Station Name: Wakayama WMO Station Number: 47777 National I.D. Number: Country: JAPAN WMO Region: REGION II - ASIA Latitude: 34d 14m N Longitude: 135d 10m E Elevation: 14 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 STD_DEV (Statistic 03): Standard Deviation of Mean Value -------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN STD_DEV Month -------------------------- Jan 5.5 1.3 Feb 5.8 1.4 Mar 8.9 1.0 Apr 14.6 1.1 May 18.9 .6 Jun 22.5 .7 Jul 26.6 .9 Aug 27.6 .7 Sep 23.9 1.1 Oct 18.0 .8 Nov 12.8 1.0 Dec 8.0 1.0 Annual 16.1 .4 Ann-NCDC 16.1 NA -------------------------- Element 02: Maximum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value STD_DEV (Statistic 03): Standard Deviation of Mean Value MIN_MLY (Statistic 20): Minimum Monthly Value MAX_MLY (Statistic 26): Maximum Monthly Value ------------------------------------------ byr: 1961 1961 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN STD_DEV MIN_MLY MAX_MLY Month ------------------------------------------ Jan 9.5 1.4 7.2 12.2 Feb 10.0 1.6 7.0 13.2 Mar 13.5 1.1 10.4 15.2 Apr 19.5 1.1 18.0 23.1 May 23.6 .8 22.4 26.1 Jun 26.6 .9 24.3 28.5 Jul 30.6 1.1 27.8 32.6 Aug 32.1 1.0 29.9 34.1 Sep 28.3 1.2 26.2 30.8 Oct 22.7 .9 20.8 24.5 Nov 17.4 1.1 15.1 19.5 Dec 12.3 1.2 10.1 14.6 Annual 20.5 .5 19.7 21.6 Ann-NCDC 20.5 NA NA NA ------------------------------------------ Element 03: Minimum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value STD_DEV (Statistic 03): Standard Deviation of Mean Value MIN_MLY (Statistic 20): Minimum Monthly Value MAX_MLY (Statistic 26): Maximum Monthly Value ------------------------------------------ byr: 1961 1961 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN STD_DEV MIN_MLY MAX_MLY Month ------------------------------------------ Jan 1.9 1.2 .0 4.6 Feb 2.0 1.4 -.5 5.5 Mar 4.4 1.1 1.7 6.3 Apr 10.0 1.2 7.0 14.1 May 14.4 .8 13.1 17.1 Jun 19.1 .8 17.4 21.0 Jul 23.4 .8 21.2 24.7 Aug 24.0 .6 22.8 25.1 Sep 20.3 1.2 17.9 22.1 Oct 13.9 1.0 11.7 17.1 Nov 8.6 1.1 6.8 10.9 Dec 4.1 1.0 1.9 6.4 Annual 12.2 .5 11.1 13.6 Ann-NCDC 12.2 NA NA 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 49.0 2.5 22.6 35.7 49.1 83.5 117.5 Feb 59.3 11.5 25.3 34.2 54.7 94.2 174.5 Mar 89.2 10.5 63.2 75.2 92.7 125.5 164.0 Apr 124.4 39.5 86.2 110.0 130.2 157.7 234.5 May 136.8 31.0 97.0 122.7 135.0 185.0 271.9 Jun 212.8 44.6 126.0 166.2 204.2 297.0 558.6 Jul 149.0 21.7 60.0 112.5 152.5 251.7 315.7 Aug 108.5 6.2 36.8 64.0 114.0 167.0 324.0 Sep 200.2 25.5 91.2 133.0 178.8 251.7 824.5 Oct 111.1 27.5 62.0 78.7 108.2 145.6 343.3 Nov 73.1 14.0 35.3 56.5 78.0 105.3 182.5 Dec 39.2 2.5 19.9 28.7 42.8 58.0 95.5 Annual 1352.6 893.8 1069.4 1235.6 1467.5 1602.8 1973.0 Ann-NCDC 1352.6 NA NA NA NA NA NA ------------------------------------------------------------------ Element 09: Snowfall (cm) MNDLYMX (Statistic 09): Mean Daily Maximum Value MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value MIN_MLY (Statistic 20): Minimum Monthly Value MAX_MLY (Statistic 26): Maximum Monthly Value ------------------------------------------ byr: 1961 1961 