jul 342.2 Aug 338.5 Sep 322.9 Oct 306.7 Nov 263.8 Dec 216.1 Annual 281.3 Ann-NCDC 3375.8 ------------------ 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 20.0 Feb 5.0 22.0 Mar 4.0 20.0 Apr 3.0 25.0 May 3.0 28.0 Jun 3.0 18.0 Jul 3.0 19.0 Aug 3.0 28.0 Sep 3.0 23.0 Oct 3.0 18.0 Nov 2.0 27.0 Dec 3.0 20.0 Annual 2.0 28.0 Ann-NCDC 3.2 NA -------------------------- Element 17: Wind Direction (degrees) MAXGUST (Statistic 30): Maximum Gust ------------------ byr: 1964 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 180.0 Feb 180.0 Mar 202.5 Apr 45.0 May 115.5 Jun 360.0 Jul 202.5 Aug 270.0 Sep 157.5 Oct 225.0 Nov 135.0 Dec 315.0 Annual 115.5 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 1.0 Apr 1.0 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 2.0 Ann-NCDC 2.0 ------------------ Element 56: Number Days with Snowfall (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1964 eyr: 1983 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: 1964 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 6.0 Feb 6.0 Mar 6.0 Apr 4.0 May 1.0 Jun 0.0 Jul 0.0 Aug 0.0 Sep 0.0 Oct 1.0 Nov 2.0 Dec 3.0 Annual 30.0 Ann-NCDC 29.0 ------------------