Station Name: BIKANER WMO Station Number: 42165 National I.D. Number: Country: INDIA WMO Region: REGION II - ASIA Latitude: 28d 00m N Longitude: 073d 18m E Elevation: 224 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 #_YEARS (Statistic 98): Number of Years used to Calculate Normal -------------------------- byr: 1971 1971 eyr: 1984 1984 Statistic: MEAN #_YEARS Month -------------------------- Jan 14.3 14 Feb 17.1 14 Mar 23.4 14 Apr 30.2 14 May 34.3 14 Jun 35.2 14 Jul 32.8 13 Aug 31.7 13 Sep 30.7 14 Oct 27.7 14 Nov 21.5 13 Dec 16.1 13 Annual 26.3 NA Ann-NCDC 26.2 NA -------------------------- Element 02: Maximum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MAX_DLY (Statistic 11): Maximum Daily Value DATEMAX (Statistic 12): Date (Year/Day) of Occurrence of Maximum Daily Value #_YEARS (Statistic 98): Number of Years used to Calculate Normal ------------------------------------------ byr: 1971 1971 1971 1971 eyr: 1984 1984 1984 1984 Statistic: MEAN MAX_DLY DATEMAX #_YEARS Month ------------------------------------------ Jan 23.0 30.5 197709 14 Feb 25.5 35.5 198027 14 Mar 31.8 41.4 198431 14 Apr 38.2 45.8 197927 14 May 41.7 47.3 198428 14 Jun 41.6 47.5 198021 14 Jul 37.8 44.2 197408 13 Aug 36.6 42.9 197901 13 Sep 36.7 42.3 197421 14 Oct 36.2 40.4 198303 14 Nov 30.7 36.8 197701 13 Dec 25.3 31.3 197811 13 Annual 33.8 47.5 NA NA Ann-NCDC 33.8 NA NA NA ------------------------------------------ Element 02: Maximum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) Qualifier: 11: Maximum Daily Value #_YEARS (Statistic 98): Number of Years used to Calculate Normal ------------------ byr: 1971 eyr: 1984 Month ------------------ Jan 14 Feb 14 Mar 14 Apr 14 May 14 Jun 14 Jul 13 Aug 13 Sep 14 Oct 14 Nov 13 Dec 13 Annual NA Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 03: Minimum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MIN_DLY (Statistic 13): Minimum Daily Value DATEMIN (Statistic 14): Date (Year/Day) of Occurrence of Minimum Daily Value #_YEARS (Statistic 98): Number of Years used to Calculate Normal ------------------------------------------ byr: 1971 1971 1971 1971 eyr: 1984 1984 1984 1984 Statistic: MEAN MIN_DLY DATEMIN #_YEARS Month ------------------------------------------ Jan 5.6 -.9 197208 14 Feb 8.8 -2.7 197407 14 Mar 15.0 3.7 197201 14 Apr 22.1 12.0 197810 14 May 26.8 15.8 197704 14 Jun 28.8 19.8 197616 14 Jul 27.7 20.3 197404 13 Aug 26.8 20.4 198329 13 Sep 24.7 16.3 197224 14 Oct 19.1 10.2 197529 14 Nov 12.1 3.3 197829 13 Dec 6.9 -.9 197328 13 Annual 18.7 -2.7 NA NA Ann-NCDC 18.7 NA NA NA ------------------------------------------ Element 03: Minimum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) Qualifier: 13: Minimum Daily Value #_YEARS (Statistic 98): Number of Years used to Calculate Normal ------------------ byr: 1971 eyr: 1984 Month ------------------ Jan 14 Feb 14 Mar 14 Apr 14 May 14 Jun 14 Jul 13 Aug 13 Sep 14 Oct 14 Nov 13 Dec 13 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 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 #_YEARS (Statistic 98): Number of Years used to Calculate Normal -------------------------------------------------------------------------- byr: 1971 