Station Name: EL PICACHO CHINANDEGA WMO Station Number: 78739 National I.D. Number: 00064018 Country: NICARAGUA WMO Region: REGION IV - NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA Latitude: 12d 38m N Longitude: 087d 08m W Elevation: 60 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 MNMLYMX (Statistic 18): Mean Monthly Maximum Value MNMLYMI (Statistic 19): Mean Monthly Minimum Value ---------------------------------- byr: 1971 1971 1971 eyr: 1990 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN MNMLYMX MNMLYMI Month ---------------------------------- Jan 26.4 34.5 18.9 Feb 27.2 35.4 19.4 Mar 28.0 36.1 20.6 Apr 28.7 36.4 22.3 May 27.9 34.2 23.3 Jun 26.6 32.6 22.7 Jul 26.9 33.4 22.2 Aug 26.8 33.2 22.2 Sep 26.0 31.9 22.3 Oct 26.0 31.9 22.1 Nov 26.1 32.4 21.1 Dec 26.1 33.4 19.6 Annual 26.9 33.8 21.4 Ann-NCDC 26.9 33.8 21.4 ---------------------------------- Element 06: Precipitation (mm) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1971 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1.0 Feb 0.0 Mar 7.0 Apr 14.0 May 309.0 Jun 313.0 Jul 193.0 Aug 271.0 Sep 404.0 Oct 330.0 Nov 63.0 Dec 84.0 Annual 1988.0 Ann-NCDC 1989.0 ------------------ Element 11: Relative Humidity (%) MNDLYMX (Statistic 09): Mean Daily Maximum Value MNDLYMI (Statistic 10): Mean Daily Minimum Value -------------------------- byr: 1971 1971 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: MNDLYMX MNDLYMI Month -------------------------- Jan 93.0 60.0 Feb 73.0 56.0 Mar 74.0 56.0 Apr 75.0 58.0 May 86.0 65.0 Jun 90.0 77.0 Jul 87.0 69.0 Aug 89.0 42.0 Sep 95.0 72.0 Oct 95.0 53.0 Nov 89.0 70.0 Dec 97.0 64.0 Annual 87.0 62.0 Ann-NCDC 86.9 61.8 -------------------------- Element 12: Sea Level Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1971 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1011.6 Feb 1011.2 Mar 1010.7 Apr 1010.3 May 1010.2 Jun 1010.7 Jul 1011.0 Aug 1010.8 Sep 1010.4 Oct 1010.6 Nov 1010.7 Dec 1011.2 Annual 1010.8 Ann-NCDC 1010.8 ------------------ Element 15: Sunshine MN_#HRS (Statistic 44): Mean Number of Hours ------------------ byr: 1971 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 265.3 Feb 248.5 Mar 261.8 Apr 206.8 May 183.7 Jun 168.2 Jul 204.2 Aug 199.9 Sep 173.9 Oct 204.2 Nov 211.0 Dec 255.2 Annual 216.1 Ann-NCDC 2582.7 ------------------ Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1971 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 2.0 Feb 2.0 Mar 2.0 Apr 2.0 May 2.0 Jun 1.0 Jul 1.0 Aug 1.0 Sep 1.0 Oct 1.0 Nov 1.0 Dec 2.0 Annual 2.0 Ann-NCDC 1.5 ------------------ Element 17: Wind Direction (degrees) PREVAIL (Statistic 41): Prevailing ------------------ byr: 1971 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 360.0 Feb 45.0 Mar 225.0 Apr 225.0 May 225.0 Jun 360.0 Jul 360.0 Aug 360.0 Sep 360.0 Oct 360.0 Nov 360.0 Dec 360.0 Annual 360.0 Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 20: Sky Cover (Cloud Cover) (okta) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1971 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 3.0 Feb 3.0 Mar 3.0 Apr 4.0 May 6.0 Jun 7.0 Jul 7.0 Aug 7.0 Sep 7.0 Oct 7.0 Nov 5.0 Dec 4.0 Annual 5.0 Ann-NCDC 5.2 ------------------ Element 21: Pan Evaporation (mm) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1971 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 180.0 Feb 202.0 Mar 209.0 Apr 219.0 May 157.0 Jun 133.0 Jul 146.0 Aug 138.0 Sep 124.0 Oct 126.0 Nov 125.0 Dec 153.0 Annual 1912.0 Ann-NCDC 1912.0 ------------------ Element 95: Number Days with Precipitation GE Threshold (count) Qualifier: 1.0 mm MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1971 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 0.0 Feb 0.0 Mar 1.0 Apr 2.0 May 12.0 Jun 16.0 Jul 13.0 Aug 16.0 Sep 20.0 Oct 18.0 Nov 6.0 Dec 1.0 Annual 105.0 Ann-NCDC 105.0 ------------------