Station Name: Manston WMO Station Number: 03797 National I.D. Number: Country: UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND WMO Region: REGION VI - EUROPE Latitude: 51d 21m N Longitude: 001d 21m E Elevation: 44 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 4.0 Feb 4.1 Mar 5.9 Apr 8.1 May 11.5 Jun 14.5 Jul 16.7 Aug 16.8 Sep 14.8 Oct 11.6 Nov 7.3 Dec 5.1 Annual 10.0 Ann-NCDC 10.0 ------------------ 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 6.5 13.8 Feb 6.7 16.3 Mar 9.2 20.2 Apr 11.5 24.6 May 15.3 26.3 Jun 18.4 31.2 Jul 20.6 31.4 Aug 20.8 32.1 Sep 18.5 29.6 Oct 14.8 24.9 Nov 10.1 17.5 Dec 7.6 15.9 Annual 13.3 32.1 Ann-NCDC 13.3 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 1.5 -12.0 Feb 1.5 -14.5 Mar 2.7 -6.0 Apr 4.7 -3.7 May 7.7 -0.9 Jun 10.6 0.9 Jul 12.9 6.4 Aug 12.9 5.4 Sep 11.1 4.0 Oct 8.5 0.6 Nov 4.6 -4.3 Dec 2.6 -7.2 Annual 6.7 -14.5 Ann-NCDC 6.8 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 46.0 11.0 23.0 39.5 49.5 58.0 114.0 Feb 33.0 12.0 17.0 24.5 33.5 49.0 78.0 Mar 41.0 1.0 18.5 36.0 43.5 59.5 94.0 Apr 42.0 5.0 26.0 34.5 45.0 57.0 93.0 May 38.0 0.0 22.0 33.0 38.0 53.5 90.0 Jun 47.0 3.0 24.5 42.0 48.0 66.0 104.0 Jul 45.0 7.0 25.5 38.0 42.5 52.5 123.0 Aug 46.0 11.0 20.5 31.5 45.5 68.5 177.0 Sep 56.0 7.0 17.0 28.0 55.0 83.5 253.0 Oct 62.0 8.0 14.5 45.5 67.0 81.0 250.0 Nov 65.0 20.0 39.5 54.0 67.5 88.0 140.0 Dec 49.0 10.0 26.0 43.5 52.5 73.0 90.0 Annual 570.0 442.0 504.0 546.5 574.0 603.5 878.0 Ann-NCDC 570.0 NA NA NA NA NA NA ------------------------------------------------------------------ Element 10: Snow Depth (cm) MN09LST (Statistic 79): Mean of Observations at 0900 LST ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 11.4 Feb 9.2 Mar 2.9 Apr 0.2 May 0.0 Jun 0.0 Jul 0.0 Aug 0.0 Sep 0.0 Oct 0.0 Nov 0.0 Dec 2.9 Annual 26.6 Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 11: Relative Humidity (%) MNDLYMX (Statistic 09): Mean Daily Maximum Value MNDLYMI (Statistic 10): Mean Daily Minimum Value -------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: MNDLYMX MNDLYMI Month -------------------------- Jan 89.0 83.0 Feb 88.0 80.0 Mar 89.0 74.0 Apr 89.0 72.0 May 90.0 68.0 Jun 90.0 66.0 Jul 90.0 65.0 Aug 91.0 66.0 Sep 91.0 70.0 Oct 91.0 77.0 Nov 90.0 81.0 Dec 89.0 83.0 Annual 91.0 75.0 Ann-NCDC 89.8 73.8 -------------------------- Element 15: Sunshine MN_#HRS (Statistic 44): Mean Number of Hours ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 56.9 Feb 77.1 Mar 123.1 Apr 161.6 May 217.0 Jun 218.3 Jul 211.6 Aug 208.6 Sep 158.8 Oct 118.9 Nov 72.8 Dec 51.7 Annual 1676.4 Ann-NCDC 1676.4 ------------------ Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 6.2 Feb 6.2 Mar 6.1 Apr 5.8 May 5.6 Jun 5.1 Jul 4.9 Aug 5.0 Sep 5.0 Oct 5.4 Nov 6.0 Dec 6.1 Annual 5.6 Ann-NCDC 5.6 ------------------ Element 51: Number Days with Thunder (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 0.0 Feb 0.0 Mar 0.0 Apr 1.0 May 2.0 Jun 3.0 Jul 3.0 Aug 2.0 Sep 2.0 Oct 1.0 Nov 1.0 Dec 0.0 Annual 15.0 Ann-NCDC 15.0 ------------------ Element 53: Number Days with Hail (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1.0 Feb 1.0 Mar 1.0 Apr 1.0 May 1.0 Jun 1.0 Jul 0.0 Aug 0.0 Sep 0.0 Oct 0.0 Nov 1.0 Dec 1.0 Annual 9.0 Ann-NCDC 8.0 ------------------ Element 56: Number Days with Snowfall (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 4.0 Feb 4.0 Mar 3.0 Apr 1.0 May 0.0 Jun 0.0 Jul 0.0 Aug 0.0 Sep 0.0 Oct 0.0 Nov 1.0 Dec 2.0 Annual 15.0 Ann-NCDC 15.0 ------------------ Element 57: Number Days with Snow on Ground (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 3.0 Feb 3.0 Mar 1.0 Apr 0.0 May 0.0 Jun 0.0 Jul 0.0 Aug 0.0 Sep 0.0 Oct 0.0 Nov 0.0 Dec 1.0 Annual 8.0 Ann-NCDC 8.0 ------------------ Element 76: Number Days with Air Frost (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 9.0 Feb 8.0 Mar 5.0 Apr 1.0 May 0.0 Jun 0.0 Jul 0.0 Aug 0.0 Sep 0.0 Oct 0.0 Nov 3.0 Dec 7.0 Annual 34.0 Ann-NCDC 33.0 ------------------ Element 77: Number Days with Grass Frost (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 15.0 Feb 14.0 Mar 12.0 Apr 7.0 May 2.0 Jun 0.0 Jul 0.0 Aug 0.0 Sep 0.0 Oct 2.0 Nov 8.0 Dec 12.0 Annual 72.0 Ann-NCDC 72.0 ------------------ Element 95: Number Days with Precipitation GE Threshold (count) Statistic 15: Mean Monthly Value Qualifier: 0.2 mm Qualifier: 1.0 mm Qualifier: 10.0 mm ---------------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 1990 Qualifier: 0.2 1.0 10.0 Month ---------------------------------- Jan 16.0 10.0 1.0 Feb 12.0 8.0 0.0 Mar 14.0 9.0 1.0 Apr 13.0 9.0 1.0 May 12.0 8.0 1.0 Jun 11.0 8.0 1.0 Jul 11.0 7.0 1.0 Aug 10.0 7.0 1.0 Sep 11.0 8.0 1.0 Oct 12.0 9.0 2.0 Nov 16.0 11.0 2.0 Dec 15.0 10.0 1.0 Annual 152.0 104.0 13.0 Ann-NCDC 153.0 104.0 13.0 ---------------------------------- Element AK: Number Days with Sleet/Snow (count) Statistic 15: Mean Monthly Value Qualifier: ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 5.0 Feb 5.0 Mar 4.0 Apr 2.0 May 0.0 Jun 0.0 Jul 0.0 Aug 0.0 Sep 0.0 Oct 0.0 Nov 1.0 Dec 3.0 Annual 22.0 Ann-NCDC 20.0 ------------------