Station Name: Miyakonojo WMO Station Number: 47829 National I.D. Number: Country: JAPAN WMO Region: REGION II - ASIA Latitude: 31d 44m N Longitude: 131d 05m E Elevation: 154 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 5.0 1.7 Feb 6.5 1.7 Mar 9.8 1.2 Apr 15.1 1.1 May 18.8 .7 Jun 22.2 .8 Jul 26.0 .8 Aug 26.1 .4 Sep 23.2 1.1 Oct 17.7 1.1 Nov 12.3 1.2 Dec 6.9 1.2 Annual 15.8 .4 Ann-NCDC 15.8 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 11.3 1.5 8.0 14.3 Feb 12.5 1.5 9.5 15.1 Mar 15.9 1.1 13.2 17.9 Apr 20.9 1.0 19.4 23.9 May 24.3 .7 23.1 25.8 Jun 26.8 1.0 24.5 28.6 Jul 30.7 1.1 28.5 32.6 Aug 31.3 .7 29.9 33.2 Sep 28.4 1.2 26.1 30.4 Oct 23.9 .9 22.0 26.4 Nov 18.8 1.2 16.5 20.7 Dec 13.7 1.3 10.8 15.7 Annual 21.5 .4 20.8 22.5 Ann-NCDC 21.5 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 -.4 1.8 -2.8 3.6 Feb 1.2 1.9 -2.6 6.4 Mar 4.2 1.5 .5 7.8 Apr 9.8 1.6 7.4 15.7 May 14.0 1.2 11.8 18.3 Jun 18.4 1.1 16.0 20.5 Jul 22.5 .7 20.6 23.5 Aug 22.4 .6 21.3 23.5 Sep 19.2 1.3 15.9 21.3 Oct 12.6 1.6 8.6 15.5 Nov 6.7 1.7 4.3 10.2 Dec 1.2 1.4 -2.6 4.1 Annual 11.0 .5 9.6 12.2 Ann-NCDC 11.0 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 60.4 11.5 31.2 36.2 50.2 100.5 149.1 Feb 91.1 35.0 49.9 62.3 84.0 136.7 215.0 Mar 150.8 59.3 85.5 107.5 151.0 228.5 318.5 Apr 223.3 67.5 149.7 207.2 246.7 297.7 401.0 May 253.6 102.5 154.8 228.7 261.2 336.3 486.0 Jun 424.9 195.5 267.1 354.2 444.2 637.0 712.5 Jul 343.1 40.5 213.4 262.5 349.5 485.7 811.0 Aug 340.6 25.4 154.0 238.5 322.3 427.2 1398.5 Sep 262.6 49.0 133.5 211.2 236.5 326.7 814.5 Oct 115.3 5.5 50.2 84.7 106.2 142.4 495.0 Nov 78.5 12.0 36.0 52.1 86.6 115.7 187.3 Dec 51.5 .5 24.5 41.0 52.9 68.5 141.5 Annual 2395.8 1749.5 1906.5 2281.2 2561.1 2773.8 NA Ann-NCDC 2395.7 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 16 Feb 1 1 0 5 Mar * * 0 * 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 1 Annual 1 2 0 19 Ann-NCDC NA 2.0 NA NA ------------------------------------------ Element 10: Snow Depth (cm) MAX_VAL (Statistic 04): Maximum Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1 Feb 1 Mar * Apr 0 May 0 Jun 0 Jul 0 Aug 0 Sep 0 Oct 0 Nov 0 Dec * Annual 1 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 74 4 85 81 53 76 Feb 73 4 84 79 54 75 Mar 73 4 87 77 54 76 Apr 77 4 89 77 59 80 May 78 4 91 77 62 82 Jun 82 3 92 81 70 86 Jul 82 2 92 81 70 86 Aug 82 2 92 81 68 87 Sep 82 2 92 83 67 87 Oct 78 3 91 80 58 84 Nov 78 3 90 83 57 83 Dec 77 3 88 84 54 80 Annual 78 1 90 81 61 82 Ann-NCDC 78.0 NA 89.4 80.3 60.5 81.8 ---------------------------------------------------------- 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 1020.8 1.8 Feb 1019.8 1.8 Mar 1017.7 1.2 Apr 1015.6 1.3 May 1011.8 1.1 Jun 1008.6 1.4 Jul 1008.5 1.4 Aug 1008.1 2.0 Sep 1011.5 1.2 Oct 1016.6 