Station Name: Ruoqiang WMO Station Number: 51777 National I.D. Number: Country: CHINA WMO Region: REGION II - ASIA Latitude: 39d 02m N Longitude: 088d 10m E Elevation: 888 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 -7.8 Feb -2.3 Mar 7.0 Apr 15.3 May 21.2 Jun 25.1 Jul 27.2 Aug 26.0 Sep 20.0 Oct 11.2 Nov 1.7 Dec -6.2 Annual 11.5 Ann-NCDC 11.5 ------------------ 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 -.7 8.4 Feb 5.3 17.7 Mar 15.4 29.8 Apr 24.1 37.0 May 29.8 38.3 Jun 33.5 42.6 Jul 35.4 43.6 Aug 34.7 43.1 Sep 29.2 37.5 Oct 21.0 32.8 Nov 9.7 25.1 Dec .7 13.6 Annual 19.8 43.6 Ann-NCDC 19.8 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 -13.5 -24.8 Feb -9.0 -21.9 Mar -1.0 -13.1 Apr 6.7 -6.8 May 12.2 -.5 Jun 16.3 4.9 Jul 18.9 10.1 Aug 17.2 8.6 Sep 11.1 -.8 Oct 3.0 -8.2 Nov -4.3 -16.3 Dec -11.3 -21.4 Annual 3.9 -24.8 Ann-NCDC 3.9 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 .9 .0 .0 .0 .1 1.6 7.2 Feb .6 .0 .0 .0 .0 1.0 4.3 Mar .9 .0 .0 .0 .0 1.3 7.6 Apr 1.0 .0 .0 .0 .2 1.4 12.3 May 2.0 .0 .0 .4 1.1 2.7 12.8 Jun 4.4 .0 .3 2.0 4.5 8.2 19.8 Jul 10.7 .3 1.4 5.9 6.9 10.6 74.9 Aug 2.6 .0 .1 .3 1.2 2.8 24.5 Sep .6 .0 .0 .0 .0 .7 6.1 Oct .3 .0 .0 .0 .0 .1 2.5 Nov .6 .0 .0 .0 .0 .1 7.5 Dec .4 .0 .0 .0 .0 .6 3.2 Annual 24.8 8.4 11.5 17.7 22.6 31.3 106.9 Ann-NCDC 25.0 NA NA NA NA NA NA ------------------------------------------------------------------ Element 12: Sea Level Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1034.2 Feb 1027.7 Mar 1019.0 Apr 1011.9 May 1006.7 Jun 1002.0 Jul 999.4 Aug 1001.8 Sep 1010.7 Oct 1020.5 Nov 1029.9 Dec 1034.6 Annual 1016.5 Ann-NCDC 1016.5 ------------------ Element 14: Vapor Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1.8 Feb 2.1 Mar 2.9 Apr 4.2 May 6.7 Jun 10.0 Jul 11.8 Aug 10.4 Sep 7.8 Oct 5.1 Nov 3.3 Dec 2.2 Annual 5.7 Ann-NCDC 5.7 ------------------ Element 15: Sunshine MN_#HRS (Statistic 44): Mean Number of Hours ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 209.4 Feb 200.5 Mar 235.7 Apr 244.7 May 292.7 Jun 300.7 Jul 304.9 Aug 305.1 Sep 292.4 Oct 286.6 Nov 227.8 Dec 202.2 Annual 3102.6 Ann-NCDC 3102.7 ------------------ Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1.8 Feb 2.3 Mar 3.2 Apr 3.9 May 3.8 Jun 3.3 Jul 2.9 Aug 3.0 Sep 2.7 Oct 2.1 Nov 1.8 Dec 1.6 Annual 2.7 Ann-NCDC 2.7 ------------------ 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 .3 Feb .2 Mar .3 Apr .2 May .5 Jun .9 Jul 1.4 Aug .5 Sep .1 Oct .1 Nov .1 Dec .1 Annual 4.8 Ann-NCDC 4.7 ------------------