Station Name: ALICANTE
  WMO Station Number: 08359
National I.D. Number:         
             Country: SPAIN
          WMO Region: REGION VI - EUROPE                 
            Latitude:  38d 22m N
           Longitude: 000d 30m W
           Elevation:       82 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
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The normals data and climate variable descriptions are
presented in these tables as provided by the WMO Member
country.
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  Element 01:  Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C)
   MEAN (Statistic 01):  Mean Value
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      byr:    1961
      eyr:    1990
  Month
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   Jan        11.6
   Feb        12.4
   Mar        13.7
   Apr        15.7
   May        18.6
   Jun        22.1
   Jul        25.1
   Aug        25.5
   Sep        23.3
   Oct        19.2
   Nov        14.9
   Dec        12.1
  Annual        NA
 Ann-NCDC     17.9
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  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
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      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
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   Jan        20.1     0.0     4.7    12.0    19.4    33.4    69.3
   Feb        26.8     0.0     6.5    10.5    22.5    40.2   155.4
   Mar        25.4     0.0     1.6    12.9    25.2    49.1    92.3
   Apr        33.8     1.2    18.7    26.9    35.9    51.4    91.7
   May        32.4     0.9     7.9    17.7    30.7    58.1   115.4
   Jun        22.5     0.0     3.8    11.1    27.5    42.4    58.6
   Jul         4.1     0.0     0.0     0.0     1.0     5.4    38.1
   Aug         8.2     0.0     0.0     1.6     4.6    14.9    58.7
   Sep        41.3     0.0     5.6    12.6    31.7    74.3   202.5
   Oct        66.1     0.0    11.3    23.6    59.0   136.5   267.0
   Nov        42.3     0.0     5.7    16.7    40.1    92.3   147.6
   Dec        33.6     0.0     2.0    10.9    24.5    65.4   170.9
  Annual        NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA
 Ann-NCDC    356.6      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA
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  Element 12:  Sea Level Pressure (hPa)
   MEAN (Statistic 01):  Mean Value
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      byr:    1961
      eyr:    1990
  Month
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   Jan      1019.8
   Feb      1017.4
   Mar      1017.2
   Apr      1014.4
   May      1015.2
   Jun      1016.2
   Jul      1016.3
   Aug      1015.7
   Sep      1017.2
   Oct      1017.4
   Nov      1017.6
   Dec      1018.9
  Annual        NA
 Ann-NCDC   1016.9
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  Element 13:  Station Pressure (hPa)
   MEAN (Statistic 01):  Mean Value
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      byr:    1961
      eyr:    1990
  Month
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   Jan      1010.4
   Feb      1008.3
   Mar      1008.0
   Apr      1005.2
   May      1006.3
   Jun      1007.2
   Jul      1007.5
   Aug      1006.8
   Sep      1008.2
   Oct      1008.3
   Nov      1008.4
   Dec      1009.6
  Annual        NA
 Ann-NCDC   1007.8
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  Element 14:  Vapor Pressure (hPa)
   MEAN (Statistic 01):  Mean Value
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      byr:    1961
      eyr:    1990
  Month
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   Jan         9.0
   Feb         9.2
   Mar         9.8
   Apr        11.5
   May        14.2
   Jun        17.8
   Jul        21.1
   Aug        22.5
   Sep        19.8
   Oct        15.5
   Nov        11.7
   Dec         9.5
  Annual        NA
 Ann-NCDC     14.3
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  Element 15:  Sunshine
MN_#HRS (Statistic 44):  Mean Number of Hours
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      byr:    1961
      eyr:    1990
  Month
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   Jan       178.1
   Feb       180.6
   Mar       225.5
   Apr       243.2
   May       287.8
   Jun       307.8
   Jul       341.3
   Aug       307.5
   Sep       253.5
   Oct       224.6
   Nov       180.8
   Dec       168.9
  Annual        NA
 Ann-NCDC   2899.6
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  Element BT:  Number Days with Occurrence of Rain (count)
MEANMLY (Statistic 15):  Mean Monthly Value
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      byr:    1961
      eyr:    1990
  Month
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   Jan         3.2
   Feb         3.0
   Mar         3.4
   Apr         4.7
   May         4.2
   Jun         2.6
   Jul         0.7
   Aug         1.1
   Sep         2.7
   Oct         4.4
   Nov         3.8
   Dec         3.8
  Annual        NA
 Ann-NCDC     37.6
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