1.1 Nov 1020.4 .9 Dec 1021.7 1.3 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 1001.6 1.8 Feb 1000.8 1.7 Mar 998.9 1.2 Apr 997.2 1.3 May 993.8 1.1 Jun 990.9 1.4 Jul 990.9 1.4 Aug 990.6 2.0 Sep 993.7 1.2 Oct 998.4 1.1 Nov 1001.7 .9 Dec 1002.6 1.2 Annual 996.8 .3 Ann-NCDC 996.8 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 6.7 1.1 Feb 7.4 1.2 Mar 9.2 1.1 Apr 13.4 1.6 May 17.0 1.4 Jun 22.1 1.5 Jul 27.7 1.0 Aug 27.9 1.0 Sep 23.6 1.8 Oct 16.3 1.5 Nov 11.6 1.3 Dec 7.9 1.0 Annual 15.9 .5 Ann-NCDC 15.9 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 54.0 172.5 Feb 49.0 151.5 Mar 45.0 166.4 Apr 40.0 153.3 May 37.0 157.3 Jun 30.0 128.6 Jul 44.0 190.4 Aug 48.0 199.1 Sep 43.0 158.5 Oct 50.0 177.8 Nov 51.0 161.7 Dec 55.0 172.1 Annual 45.0 1991.4 Ann-NCDC NA 1989.2 -------------------------- Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1975 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1.6 Feb 1.8 Mar 2.1 Apr 2.0 May 1.9 Jun 2.1 Jul 2.0 Aug 2.0 Sep 1.8 Oct 1.7 Nov 1.5 Dec 1.4 Annual 1.8 Ann-NCDC 1.8 ------------------ 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 .060 .040 .050 .040 .040 .050 .040 .050 .050 Feb .100 .050 .040 .040 .040 .030 .030 .040 .060 Mar .140 .080 .040 .030 .030 .030 .030 .040 .070 Apr .130 .090 .040 .030 .030 .030 .030 .070 .090 May .150 .090 .040 .030 .030 .030 .040 .070 .110 Jun .120 .100 .050 .030 .030 .020 .020 .070 .160 Jul .080 .080 .040 .030 .030 .020 .030 .090 .200 Aug .110 .130 .070 .040 .040 .040 .050 .090 .120 Sep .180 .120 .050 .030 .030 .030 .030 .050 .100 Oct .180 .130 .070 .040 .030 .020 .020 .040 .040 Nov .140 .100 .060 .040 .040 .040 .030 .040 .050 Dec .100 .050 .050 .050 .050 .040 .040 .040 .040 Annual .120 .090 .050 .040 .030 .030 .030 .060 .090 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 .050 .060 .120 .120 .060 .060 .100 Feb .050 .060 .120 .120 .050 .060 .100 Mar .060 .060 .090 .090 .040 .050 .130 Apr .080 .070 .060 .060 .030 .050 .110 May .080 .050 .040 .030 .020 .050 .130 Jun .130 .060 .040 .020 .020 .030 .100 Jul .140 .080 .050 .030 .020 .030 .060 Aug .080 .050 .030 .020 .020 .030 .070 Sep .060 .030 .030 .020 .020 .060 .150 Oct .040 .030 .040 .040 .030 .080 .170 Nov .050 .030 .050 .060 .050 .080 .150 Dec .050 .050 .080 .090 .050 .070 .120 Annual .070 .050 .060 .060 .030 .050 .120 Ann-NCDC NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ------------------------------------------------------------------ Element 17: Wind Direction (degrees) PREVAIL (Statistic 41): Prevailing ------------------ byr: 1975 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 292.5 Feb 270.0 Mar 22.5 Apr 22.5 May 22.5 Jun 202.5 Jul 202.5 Aug 45.0 Sep 22.5 Oct 22.5 Nov 360.0 Dec 360.0 Annual 22.5 Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 