Station Name: Shantou WMO Station Number: 59316 National I.D. Number: Country: CHINA WMO Region: REGION II - ASIA Latitude: 23d 24m N Longitude: 116d 41m E Elevation: 1 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 13.2 Feb 13.8 Mar 16.2 Apr 20.4 May 24.2 Jun 26.5 Jul 28.2 Aug 28.0 Sep 26.5 Oct 23.3 Nov 19.3 Dec 15.1 Annual 21.2 Ann-NCDC 21.2 ------------------ 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 17.4 27.7 Feb 17.6 28.2 Mar 20.0 30.1 Apr 23.9 32.4 May 27.3 33.9 Jun 29.5 35.9 Jul 31.6 38.6 Aug 31.4 37.9 Sep 29.9 35.3 Oct 27.1 33.4 Nov 23.5 30.0 Dec 19.5 27.8 Annual 24.9 38.6 Ann-NCDC 24.9 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 10.1 .5 Feb 11.2 2.1 Mar 13.7 3.0 Apr 18.0 8.3 May 21.8 14.6 Jun 24.1 17.1 Jul 25.5 20.8 Aug 25.4 22.2 Sep 23.8 16.4 Oct 20.1 8.2 Nov 15.8 4.6 Dec 11.5 1.5 Annual 18.4 .5 Ann-NCDC 18.4 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 30.0 .0 4.3 10.4 37.4 55.2 89.8 Feb 56.1 1.2 14.5 26.9 44.4 61.9 319.5 Mar 82.3 4.9 21.2 36.2 72.6 113.7 412.6 Apr 155.0 2.5 48.1 101.2 145.2 254.2 601.7 May 209.8 30.3 110.7 180.2 223.6 310.1 449.0 Jun 302.6 35.6 151.7 246.7 343.2 439.6 683.0 Jul 206.4 53.1 93.9 143.6 235.8 313.6 399.9 Aug 214.8 27.3 108.4 147.0 208.1 353.4 650.3 Sep 144.7 22.4 61.2 99.0 136.7 187.4 550.3 Oct 61.8 .0 12.1 17.3 52.1 111.2 252.1 Nov 39.1 .0 2.2 8.7 31.4 79.1 178.0 Dec 28.5 .2 1.8 8.6 22.9 47.1 131.4 Annual 1531.2 939.7 1265.4 1384.3 1525.3 1750.9 2420.4 Ann-NCDC 1531.1 NA NA NA NA NA NA ------------------------------------------------------------------ Element 12: Sea Level Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1021.1 Feb 1019.8 Mar 1017.4 Apr 1014.1 May 1009.9 Jun 1006.8 Jul 1005.8 Aug 1005.5 Sep 1009.4 Oct 1014.7 Nov 1018.6 Dec 1021.0 Annual 1013.7 Ann-NCDC 1013.7 ------------------ Element 14: Vapor Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 12.1 Feb 13.1 Mar 15.6 Apr 20.4 May 26.0 Jun 30.1 Jul 31.9 Aug 31.5 Sep 28.7 Oct 22.8 Nov 17.6 Dec 13.4 Annual 22.0 Ann-NCDC 21.9 ------------------ Element 15: Sunshine MN_#HRS (Statistic 44): Mean Number of Hours ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 147.3 Feb 99.6 Mar 107.0 Apr 113.0 May 138.3 Jun 164.5 Jul 247.7 Aug 230.6 Sep 200.8 Oct 211.2 Nov 179.5 Dec 175.6 Annual 2015.2 Ann-NCDC 2015.1 ------------------ Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 2.8 Feb 3.0 Mar 2.8 Apr 2.5 May 2.4 Jun 2.5 Jul 2.5 Aug 2.2 Sep 2.4 Oct 2.7 Nov 2.8 Dec 2.7 Annual 2.6 Ann-NCDC 2.6 ------------------ 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 4.0 Feb 6.2 Mar 7.4 Apr 8.5 May 11.4 Jun 14.0 Jul 9.5 Aug 10.1 Sep 8.0 Oct 3.5 Nov 3.5 Dec 2.7 Annual 88.8 Ann-NCDC 88.8 ------------------