Station Name: Beijing WMO Station Number: 54511 National I.D. Number: Country: CHINA WMO Region: REGION II - ASIA Latitude: 39d 48m N Longitude: 116d 28m E Elevation: 54 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 -4.3 Feb -1.9 Mar 5.1 Apr 13.6 May 20.0 Jun 24.2 Jul 25.9 Aug 24.6 Sep 19.6 Oct 12.7 Nov 4.3 Dec -2.2 Annual 11.8 Ann-NCDC 11.8 ------------------ 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 1.6 12.9 Feb 4.0 18.5 Mar 11.3 26.4 Apr 19.9 33.0 May 26.4 38.3 Jun 30.3 40.6 Jul 30.8 39.5 Aug 29.5 36.1 Sep 25.8 32.6 Oct 19.0 29.8 Nov 10.1 21.4 Dec 3.3 19.5 Annual 17.7 40.6 Ann-NCDC 17.7 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 -9.4 -18.3 Feb -6.9 -27.4 Mar -.6 -15.0 Apr 7.2 -3.2 May 13.2 2.5 Jun 18.2 10.0 Jul 21.6 15.3 Aug 20.4 11.4 Sep 14.2 3.7 Oct 7.3 -3.5 Nov -.4 -12.3 Dec -6.9 -18.3 Annual 6.5 -27.4 Ann-NCDC 6.5 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 2.6 .0 .0 .5 .9 4.3 21.0 Feb 5.9 .0 1.0 2.4 5.0 8.8 22.2 Mar 9.0 .0 1.3 5.3 9.7 14.0 40.5 Apr 26.4 .4 4.5 11.5 26.4 36.7 141.6 May 28.7 5.0 9.6 17.8 27.3 40.6 119.6 Jun 70.7 4.0 25.0 44.2 66.6 132.1 203.2 Jul 175.6 26.5 119.7 160.6 196.6 255.1 310.6 Aug 182.2 34.0 100.3 125.1 187.5 276.8 492.1 Sep 48.7 .5 15.7 35.2 48.5 79.5 122.8 Oct 18.8 .0 4.1 7.1 15.0 28.5 132.5 Nov 6.0 .0 1.8 3.6 5.3 7.8 35.4 Dec 2.3 .0 .0 .1 1.6 3.6 16.3 Annual 577.0 261.4 392.2 518.8 664.8 708.1 912.9 Ann-NCDC 576.9 NA NA NA NA NA NA ------------------------------------------------------------------ Element 12: Sea Level Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1028.2 Feb 1026.5 Mar 1021.3 Apr 1014.7 May 1009.3 Jun 1005.1 Jul 1003.1 Aug 1007.0 Sep 1014.4 Oct 1020.8 Nov 1025.5 Dec 1027.6 Annual 1017.0 Ann-NCDC 1017.0 ------------------ Element 14: Vapor Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1.9 Feb 2.5 Mar 4.1 Apr 7.3 May 12.0 Jun 17.7 Jul 25.1 Aug 24.1 Sep 15.7 Oct 9.4 Nov 4.9 Dec 2.6 Annual 10.6 Ann-NCDC 10.6 ------------------ Element 15: Sunshine MN_#HRS (Statistic 44): Mean Number of Hours ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 201.2 Feb 192.9 Mar 241.7 Apr 247.4 May 289.4 Jun 274.2 Jul 224.2 Aug 228.8 Sep 241.5 Oct 226.5 Nov 193.0 Dec 187.5 Annual 2748.5 Ann-NCDC 2748.3 ------------------ Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 2.8 Feb 2.9 Mar 3.2 Apr 3.4 May 2.9 Jun 2.5 Jul 1.9 Aug 1.6 Sep 1.9 Oct 2.1 Nov 2.6 Dec 2.7 Annual 2.5 Ann-NCDC 2.5 ------------------ 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 .7 Feb 1.5 Mar 2.0 Apr 3.0 May 3.9 Jun 5.9 Jul 10.3 Aug 9.4 Sep 4.4 Oct 2.8 Nov 1.3 Dec .7 Annual 46.0 Ann-NCDC 45.9 ------------------