Station Name: PARAKOU WMO Station Number: 65330 National I.D. Number: Country: BENIN WMO Region: REGION I - AFRICA Latitude: 09d 21m N Longitude: 002d 37m E Elevation: 392 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 26.5 Feb 28.7 Mar 29.6 Apr 29.0 May 27.5 Jun 26.1 Jul 25.1 Aug 24.7 Sep 25.0 Oct 26.1 Nov 26.6 Dec 26.1 Annual 26.7 Ann-NCDC 26.8 ------------------ 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 34.1 36.6 Feb 36.0 38.3 Mar 36.2 38.9 Apr 34.9 38.4 May 32.8 35.9 Jun 30.7 33.7 Jul 29.2 32.1 Aug 28.6 31.6 Sep 29.5 32.2 Oct 31.5 33.9 Nov 33.6 35.5 Dec 33.6 35.8 Annual 32.6 39.2 Ann-NCDC 32.6 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 18.9 15.8 Feb 21.3 18.2 Mar 22.9 19.9 Apr 23.1 19.9 May 22.2 19.2 Jun 21.4 18.9 Jul 21.0 19.0 Aug 20.8 19.1 Sep 20.5 18.5 Oct 20.8 18.6 Nov 19.7 16.7 Dec 18.5 15.2 Annual 20.9 14.7 Ann-NCDC 20.9 NA -------------------------- Element 06: Precipitation (mm) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 3.8 Feb 9.2 Mar 39.4 Apr 85.5 May 130.8 Jun 172.0 Jul 189.9 Aug 208.8 Sep 205.6 Oct 91.1 Nov 6.3 Dec 6.6 Annual 1148.9 Ann-NCDC 1149.0 ------------------ 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 58 20 Feb 69 20 Mar 80 28 Apr 89 41 May 93 52 Jun 95 59 Jul 96 64 Aug 95 66 Sep 97 63 Oct 95 54 Nov 86 32 Dec 69 23 Annual 85 43 Ann-NCDC 85.2 43.5 -------------------------- Element 12: Sea Level Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1009.9 Feb 1008.7 Mar 1008.1 Apr 1008.2 May 1009.7 Jun 1011.7 Jul 1012.4 Aug 1012.1 Sep 1011.7 Oct 1010.8 Nov 1010.2 Dec 1010.1 Annual 1010.3 Ann-NCDC 1010.3 ------------------ Element 14: Vapor Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 11.5 Feb 14.8 Mar 20.1 Apr 24.6 May 26.1 Jun 25.9 Jul 25.4 Aug 25.4 Sep 25.6 Oct 25.2 Nov 19.3 Dec 14.1 Annual 21.5 Ann-NCDC 21.5 ------------------ Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 2.0 Feb 2.0 Mar 3.0 Apr 3.0 May 3.0 Jun 2.0 Jul 2.0 Aug 2.0 Sep 2.0 Oct 2.0 Nov 2.0 Dec 2.0 Annual 2.0 Ann-NCDC 2.2 ------------------ Element 17: Wind Direction (degrees) PREVAIL (Statistic 41): Prevailing ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 360 Feb 045 Mar 180 Apr 180 May 180 Jun 180 Jul 180 Aug 180 Sep 180 Oct 180 Nov 045 Dec 360 Annual 180 Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 20: Sky Cover (Cloud Cover) (okta) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 5.0 Feb 5.0 Mar 6.0 Apr 7.0 May 7.0 Jun 7.0 Jul 7.0 Aug 7.0 Sep 7.0 Oct 6.0 Nov 5.0 Dec 5.0 Annual 6.0 Ann-NCDC 6.2 ------------------ Element 21: Pan Evaporation (mm) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1971 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 211.0 Feb 219.5 Mar 245.5 Apr 207.5 May 174.7 Jun 149.4 Jul 116.5 Aug 103.3 Sep 117.0 Oct 132.0 Nov 153.5 Dec 182.1 Annual 2012.0 Ann-NCDC 2012.0 ------------------ Element 51: Number Days with Thunder (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1.0 Feb 1.0 Mar 6.0 Apr 13.0 May 16.0 Jun 15.0 Jul 13.0 Aug 13.0 Sep 18.0 Oct 14.0 Nov 2.0 Dec 1.0 Annual 111.0 Ann-NCDC 113.0 ------------------ Element 61: Number Days with Haze/Smoke (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 15.0 Feb 10.0 Mar 6.0 Apr 1.0 May 0.0 Jun 0.0 Jul 0.0 Aug 0.0 Sep 0.0 Oct 3.0 Nov 8.0 Dec 13.0 Annual 57.0 Ann-NCDC 56.0 ------------------ 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 0.0 Feb 1.0 Mar 3.0 Apr 5.0 May 9.0 Jun 11.0 Jul 12.0 Aug 13.0 Sep 15.0 Oct 7.0 Nov 1.0 Dec 1.0 Annual 78.0 Ann-NCDC 78.0 ------------------ Element BJ: Number Days with Fog (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1.0 Feb 0.0 Mar 0.0 Apr 0.0 May 0.0 Jun 0.0 Jul 1.0 Aug 2.0 Sep 4.0 Oct 7.0 Nov 8.0 Dec 5.0 Annual 29.0 Ann-NCDC 28.0 ------------------