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 1990 1990 Statistic: MNDLYMX MEANMLY MIN_MLY MAX_MLY Month ------------------------------------------ Jan 1 1 0 15 Feb 1 1 * 11 Mar 1 1 0 8 Apr * * 0 * May 0 0 0 0 Jun 0 0 0 0 Jul 0 0 0 0 Aug 0 0 0 0 Sep 0 0 0 0 Oct 0 0 0 0 Nov * * 0 * Dec * * 0 2 Annual 2 3 * 21 Ann-NCDC NA 3.0 NA NA ------------------------------------------ Element 10: Snow Depth (cm) MAX_VAL (Statistic 04): Maximum Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1 Feb 1 Mar 1 Apr 0 May 0 Jun 0 Jul 0 Aug 0 Sep 0 Oct 0 Nov 0 Dec * Annual 2 Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 11: Relative Humidity (%) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value STD_DEV (Statistic 03): Standard Deviation of Mean Value MN03LST (Statistic 73): Mean of Observations at 0300 LST MN09LST (Statistic 79): Mean of Observations at 0900 LST MN15LST (Statistic 85): Mean of Observations at 1500 LST MN21LST (Statistic 91): Mean of Observations at 2100 LST ---------------------------------------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN STD_DEV MN03LST MN09LST MN15LST MN21LST Month ---------------------------------------------------------- Jan 63 3 70 67 51 63 Feb 63 4 71 67 51 64 Mar 62 3 72 63 50 63 Apr 65 4 75 63 54 67 May 68 4 79 65 58 71 Jun 75 4 83 73 65 77 Jul 76 3 86 74 67 79 Aug 73 3 84 70 63 76 Sep 73 2 83 72 62 75 Oct 70 3 81 69 56 72 Nov 68 3 78 69 55 70 Dec 66 3 73 69 53 67 Annual 69 1 78 68 57 70 Ann-NCDC 68.5 NA 77.9 68.4 57.1 70.3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Element 12: Sea Level Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value STD_DEV (Statistic 03): Standard Deviation of Mean Value -------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN STD_DEV Month -------------------------- Jan 1019.4 2.3 Feb 1019.2 1.9 Mar 1017.6 1.4 Apr 1016.1 1.6 May 1012.3 1.2 Jun 1009.1 1.4 Jul 1008.7 1.3 Aug 1009.0 1.7 Sep 1012.3 1.1 Oct 1017.1 1.2 Nov 1020.1 1.2 Dec 1020.4 1.6 Annual 1015.1 .4 Ann-NCDC 1015.1 NA -------------------------- Element 13: Station Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value STD_DEV (Statistic 03): Standard Deviation of Mean Value -------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN STD_DEV Month -------------------------- Jan 1017.2 2.3 Feb 1017.0 1.9 Mar 1015.4 1.4 Apr 1013.9 1.5 May 1010.2 1.2 Jun 1007.0 1.4 Jul 1006.7 1.3 Aug 1007.0 1.7 Sep 1010.2 1.1 Oct 1015.0 1.2 Nov 1017.9 1.2 Dec 1018.2 1.6 Annual 1013.0 .4 Ann-NCDC 1013.0 NA -------------------------- Element 14: Vapor Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value STD_DEV (Statistic 03): Standard Deviation of Mean Value -------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN STD_DEV Month -------------------------- Jan 5.8 .8 Feb 6.0 .9 Mar 7.3 .8 Apr 11.2 1.4 May 15.0 1.1 Jun 20.4 1.2 Jul 26.6 1.1 Aug 27.1 1.1 Sep 21.9 1.5 Oct 14.7 1.0 Nov 10.4 1.0 Dec 7.1 .7 Annual 14.5 .4 Ann-NCDC 14.5 NA -------------------------- Element 15: Sunshine %OFPOSS (Statistic 37): Percent of Possible MN_#HRS (Statistic 44): Mean Number of Hours -------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: %OFPOSS MN_#HRS Month -------------------------- Jan 44.0 137.1 Feb 44.0 134.2 Mar 48.0 175.6 Apr 46.0 180.3 May 47.0 203.7 Jun 37.0 161.2 Jul 47.0 207.2 Aug 55.0 228.3 Sep 44.0 162.1 Oct 47.0 164.2 Nov 46.0 142.2 Dec 44.0 134.9 Annual 46.0 2030.9 Ann-NCDC NA 2031.0 -------------------------- Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1975 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 3.0 Feb 3.0 Mar 3.0 Apr 3.1 May 2.9 Jun 2.8 Jul 2.8 Aug 3.0 Sep 2.7 Oct 2.8 Nov 2.8 Dec 2.9 Annual 2.9 Ann-NCDC 2.9 ------------------ Element 17: Wind Direction (degrees) Statistic 38: Frequency Qualifier: 022.5 degrees Qualifier: 045.0 degrees Qualifier: 067.5 degrees Qualifier: 090.0 degrees Qualifier: 112.5 degrees Qualifier: 135.0 degrees Qualifier: 157.5 degrees Qualifier: 180.0 degrees Qualifier: 202.5 degrees ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- byr: 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 eyr: 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 Qualifier: 022.5 045.0 067.5 090.0 112.5 135.0 157.5 180.0 202.5 Month ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan .080 .130 .170 .030 .010 * * .010 .010 Feb .120 .130 .140 .040 .010 * .010 .010 .010 Mar .140 .140 .140 .040 .010 .010 .010 .020 .010 Apr .100 .140 .130 .030 .020 .020 .030 .050 .040 May .070 .110 .140 .040 .020 .020 .030 .050 .060 Jun .070 .100 .120 .050 .020 .020 .020 .080 .080 Jul .050 .080 .110 .050 .030 .010 .030 .090 .110 Aug .050 .100 .150 .060 .020 .010 .040 .070 .090 Sep .110 .160 .190 .070 .020 .010 .020 .050 .040 Oct .120 .200 .250 .050 .010 * .010 .020 .010 Nov .100 .210 .230 .040 .010 * .010 .010 .010 Dec .070 .170 .220 .030 .010 * * .010 .010 Annual .090 .140 .170 .040 .010 .010 .020 .040 .040 Ann-NCDC NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Element 17: Wind Direction (degrees) Statistic 38: Frequency Qualifier: 225.0 degrees Qualifier: 247.5 degrees Qualifier: 270.0 degrees Qualifier: 292.5 degrees Qualifier: 315.0 degrees Qualifier: 337.5 degrees Qualifier: 360.0 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------ byr: 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 eyr: 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 Qualifier: 225.0 247.5 270.0 292.5 315.0 337.5 360.0 Month ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jan .010 .030 .070 .130 .140 .090 .090 Feb .010 .030 .050 .100 .120 .100 .110 Mar .030 .040 .030 .040 .090 .120 .130 Apr .060 .070 .030 .040 .080 .070 .090 May .100 .100 .020 .040 .060 .070 .070 Jun .120 .110 .020 .020 .050 .070 .060 Jul .140 .140 .020 .020 .040 .050 .040 Aug .130 .100 .020 .010 .030 .050 .040 Sep .060 .060 .010 .010 .040 .070 .080 Oct .020 .030 .020 .030 .050 .080 .120 Nov .010 .030 .030 .060 .090 .080 .090 Dec .010 .030 .050 .110 .110 .090 .070 Annual .060 .060 .030 .050 .080 .080 .080 Ann-NCDC NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ------------------------------------------------------------------ Element 17: Wind Direction (degrees) PREVAIL (Statistic 41): Prevailing ------------------ byr: 1975 