Station Name: DOHA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WMO Station Number: 41170 National I.D. Number: Country: QATAR WMO Region: REGION II - ASIA Latitude: 25d 15m N Longitude: 051d 34m E Elevation: 10 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: 1962 eyr: 1992 Month ------------------ Jan 17.0 Feb 17.9 Mar 21.2 Apr 25.7 May 31.0 Jun 33.9 Jul 34.7 Aug 34.3 Sep 32.2 Oct 28.9 Nov 24.2 Dec 19.2 Annual 26.7 Ann-NCDC 26.7 ------------------ Element 02: Maximum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MAX_VAL (Statistic 04): Maximum Value -------------------------- byr: 1962 1962 eyr: 1992 1992 Statistic: MEAN MAX_VAL Month -------------------------- Jan 21.7 31.2 Feb 23.0 36.0 Mar 26.8 39.0 Apr 31.9 46.0 May 38.2 47.7 Jun 41.2 49.0 Jul 41.5 48.2 Aug 40.7 48.0 Sep 38.6 45.5 Oct 35.2 43.4 Nov 29.5 38.0 Dec 24.1 32.2 Annual 32.7 49.0 Ann-NCDC 32.7 NA -------------------------- Element 03: Minimum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MIN_VAL (Statistic 05): Minimum Value -------------------------- byr: 1962 1962 eyr: 1992 1992 Statistic: MEAN MIN_VAL Month -------------------------- Jan 12.8 3.8 Feb 13.7 5.0 Mar 16.7 8.2 Apr 20.6 10.5 May 25.0 15.2 Jun 27.7 21.0 Jul 29.1 23.5 Aug 28.9 22.4 Sep 26.5 20.3 Oct 23.4 16.6 Nov 19.5 11.8 Dec 15.0 6.4 Annual 21.6 3.8 Ann-NCDC 21.6 NA -------------------------- Element 05: Dew Point Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1974 eyr: 1992 Month ------------------ Jan 11.0 Feb 11.7 Mar 12.9 Apr 14.3 May 16.0 Jun 17.0 Jul 20.5 Aug 22.4 Sep 23.2 Oct 20.3 Nov 16.8 Dec 13.6 Annual 16.6 Ann-NCDC 16.6 ------------------ Element 06: Precipitation (mm) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1962 eyr: 1992 Month ------------------ Jan 13.2 Feb 17.1 Mar 16.1 Apr 8.7 May 3.6 Jun 0.0 Jul 0.0 Aug 0.0 Sep 0.0 Oct 1.1 Nov 3.3 Dec 12.1 Annual 75.1 Ann-NCDC 75.2 ------------------ Element 11: Relative Humidity (%) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MNDLYMX (Statistic 09): Mean Daily Maximum Value MNDLYMI (Statistic 10): Mean Daily Minimum Value ---------------------------------- byr: 1974 1974 1974 eyr: 1992 1992 1992 Statistic: MEAN MNDLYMX MNDLYMI Month ---------------------------------- Jan 71.0 88.0 48.0 Feb 70.0 88.0 47.0 Mar 63.0 84.0 38.0 Apr 52.0 75.0 27.0 May 44.0 67.0 21.0 Jun 41.0 66.0 20.0 Jul 49.0 74.0 24.0 Aug 55.0 77.0 30.0 Sep 62.0 84.0 33.0 Oct 63.0 83.0 36.0 Nov 66.0 85.0 42.0 Dec 71.0 87.0 49.0 Annual 59.0 80.0 35.0 Ann-NCDC 58.9 79.8 34.6 ---------------------------------- Element 12: Sea Level Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1974 eyr: 1992 Month ------------------ Jan 1019.3 Feb 1017.3 Mar 1014.4 Apr 1011.0 May 1006.7 Jun 1000.7 Jul 997.8 Aug 999.5 Sep 1005.5 Oct 1012.4 Nov 1016.8 Dec 1018.8 Annual 1010.0 Ann-NCDC 1010.0 ------------------ Element 14: Vapor Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1974 eyr: 1992 Month ------------------ Jan 13.6 Feb 14.2 Mar 15.4 Apr 16.9 May 19.0 Jun 20.5 Jul 25.7 Aug 28.5 Sep 29.1 Oct 24.3 Nov 19.6 Dec 16.0 Annual 20.2 Ann-NCDC 20.2 ------------------ Element 15: Sunshine Statistic 44: Mean Number of Hours Qualifier: 06: Mean Daily Value Qualifier: NCDC: Mean Monthly Value Computed by NCDC from Mean Daily Values Provided by Member -------------------------- byr: 1975 1975 eyr: 1992 1992 Qualifier: 06 NCDC Month -------------------------- Jan 7.9 244.9 Feb 8.0 224.0 Mar 7.8 241.8 Apr 9.1 273.0 May 10.5 325.5 Jun 11.4 342.0 Jul 10.5 325.5 Aug 10.6 328.6 Sep 10.2 306.0 Oct 9.8 303.8 Nov 9.2 276.0 Dec 7.8 241.8 Annual 9.4 3432.9 Ann-NCDC NA 3432.9 -------------------------- Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1974 eyr: 1992 Month ------------------ Jan 4.5 Feb 4.7 Mar 4.9 Apr 4.8 May 5.0 Jun 5.5 Jul 4.4 Aug 4.4 Sep 3.5 Oct 3.8 Nov 4.0 Dec 4.2 Annual 4.5 Ann-NCDC 4.5 ------------------ Element 19: Soil