Station Name: ABU DHABI/BATEEN AP WMO Station Number: 41216 National I.D. Number: Country: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES WMO Region: REGION II - ASIA Latitude: 24d 26m N Longitude: 054d 28m E Elevation: 3 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 MAX_VAL (Statistic 04): Maximum Value MIN_VAL (Statistic 05): Minimum Value MNDLYMX (Statistic 09): Mean Daily Maximum Value MNDLYMI (Statistic 10): Mean Daily Minimum Value -------------------------------------------------- byr: 1971 1971 1971 1971 1971 eyr: 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 Statistic: MEAN MAX_VAL MIN_VAL MNDLYMX MNDLYMI Month -------------------------------------------------- Jan 18.8 33.7 7.9 23.7 13.8 Feb 19.6 34.4 7.5 24.8 14.5 Mar 22.6 39.8 10.2 28.4 17.3 Apr 26.4 44.5 13.3 32.9 20.8 May 30.4 46.2 16.0 37.5 24.6 Jun 32.2 47.3 21.7 38.8 26.8 Jul 33.8 48.0 22.7 40.4 29.0 Aug 34.0 46.1 25.6 40.4 29.4 Sep 32.2 44.6 20.4 39.0 26.8 Oct 28.8 41.6 15.4 35.0 23.2 Nov 24.5 36.7 12.3 30.1 19.0 Dec 20.8 32.3 9.6 25.7 15.8 Annual 27.0 48.0 7.5 33.0 21.7 Ann-NCDC 27.0 NA NA 33.1 21.7 -------------------------------------------------- Element 04: Wet Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1971 eyr: 1991 Month ------------------ Jan 15.2 Feb 15.7 Mar 17.7 Apr 20.2 May 23.1 Jun 25.5 Jul 27.1 Aug 27.6 Sep 26.1 Oct 23.4 Nov 19.8 Dec 16.9 Annual 21.5 Ann-NCDC 21.5 ------------------ Element 06: Precipitation (mm) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value MAX_MLY (Statistic 26): Maximum Monthly Value -------------------------- byr: 1971 1971 eyr: 1991 1991 Statistic: MEANMLY MAX_MLY Month -------------------------- Jan 7.0 35.6 Feb 21.2 156.5 Mar 14.5 86.5 Apr 6.1 36.8 May 1.3 26.3 Jun 0.0 0.0 Jul Trace Trace Aug 1.5 29.7 Sep 0.0 0.0 Oct Trace Trace Nov 0.3 3.2 Dec 5.2 29.5 Annual 57.1 156.5 Ann-NCDC NA NA -------------------------- Element 08: Maximum 24-Hour Precipitation (mm) MAX_VAL (Statistic 04): Maximum Value ------------------ byr: 1971 eyr: 1991 Month ------------------ Jan 30.2 Feb 81.5 Mar 27.3 Apr 28.8 May 16.1 Jun 0.0 Jul Trace Aug 28.7 Sep 0.0 Oct Trace Nov 2.4 Dec 20.5 Annual 81.5 Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 11: Relative Humidity (%) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MIN_VAL (Statistic 05): Minimum Value MNDLYMX (Statistic 09): Mean Daily Maximum Value MNDLYMI (Statistic 10): Mean Daily Minimum Value ------------------------------------------ byr: 1971 1971 1971 1971 eyr: 1991 1991 1991 1991 Statistic: MEAN MIN_VAL MNDLYMX MNDLYMI Month ------------------------------------------ Jan 68.0 17.0 85.0 48.0 Feb 67.0 11.0 87.0 44.0 Mar 63.0 7.0 84.0 39.0 Apr 58.0 5.0 81.0 32.0 May 55.0 8.0 80.0 27.0 Jun 60.0 3.0 83.0 33.0 Jul 61.0 6.0 84.0 34.0 Aug 63.0 9.0 84.0 36.0 Sep 64.0 7.0 87.0 32.0 Oct 65.0 8.0 86.0 36.0 Nov 65.0 6.0 84.0 42.0 Dec 68.0 16.0 85.0 47.0 Annual 63.0 3.0 84.0 37.0 Ann-NCDC 63.1 NA 84.2 37.5 ------------------------------------------ Element 12: Sea Level Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1971 eyr: 1991 Month ------------------ Jan 1018.6 Feb 1016.7 Mar 1013.9 Apr 1010.5 May 1006.1 Jun 999.8 Jul 997.2 Aug 998.9 Sep 1005.2 Oct 1012.0 Nov 1016.2 Dec 1018.4 Annual 1009.5 Ann-NCDC 1009.5 ------------------ Element 14: Vapor Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1971 eyr: 1991 Month ------------------ Jan 14.7 Feb 15.1 Mar 16.7 Apr 19.0 May 23.0 Jun 27.8 Jul 31.2 Aug 32.4 Sep 29.6 Oct 25.0 Nov 19.8 Dec 16.5 Annual 22.6 Ann-NCDC 22.6 ------------------ Element 15: Sunshine Statistic 44: Mean Number of Hours Qualifier: Qualifier: 06: Mean Daily Value -------------------------- byr: 1971 1971 eyr: 1991 1991 Qualifier: 06 Month -------------------------- Jan 246.1 8.0 Feb 232.6 8.3 Mar 251.1 8.2 Apr 280.5 9.4 May 342.2 11.0 Jun 336.9 11.3 Jul 314.2 10.3 Aug 307.5 10.0 Sep 302.4 10.2 Oct 304.7 9.8 Nov 286.6 9.6 Dec 257.6 8.3 Annual 3462.3 9.5 Ann-NCDC 3462.4 NA -------------------------- Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MAXGUST (Statistic 30): Maximum Gust -------------------------- byr: 1971 1971 eyr: 1991 1991 Statistic: MEAN MAXGUST Month -------------------------- Jan 3.8 21.1 Feb 4.3 29.3 Mar 4.6 30.9 Apr 4.0 23.2 May 4.1 35.5 Jun 4.1 19.6 Jul 3.9 19.0 Aug 4.0 27.8 Sep 3.6 17.0 Oct 3.2 19.0 Nov 3.1 19.0 Dec 3.5 20.1 Annual 3.9 35.5 Ann-NCDC 3.9 NA -------------------------- Element 19: Soil Temperature (deg C) Statistic 76: Mean of Observations at 0600 LST Qualifier: 0.0 cm depth Qualifier: 50.0 cm depth Qualifier: 100.0 cm depth ---------------------------------- byr: 1971 1971 1971 eyr: 1991 1991 1991 Qualifier: 0.0 50.0 100.0 Month ---------------------------------- Jan 11.3 23.6 25.6 Feb 12.0 23.4 24.8 Mar 14.7 25.2 25.6 Apr 17.8 28.2 27.5 May 21.3 31.4 30.1 Jun 23.8 33.8 32.3 Jul 26.5 35.4 33.8 Aug 27.3 36.3 35.0 Sep 24.0 35.6 34.9 Oct 20.5 33.2 33.5 Nov 16.1 29.6 31.0 Dec 13.2 25.8 27.9 Annual 19.1 30.1 30.2 Ann-NCDC NA NA NA ---------------------------------- Element 20: Sky Cover (Cloud Cover) (okta) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1971 eyr: 1991 Month ------------------ Jan 2.5 Feb 2.3 Mar 2.4 Apr 2.0 May 0.9 Jun 0.6 Jul 1.3 Aug 1.2 Sep 0.6 Oct 0.5 Nov 1.1 Dec 2.2 Annual 1.5 Ann-NCDC 1.5 ------------------ Element 21: Pan Evaporation (mm) MEANDLY (Statistic 06): Mean Daily Value MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value -------------------------- byr: 1981 1981 eyr: 1991 1991 Statistic: MEANDLY MEANMLY Month -------------------------- Jan 4.1 125.5 Feb 5.3 146.3 Mar 6.5 206.9 Apr 8.5 252.1 May 10.7 331.3 Jun 10.8 323.4 Jul 10.5 324.7 Aug 10.2 316.6 Sep 8.9 267.1 Oct 7.1 218.7 Nov 5.3 158.8 Dec 4.1 126.5 Annual 7.7 2798.0 Ann-NCDC 7.7 2797.9 -------------------------- Element 51: Number Days with Thunder (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1971 eyr: 1991 Month ------------------ Jan 0.2 Feb 1.3 Mar 1.8 Apr 1.0 May 0.2 Jun 0.0 Jul 0.0 Aug 0.1 Sep 0.0 Oct 0.0 Nov 0.0 Dec 0.2 Annual 5.0 Ann-NCDC 4.8 ------------------ Element 54: Number Days with Rainfall GE Threshold (count) Qualifier: 0.2 mm MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1971 eyr: 1991 Month ------------------ Jan 1.2 Feb 2.8 Mar 2.8 Apr 1.2 May 0.1 Jun 0.0 Jul 0.0 Aug 0.1 Sep 0.0 Oct 0.0 Nov 0.2 Dec 1.5 Annual 9.9 Ann-NCDC 9.9 ------------------ Element 61: Number Days with Haze/Smoke (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1971 eyr: 1991 Month ------------------ Jan 14.3 Feb 13.0 Mar 16.4 Apr 12.6 May 15.1 Jun 20.6 Jul 23.0 Aug 21.1 Sep 18.2 Oct 15.0 Nov 11.2 Dec 12.1 Annual 192.7 Ann-NCDC 192.6 ------------------ Element 63: Number Days with Blowing Dust/Sand (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1971 eyr: 1991 Month ------------------ Jan 0.2 Feb 0.2 Mar 1.0 Apr 0.5 May 0.3 Jun 0.2 Jul 0.2 Aug 0.3 Sep 0.1 Oct 0.1 Nov 0.3 Dec 0.0 Annual 3.5 Ann-NCDC 3.4 ------------------ Element BJ: Number Days with Fog (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1971 eyr: 1991 Month ------------------ Jan 2.4 Feb 2.5 Mar 2.2 Apr 0.9 May 0.9 Jun 1.2 Jul 0.5 Aug 0.7 Sep 2.1 Oct 2.9 Nov 1.0 Dec 1.6 Annual 18.9 Ann-NCDC 18.9 ------------------ Element BT: Number Days with Occurrence of Rain (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1971 eyr: 1991 Month ------------------ Jan 3.9 Feb 4.9 Mar 6.0 Apr 3.2 May 0.5 Jun 0.0 Jul 0.4 Aug 0.4 Sep 0.0 Oct 0.0 Nov 0.5 Dec 3.7 Annual 23.5 Ann-NCDC 23.5 ------------------