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 67.5 Feb 67.5 Mar 45.0 Apr 45.0 May 67.5 Jun 225.0 Jul 225.0 Aug 67.5 Sep 67.5 Oct 67.5 Nov 67.5 Dec 67.5 Annual 67.5 Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 20: Sky Cover (Cloud Cover) (okta) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 4.8 Feb 4.9 Mar 4.8 Apr 5.2 May 5.3 Jun 6.2 Jul 5.5 Aug 4.7 Sep 5.4 Oct 4.7 Nov 4.5 Dec 4.5 Annual 5.0 Ann-NCDC 5.0 ------------------ Element 51: Number Days with Thunder (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan .2 Feb .2 Mar .4 Apr .4 May .7 Jun 1.1 Jul 2.4 Aug 2.7 Sep 2.2 Oct .8 Nov .4 Dec .2 Annual 11.5 Ann-NCDC 11.7 ------------------ Element 56: Number Days with Snowfall (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 5.9 Feb 5.5 Mar 2.0 Apr .1 May .0 Jun .0 Jul .0 Aug .0 Sep .0 Oct .0 Nov .1 Dec 1.8 Annual 15.3 Ann-NCDC 15.4 ------------------ Element 73: Number Days with no Sunshine (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 2.7 Feb 3.2 Mar 4.2 Apr 4.5 May 4.7 Jun 5.8 Jul 2.9 Aug 1.1 Sep 3.4 Oct 4.2 Nov 3.4 Dec 2.6 Annual 42.5 Ann-NCDC 42.7 ------------------ Element 83: Number Days Maximum Temperature GE Threshold (count) Statistic 15: Mean Monthly Value Qualifier: 25.0 deg C Qualifier: 30.0 deg C -------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 Qualifier: 25.0 30.0 Month -------------------------- Jan .0 .0 Feb .0 .0 Mar .0 .0 Apr 1.5 * May 9.7 .1 Jun 23.2 2.7 Jul 30.0 20.3 Aug 30.9 27.2 Sep 25.7 10.3 Oct 7.4 .1 Nov .3 .0 Dec .0 .0 Annual 128.8 60.9 Ann-NCDC 128.7 60.7 -------------------------- Element 86: Number Days Minimum Temperature GE Threshold (count) Qualifier: 25.0 deg C MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan .0 Feb .0 Mar .0 Apr .0 May .0 Jun .3 Jul 5.8 Aug 8.0 Sep 1.0 Oct .0 Nov .0 Dec .0 Annual 15.1 Ann-NCDC 15.1 ------------------ Element 87: Number Days Mean Temperature GE Threshold (count) Qualifier: 25.0 deg C MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan .0 Feb .0 Mar .0 Apr .0 May .1 Jun 3.3 Jul 24.3 Aug 29.6 Sep 11.3 Oct .3 Nov .0 Dec .0 Annual 68.9 Ann-NCDC 68.9 ------------------ Element 91: Number Days Maximum Temperature LT Threshold (count) Qualifier: 0.0 deg C MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan .0 Feb * Mar .0 Apr .0 May .0 Jun .0 Jul .0 Aug .0 Sep .0 Oct .0 Nov .0 Dec .0 Annual * Ann-NCDC * ------------------ Element 93: Number Days Minimum Temperature LT Threshold (count) Qualifier: 0.0 deg C MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 6.5 Feb 6.7 Mar 1.9 Apr .0 May .0 Jun .0 Jul .0 Aug .0 Sep .0 Oct .0 Nov .0 Dec 1.0 Annual 16.1 Ann-NCDC 16.1 ------------------ Element 95: Number Days with Precipitation GE Threshold (count) Statistic 15: Mean Monthly Value Qualifier: 0.5 mm Qualifier: 1.0 mm Qualifier: 10.0 mm Qualifier: 30.0 mm Qualifier: 50.0 mm Qualifier: 70.0 mm Qualifier: 100.0 mm ------------------------------------------------------------------ byr: 1968 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 Qualifier: 0.5 1.0 10.0 30.0 50.0 70.0 100.0 Month ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jan 6.7 5.6 1.8 .2 * * .0 Feb 8.4 6.9 1.8 .4 .1 .0 .0 Mar 10.3 9.3 3.0 .4 .2 .0 .0 Apr 11.0 10.0 4.5 .9 .2 .1 .0 May 10.1 9.5 4.4 1.2 .3 .1 * Jun 13.2 11.9 6.1 2.0 .9 .4 .2 Jul 10.5 9.0 4.2 1.6 .6 .3 .1 Aug 8.6 7.0 2.8 .9 .4 .3 .1 Sep 11.6 9.9 5.0 1.9 1.0 .5 .3 Oct 9.6 8.1 3.6 .8 .3 .1 .1 Nov 7.3 6.8 2.1 .8 .2 * .0 Dec 5.7 4.5 1.4 .2 .0 .0 .0 Annual 112.8 98.4 40.5 11.3 4.1 1.8 .9 Ann-NCDC 113.0 98.5 40.7 11.3 4.2 1.8 0.