Temperature (deg C) Statistic 01: Mean Value Qualifier: 0.0 cm depth Qualifier: 10.0 cm depth Qualifier: 30.0 cm depth Qualifier: 100.0 cm depth ------------------------------------------ byr: 1977 1982 1982 1979 eyr: 1992 1992 1992 1992 Qualifier: 0.0 10.0 30.0 100.0 Month ------------------------------------------ Jan 18.3 18.2 20.2 24.8 Feb 19.9 19.4 20.7 23.9 Mar 23.5 22.7 23.2 24.6 Apr 29.3 27.4 27.4 26.6 May 35.1 33.6 32.6 29.8 Jun 37.5 36.1 34.8 32.2 Jul 38.8 37.5 36.1 33.7 Aug 38.5 37.9 36.8 34.7 Sep 36.1 35.8 35.4 34.5 Oct 31.9 31.6 32.3 33.2 Nov 25.9 26.1 28.0 30.7 Dec 20.7 20.9 23.1 27.3 Annual 29.6 28.9 29.2 29.7 Ann-NCDC NA NA NA NA ------------------------------------------ Element 19: Soil Temperature (deg C) Qualifier: 50.0 cm depth MN09LST (Statistic 79): Mean of Observations at 0900 LST ------------------ byr: 1977 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 22.4 Feb 22.4 Mar 24.3 Apr 27.6 May 31.9 Jun 34.2 Jul 35.6 Aug 36.2 Sep 35.3 Oct 33.1 Nov 29.4 Dec 25.0 Annual 29.8 Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 21: Pan Evaporation (mm) MEANDLY (Statistic 06): Mean Daily Value ------------------ byr: 1976 eyr: 1992 Month ------------------ Jan 3.82 Feb 4.76 Mar 6.39 Apr 9.51 May 12.96 Jun 15.54 Jul 13.04 Aug 11.69 Sep 8.91 Oct 7.43 Nov 5.29 Dec 3.76 Annual 8.59 Ann-NCDC 8.6 ------------------ Element 33: Global Solar Radiation (MJ/m2) MEANDLY (Statistic 06): Mean Daily Value MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value -------------------------- byr: 1976 1976 eyr: 1992 1992 Statistic: MEANDLY MEANMLY Month -------------------------- Jan 13.56 376.75 Feb 15.80 439.15 Mar 17.62 489.77 Apr 20.78 577.48 May 22.41 622.69 Jun 23.30 647.53 Jul 21.82 606.30 Aug 21.13 587.21 Sep 19.73 548.20 Oct 17.39 483.20 Nov 14.97 415.94 Dec 12.56 348.94 Annual 18.42 511.93 Ann-NCDC NA NA -------------------------- Element 38: Piche Evaporation (mm) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1977 eyr: 1992 Month ------------------ Jan 6.7 Feb 8.1 Mar 10.8 Apr 15.6 May 21.4 Jun 25.7 Jul 20.3 Aug 17.7 Sep 12.6 Oct 11.7 Nov 9.0 Dec 7.0 Annual 13.9 Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 49: Number Days with Sandstorm/Thick Dust/Haze (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1962 eyr: 1992 Month ------------------ Jan 0.4 Feb 0.3 Mar 0.5 Apr 0.6 May 0.4 Jun 1.2 Jul 1.3 Aug 0.5 Sep 0.1 Oct 0.1 Nov 0.3 Dec 0.2 Annual 5.8 Ann-NCDC 5.9 ------------------ Element 51: Number Days with Thunder (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1962 eyr: 1992 Month ------------------ Jan 0.5 Feb 1.1 Mar 1.4 Apr 1.5 May 0.5 Jun 0.0 Jul 0.0 Aug 0.0 Sep 0.0 Oct 0.5 Nov 0.5 Dec 0.6 Annual 6.6 Ann-NCDC 6.6 ------------------ Element 52: Number Days with Lightning (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1962 eyr: 1992 Month ------------------ Jan 0.9 Feb 1.5 Mar 2.0 Apr 2.0 May 0.5 Jun 0.0 Jul 0.1 Aug 0.0 Sep 0.0 Oct 0.5 Nov 1.1 Dec 1.0 Annual 9.6 Ann-NCDC 9.6 ------------------ Element 54: Number Days with Rainfall GE Threshold (count) Qualifier: 1.0 mm MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1962 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1.7 Feb 2.1 Mar 1.8 Apr 1.4 May 0.2 Jun 0.0 Jul 0.0 Aug 0.0 Sep 0.0 Oct 0.1 Nov 0.2 Dec 1.3 Annual 8.7 Ann-NCDC 8.8 ------------------ Element 89: Number Days with Dust/Haze/Mist (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1962 eyr: 1992 Month ------------------ Jan 7.4 Feb 7.0 Mar 6.9 Apr 4.6 May 5.6 Jun 11.4 Jul 13.2 Aug 10.2 Sep 7.7 Oct 5.5 Nov 4.4 Dec 6.6 Annual 90.6 Ann-NCDC 90.5 ------------------ Element BJ: Number Days with Fog (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1962 eyr: 1992 Month ------------------ Jan 3.4 Feb 2.9 Mar 1.2 Apr 0.4 May 0.4 Jun 0.6 Jul 0.8 Aug 0.7 Sep 1.9 Oct 2.4 Nov 1.6 Dec 2.9 Annual 19.3 Ann-NCDC 19.2 ------------------