Station Name: Yinchuan WMO Station Number: 53614 National I.D. Number: Country: CHINA WMO Region: REGION II - ASIA Latitude: 38d 29m N Longitude: 106d 13m E Elevation: 1111 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 -8.4 Feb -4.7 Mar 2.7 Apr 10.7 May 17.2 Jun 21.3 Jul 23.3 Aug 21.6 Sep 16.0 Oct 9.2 Nov 1.1 Dec -6.3 Annual 8.7 Ann-NCDC 8.6 ------------------ 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 -1.2 16.7 Feb 2.9 17.2 Mar 10.2 24.9 Apr 18.4 32.2 May 24.4 36.5 Jun 27.8 35.8 Jul 29.3 36.4 Aug 27.5 35.7 Sep 22.7 31.4 Oct 16.6 27.0 Nov 7.2 21.5 Dec .0 15.9 Annual 15.5 36.5 Ann-NCDC 15.5 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 -14.3 -27.7 Feb -10.8 -25.4 Mar -3.4 -18.5 Apr 3.5 -8.2 May 9.9 -2.5 Jun 14.7 3.9 Jul 17.7 11.1 Aug 16.3 8.8 Sep 10.4 -3.3 Oct 3.3 -9.0 Nov -3.5 -15.8 Dec -11.0 -24.5 Annual 2.7 -27.7 Ann-NCDC 2.7 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 1.2 .0 .0 .0 .8 2.0 7.2 Feb 2.1 .0 .0 .3 1.3 4.0 12.2 Mar 5.9 .0 .1 2.0 4.9 11.6 28.1 Apr 12.2 .0 .5 3.4 9.9 24.5 48.1 May 17.0 .0 4.8 7.9 12.3 24.9 72.0 Jun 18.9 2.0 7.4 12.5 19.9 28.1 52.1 Jul 42.2 2.6 19.4 26.4 44.7 62.5 148.7 Aug 51.9 5.9 28.8 37.9 55.3 78.6 129.0 Sep 23.4 1.1 6.2 16.7 25.8 38.2 61.8 Oct 14.3 .4 5.7 8.4 14.6 22.7 52.1 Nov 4.0 .0 .0 .1 1.0 9.6 25.2 Dec .6 .0 .0 .0 .0 .6 6.4 Annual 193.8 98.2 128.5 160.2 207.1 249.2 354.5 Ann-NCDC 193.7 NA NA NA NA NA NA ------------------------------------------------------------------ Element 12: Sea Level Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1033.1 Feb 1028.6 Mar 1022.0 Apr 1014.8 May 1009.4 Jun 1004.4 Jul 1001.6 Aug 1005.7 Sep 1014.7 Oct 1022.3 Nov 1029.1 Dec 1032.9 Annual 1018.2 Ann-NCDC 1018.2 ------------------ Element 14: Vapor Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1.8 Feb 2.1 Mar 3.6 Apr 5.5 May 8.9 Jun 13.4 Jul 17.7 Aug 17.4 Sep 11.9 Oct 7.4 Nov 4.3 Dec 2.4 Annual 8.0 Ann-NCDC 8.0 ------------------ Element 15: Sunshine MN_#HRS (Statistic 44): Mean Number of Hours ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 215.7 Feb 209.5 Mar 243.9 Apr 252.9 May 289.4 Jun 295.1 Jul 285.1 Aug 273.3 Sep 240.8 Oct 235.1 Nov 220.9 Dec 214.9 Annual 2976.5 Ann-NCDC 2976.6 ------------------ Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1.5 Feb 1.9 Mar 2.2 Apr 2.5 May 2.3 Jun 2.0 Jul 1.7 Aug 1.5 Sep 1.4 Oct 1.4 Nov 1.6 Dec 1.5 Annual 1.8 Ann-NCDC 1.8 ------------------ 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 .4 Feb .7 Mar 1.3 Apr 1.8 May 2.9 Jun 3.1 Jul 5.1 Aug 5.5 Sep 4.0 Oct 2.8 Nov .8 Dec .2 Annual 28.6 Ann-NCDC 28.6 ------------------