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Element BH: Number Days Mean Temperature LT Threshold (count) Qualifier: 0.0 deg C MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan .1 Feb .2 Mar .0 Apr .0 May .0 Jun .0 Jul .0 Aug .0 Sep .0 Oct .0 Nov .0 Dec .0 Annual .3 Ann-NCDC 0.3 ------------------ Element BJ: Number Days with Fog (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan .1 Feb .5 Mar .3 Apr .4 May .5 Jun .9 Jul .4 Aug .1 Sep .2 Oct .2 Nov .3 Dec .3 Annual 4.3 Ann-NCDC 4.2 ------------------ Element BM: Number Days with Daily Maximum Wind Speed GE Threshold (count) Statistic 15: Mean Monthly Value Qualifier: 10.0 m/sec Qualifier: 15.0 m/sec Qualifier: 20.0 m/sec Qualifier: 30.0 m/sec ------------------------------------------ byr: 1975 1975 1975 1975 eyr: 1990 1990 1990 1990 Qualifier: 10.0 15.0 20.0 30.0 Month ------------------------------------------ Jan .6 .0 .0 .0 Feb 1.0 .0 .0 .0 Mar 1.5 .1 .0 .0 Apr 1.9 .2 .0 .0 May 1.0 .1 .0 .0 Jun 2.1 .1 .0 .0 Jul 1.0 .0 .0 .0 Aug 1.3 .3 .0 .0 Sep 1.1 .1 .1 .0 Oct 1.1 .0 .0 .0 Nov .6 .1 .0 .0 Dec .6 .0 .0 .0 Annual 13.7 1.0 .1 .0 Ann-NCDC 13.8 1.0 0.1 0.0 ------------------------------------------ Element BT: Number Days with Occurrence of Rain (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1968 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 16.3 Feb 16.0 Mar 16.7 Apr 14.9 May 14.5 Jun 17.0 Jul 15.4 Aug 13.7 Sep 16.0 Oct 13.9 Nov 13.3 Dec 14.0 Annual 181.7 Ann-NCDC 181.7 ------------------ Element BW: Number Days with Daily Maximum Snow Cover GE Threshold (count) Statistic 15: Mean Monthly Value Qualifier: 0.0 cm Qualifier: 5.0 cm Qualifier: 10.0 cm Qualifier: 20.0 cm Qualifier: 50.0 cm Qualifier: 100.0 cm ---------------------------------------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 Qualifier: 0.0 5.0 10.0 20.0 50.0 100.0 Month ---------------------------------------------------------- Jan 1.1 * * .0 .0 .0 Feb 1.5 .1 .1 .0 .0 .0 Mar .3 .1 .0 .0 .0 .0 Apr .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 May .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 Jun .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 Jul .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 Aug .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 Sep .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 Oct .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 Nov .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 Dec .2 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 Annual 3.0 .2 .1 .0 .0 .0 Ann-NCDC 3.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 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