Station Name: Essen WMO Station Number: 10410 National I.D. Number: Country: GERMANY WMO Region: REGION VI - EUROPE Latitude: 51d 24m N Longitude: 006d 58m E Elevation: 161 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 1.9 Feb 2.5 Mar 5.1 Apr 8.5 May 12.9 Jun 15.7 Jul 17.4 Aug 17.2 Sep 14.4 Oct 10.7 Nov 5.7 Dec 2.9 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 9.6 ------------------ 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 3.9 13.5 Feb 5.1 18.7 Mar 8.3 23.2 Apr 12.4 28.9 May 17.1 29.8 Jun 20.0 32.3 Jul 21.6 33.5 Aug 21.6 34.3 Sep 18.4 30.6 Oct 14.0 26.1 Nov 8.1 19.8 Dec 4.9 15.8 Annual 12.9 NA Ann-NCDC 12.9 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 -.3 -17.1 Feb .0 -15.9 Mar 2.2 -11.1 Apr 4.8 -4.6 May 8.7 -.6 Jun 11.5 1.0 Jul 13.2 4.4 Aug 13.3 6.0 Sep 11.1 3.2 Oct 7.9 -2.3 Nov 3.5 -6.7 Dec .9 -16.7 Annual 6.4 NA Ann-NCDC 6.4 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 81.0 24.0 48.0 66.0 85.0 105.0 156.0 Feb 57.0 4.5 26.0 44.0 58.0 82.0 131.5 Mar 75.0 26.0 39.0 62.0 71.0 105.0 157.0 Apr 68.0 14.5 34.0 59.5 75.0 96.0 126.0 May 73.0 13.0 37.0 66.0 75.0 95.0 167.0 Jun 97.0 12.0 56.0 87.0 113.0 134.0 191.0 Jul 89.0 14.5 60.0 71.0 84.0 106.0 189.0 Aug 77.0 30.0 50.0 70.5 77.0 96.0 146.0 Sep 73.0 28.5 42.0 55.0 75.5 89.0 172.0 Oct 70.0 19.0 24.5 41.0 78.5 103.0 164.5 Nov 83.0 23.0 66.0 79.0 85.0 107.0 129.5 Dec 90.0 16.0 44.0 64.0 96.0 120.0 212.0 Annual 931.0 NA NA NA NA NA NA Ann-NCDC 933.0 NA NA NA NA NA NA ------------------------------------------------------------------ Element 12: Sea Level Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1016.2 Feb 1015.9 Mar 1015.1 Apr 1014.3 May 1015.1 Jun 1016.3 Jul 1016.8 Aug 1016.1 Sep 1017.1 Oct 1016.8 Nov 1015.1 Dec 1015.7 Annual 1015.9 Ann-NCDC 1015.9 ------------------ Element 14: Vapor Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 6.2 Feb 6.1 Mar 6.9 Apr 8.0 May 10.4 Jun 13.0 Jul 14.4 Aug 14.3 Sep 13.0 Oct 10.7 Nov 7.9 Dec 6.7 Annual 9.8 Ann-NCDC 9.8 ------------------ Element 15: Sunshine MN_#HRS (Statistic 44): Mean Number of Hours ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 44.5 Feb 76.2 Mar 102.6 Apr 147.0 May 192.6 Jun 181.6 Jul 186.0 Aug 183.1 Sep 134.5 Oct 111.1 Nov 55.7 Dec 38.8 Annual 1453.7 Ann-NCDC 1453.7 ------------------ 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 14.0 Feb 10.0 Mar 13.0 Apr 12.0 May 12.0 Jun 12.0 Jul 11.0 Aug 10.0 Sep 11.0 Oct 10.0 Nov 14.0 Dec 14.0 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 143.0 ------------------