Station Name: Altai WMO Station Number: 51076 National I.D. Number: Country: CHINA WMO Region: REGION II - ASIA Latitude: 47d 44m N Longitude: 088d 05m E Elevation: 735 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: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan -16.1 Feb -14.7 Mar -5.4 Apr 7.5 May 15.4 Jun 20.3 Jul 22.0 Aug 20.3 Sep 14.4 Oct 5.8 Nov -4.8 Dec -13.4 Annual 4.3 Ann-NCDC 4.3 ------------------ Element 02: Maximum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MAX_VAL (Statistic 04): Maximum Value -------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN MAX_VAL Month -------------------------- Jan -9.9 2.3 Feb -8.1 6.0 Mar .4 23.1 Apr 13.6 30.7 May 21.7 33.3 Jun 26.7 36.0 Jul 28.2 36.7 Aug 26.9 37.6 Sep 21.2 33.4 Oct 11.6 27.5 Nov .5 15.9 Dec -7.8 6.4 Annual 10.4 37.6 Ann-NCDC 10.4 NA -------------------------- Element 03: Minimum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MIN_VAL (Statistic 05): Minimum Value -------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN MIN_VAL Month -------------------------- Jan -21.8 -41.2 Feb -20.7 -41.5 Mar -11.0 -36.4 Apr 1.7 -16.3 May 8.7 -4.0 Jun 13.4 1.9 Jul 15.2 6.0 Aug 13.4 .4 Sep 8.0 -6.1 Oct .8 -14.9 Nov -9.5 -40.8 Dec -18.7 -43.5 Annual -1.7 -43.5 Ann-NCDC -1.7 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 11.5 .6 3.4 6.1 10.5 20.0 38.1 Feb 9.7 .1 4.2 5.5 8.3 14.5 43.4 Mar 8.7 .0 1.6 4.0 7.4 14.0 35.5 Apr 10.9 .4 2.6 9.4 12.4 17.0 29.6 May 18.1 .8 4.7 9.5 16.5 34.8 56.8 Jun 14.2 .0 6.0 8.8 13.8 22.8 46.5 Jul 22.0 .0 8.0 14.9 25.2 38.8 56.6 Aug 13.6 .7 4.5 7.9 11.6 24.5 46.3 Sep 15.4 3.2 6.5 10.4 14.6 22.6 44.1 Oct 16.6 2.0 7.4 13.0 19.3 25.4 39.4 Nov 19.0 2.0 6.3 9.5 20.8 25.2 66.2 Dec 15.6 2.3 4.3 10.7 19.6 23.9 41.6 Annual 175.2 76.4 127.9 156.8 186.4 217.5 289.2 Ann-NCDC 175.3 NA NA NA NA NA NA ------------------------------------------------------------------ Element 12: Sea Level Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1038.3 Feb 1036.1 Mar 1029.3 Apr 1019.9 May 1014.1 Jun 1008.0 Jul 1004.9 Aug 1008.7 Sep 1017.2 Oct 1026.0 Nov 1034.1 Dec 1037.8 Annual 1022.9 Ann-NCDC 1022.9 ------------------ Element 14: Vapor Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1.4 Feb 1.6 Mar 3.1 Apr 4.6 May 6.9 Jun 10.4 Jul 12.4 Aug 10.5 Sep 7.3 Oct 4.9 Nov 3.1 Dec 1.9 Annual 5.7 Ann-NCDC 5.7 ------------------ Element 15: Sunshine MN_#HRS (Statistic 44): Mean Number of Hours ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 165.8 Feb 190.4 Mar 243.7 Apr 282.8 May 323.6 Jun 336.2 Jul 342.9 Aug 326.5 Sep 278.4 Oct 213.1 Nov 151.3 Dec 135.8 Annual 2990.6 Ann-NCDC 2990.5 ------------------ Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1.1 Feb 1.3 Mar 2.2 Apr 3.9 May 3.8 Jun 3.1 Jul 2.6 Aug 2.7 Sep 2.7 Oct 2.7 Nov 2.0 Dec 1.2 Annual 2.5 Ann-NCDC 2.4 ------------------ Element 95: Number Days with Precipitation GE Threshold (count) Qualifier: 1.0 mm MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 2.9 Feb 2.7 Mar 2.4 Apr 2.5 May 3.6 Jun 3.2 Jul 4.1 Aug 2.9 Sep 3.1 Oct 3.5 Nov 4.3 Dec 4.2 Annual 39.3 Ann-NCDC 39.4 ------------------