73: Number Days with no Sunshine (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 2.4 Feb 3.6 Mar 4.5 Apr 5.4 May 5.7 Jun 6.5 Jul 2.6 Aug 1.7 Sep 2.9 Oct 3.1 Nov 3.1 Dec 2.5 Annual 44.1 Ann-NCDC 44.0 ------------------ 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 Apr 3.3 .0 May 14.1 .8 Jun 22.3 4.6 Jul 29.9 20.6 Aug 30.9 24.1 Sep 26.3 10.2 Oct 12.1 .5 Nov .8 .0 Dec .0 .0 Annual 139.7 60.7 Ann-NCDC 139.7 60.8 -------------------------- 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 .1 Jul 1.4 Aug .7 Sep .1 Oct .0 Nov .0 Dec .0 Annual 2.2 Ann-NCDC 2.3 ------------------ 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 * Jun 3.6 Jul 23.8 Aug 26.5 Sep 7.5 Oct .1 Nov .0 Dec .0 Annual 61.5 Ann-NCDC 61.5 ------------------ 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 .0 Mar .0 Apr .0 May .0 Jun .0 Jul .0 Aug .0 Sep .0 Oct .0 Nov .0 Dec .0 Annual .0 Ann-NCDC 0.0 ------------------ 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 19.5 Feb 13.2 Mar 6.1 Apr .3 May .0 Jun .0 Jul .0 Aug .0 Sep .0 Oct * Nov 2.2 Dec 13.1 Annual 54.5 Ann-NCDC 54.4 ------------------ 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 6.9 6.1 2.3 .4 .0 .0 .0 Feb 9.0 7.8 3.0 .6 .2 * * Mar 13.1 11.3 4.9 1.3 .3 .1 .0 Apr 12.8 11.8 6.6 2.5 .9 .4 .0 May 13.5 12.2 6.4 3.1 1.4 .6 .2 Jun 16.7 15.2 9.7 5.3 3.0 1.5 .5 Jul 15.5 13.7 7.3 3.5 2.0 1.3 .5 Aug 14.7 13.2 7.1 3.0 1.5 1.1 .8 Sep 12.2 11.0 5.7 2.5 1.4 .9 .5 Oct 8.8 7.7 3.1 .9 .4 .3 .2 Nov 6.7 6.3 2.3 .7 .3 * .0 Dec 7.0 5.7 1.9 .2 .0 .0 .0 Annual 136.8 122.1 60.4 24.0 11.3 6.3 2.6 Ann-NCDC 136.9 122.0 60.3 24.0 11.4 6.2 2.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 .8 Feb .4 Mar * Apr .0 May .0 Jun .0 Jul .0 Aug .0 Sep .0 Oct .0 Nov .0 Dec .3 Annual 1.5 Ann-NCDC 1.5 ------------------ 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 .1 .0 .0 .0 Feb .1 .0 .0 .0 Mar .1 .0 .0 .0 Apr .1 .0 .0 .0 May .0 .0 .0 .0 Jun .1 .0 .0 .0 Jul .4 .1 .0 .0 Aug .4 .1 .0 .0 Sep .7 .1 .0 .0 Oct .1 .0 .0 .0 Nov .1 .0 .0 .0 Dec .1 .0 .0 .0 Annual 2.3 .3 .0 .0 Ann-NCDC 2.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 ------------------------------------------ Element BT: Number Days with Occurrence of Rain (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1968 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 11.3 Feb 12.8 Mar 17.2 Apr 16.3 May 17.3 Jun 20.6 Jul 21.1 Aug 20.8 Sep 17.6 Oct 13.6 Nov 10.3 Dec 11.7 Annual 190.5 Ann-NCDC 190.6 ------------------ 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 1.0 * .0 .0 .0 .0 Feb .9 * .0 .0 .0 .0 Mar .1 .0 .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 2.2 .1 .0 .0 .0 .0 Ann-NCDC 2.2 * 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ----------------------------------------------------------