Station Name: Kunming WMO Station Number: 56778 National I.D. Number: Country: CHINA WMO Region: REGION II - ASIA Latitude: 25d 01m N Longitude: 102d 41m E Elevation: 1891 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 7.6 Feb 9.5 Mar 12.6 Apr 16.1 May 18.9 Jun 19.6 Jul 19.7 Aug 19.1 Sep 17.5 Oct 15.0 Nov 11.3 Dec 7.9 Annual 14.6 Ann-NCDC 14.6 ------------------ 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 15.1 22.4 Feb 17.1 23.8 Mar 20.4 26.6 Apr 23.5 30.1 May 24.6 31.2 Jun 23.8 29.2 Jul 23.9 28.8 Aug 23.9 27.8 Sep 22.5 28.4 Oct 20.3 27.1 Nov 17.3 24.2 Dec 15.0 20.6 Annual 20.6 31.2 Ann-NCDC 20.6 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 1.5 -5.4 Feb 2.9 -2.9 Mar 5.5 -5.2 Apr 9.1 .5 May 13.9 5.5 Jun 16.3 9.2 Jul 16.8 11.6 Aug 15.9 8.8 Sep 14.2 6.7 Oct 11.5 2.4 Nov 6.9 -2.9 Dec 2.5 -7.8 Annual 9.7 -7.8 Ann-NCDC 9.8 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 11.7 .0 1.8 5.5 11.3 20.1 32.4 Feb 12.4 .0 1.6 5.3 11.4 21.6 47.7 Mar 16.2 .0 3.0 5.7 16.7 25.0 77.1 Apr 26.8 .1 5.3 17.4 26.2 44.9 77.5 May 91.9 7.9 37.6 68.2 99.5 141.3 220.2 Jun 173.2 36.1 107.1 145.6 171.4 223.5 400.3 Jul 204.8 84.5 144.3 167.3 215.8 271.1 364.6 Aug 205.9 103.9 132.9 174.6 207.1 266.6 410.1 Sep 121.6 40.7 76.8 104.9 131.6 153.3 282.8 Oct 88.6 22.1 44.5 57.7 95.4 118.4 293.4 Nov 40.1 .0 10.2 20.6 37.3 81.3 147.3 Dec 13.5 .0 1.8 4.3 8.7 19.5 66.6 Annual 1006.6 660.0 828.7 944.2 1046.8 1194.5 1386.5 Ann-NCDC 1006.7 NA NA NA NA NA NA ------------------------------------------------------------------ Element 12: Sea Level Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 3276.6 Feb 3276.6 Mar 3276.6 Apr 3276.6 May 3276.6 Jun 3276.6 Jul 3276.6 Aug 3276.6 Sep 3276.6 Oct 3276.6 Nov 3276.6 Dec 3276.6 Annual 3276.6 Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 14: Vapor Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 6.8 Feb 7.0 Mar 8.0 Apr 10.2 May 14.2 Jun 17.8 Jul 19.0 Aug 18.4 Sep 16.6 Oct 13.7 Nov 10.2 Dec 7.6 Annual 12.5 Ann-NCDC 12.5 ------------------ Element 15: Sunshine MN_#HRS (Statistic 44): Mean Number of Hours ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 231.7 Feb 231.4 Mar 266.3 Apr 253.6 May 225.3 Jun 141.6 Jul 141.6 Aug 160.5 Sep 138.3 Oct 152.6 Nov 180.0 Dec 204.5 Annual 2327.5 Ann-NCDC 2327.4 ------------------ Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 2.4 Feb 3.0 Mar 3.1 Apr 2.9 May 2.7 Jun 2.3 Jul 1.9 Aug 1.4 Sep 1.5 Oct 1.7 Nov 1.9 Dec 2.0 Annual 2.2 Ann-NCDC 2.2 ------------------ 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 2.2 Feb 2.5 Mar 3.0 Apr 4.4 May 8.9 Jun 13.8 Jul 15.8 Aug 15.7 Sep 11.7 Oct 10.7 Nov 5.2 Dec 2.4 Annual 96.3 Ann-NCDC 96.3 ------------------