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1971 eyr: 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 Statistic: MEANMLY MIN_MLY QUIN20% QUIN40% QUIN60% QUIN80% MAX_MLY #_YEARS Month -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 5.0 .0 .0 .9 3.8 9.7 30.1 18 Feb 7.0 .0 .0 .4 1.8 18.5 50.5 18 Mar 10.0 .0 .0 1.2 6.0 21.1 61.9 18 Apr 7.0 .0 .0 .3 1.8 7.6 52.2 18 May 31.0 .0 .0 3.7 21.1 51.0 95.3 17 Jun 46.0 .0 2.4 17.0 36.3 67.7 138.3 16 Jul 106.0 9.1 29.5 51.7 86.9 150.3 252.3 17 Aug 71.0 1.4 27.3 48.5 86.6 109.8 177.1 16 Sep 34.0 .0 .6 15.3 32.8 73.7 186.9 18 Oct 4.0 .0 .0 .0 .9 7.0 28.0 18 Nov 3.0 .0 .0 .0 .0 3.2 42.2 18 Dec 1.0 .0 .0 .0 .6 2.3 42.4 18 Annual 309.0 54.4 195.9 283.8 319.0 373.2 611.3 NA Ann-NCDC 325.0 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Element 11: Relative Humidity (%) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value #_YEARS (Statistic 98): Number of Years used to Calculate Normal -------------------------- byr: 1971 1971 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN #_YEARS Month -------------------------- Jan 49.0 19 Feb 43.0 18 Mar 34.0 18 Apr 25.0 18 May 27.0 17 Jun 39.0 17 Jul 58.0 16 Aug 61.0 17 Sep 52.0 18 Oct 36.0 16 Nov 40.0 17 Dec 48.0 19 Annual 43.0 NA Ann-NCDC 42.7 NA -------------------------- Element 12: Sea Level Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value #_YEARS (Statistic 98): Number of Years used to Calculate Normal -------------------------- byr: 1971 1971 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN #_YEARS Month -------------------------- Jan 1016.9 15 Feb 1014.3 15 Mar 1010.5 15 Apr 1005.6 16 May 1001.7 15 Jun 997.0 15 Jul 997.0 14 Aug 998.9 15 Sep 1004.1 16 Oct 1009.6 15 Nov 1014.8 16 Dec 1017.5 17 Annual 1007.3 NA Ann-NCDC 1007.3 NA -------------------------- Element 14: Vapor Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1971 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 7.6 Feb 8.3 Mar 9.8 Apr 10.4 May 13.8 Jun 21.2 Jul 27.6 Aug 27.6 Sep 22.4 Oct 13.4 Nov 10.2 Dec 8.4 Annual 15.1 Ann-NCDC 15.1 ------------------ Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value #_YEARS (Statistic 98): Number of Years used to Calculate Normal -------------------------- byr: 1971 1971 eyr: 1984 1984 Statistic: MEAN #_YEARS Month -------------------------- Jan .8 14.0 Feb 1.1 14.0 Mar 1.4 14.0 Apr 1.7 14.0 May 2.5 14.0 Jun 2.8 14.0 Jul 2.2 13.0 Aug 2.2 13.0 Sep 1.7 14.0 Oct 1.1 14.0 Nov .8 13.0 Dec .6 13.0 Annual 1.6 NA Ann-NCDC 1.6 NA -------------------------- Element 95: Number Days with Precipitation GE Threshold (count) Qualifier: 1.0 mm MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1971 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan .8 Feb 1.0 Mar 1.5 Apr .9 May 2.6 Jun 3.2 Jul 6.6 Aug 5.6 Sep 3.0 Oct .6 Nov .3 Dec .5 Annual 25.9 Ann-NCDC 26.6 ------------------ Element BT: Number Days with Occurrence of Rain (count) #_YEARS (Statistic 98): Number of Years used to Calculate Normal ------------------ byr: 1971 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 18 Feb 18 Mar 18 Apr 18 May 17 Jun 16 Jul 17 Aug 16 Sep 18 Oct 18 Nov 18 Dec 18 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 210.0 ------------------