Station Name: BOHICON WMO Station Number: 65338 National I.D. Number: Country: BENIN WMO Region: REGION I - AFRICA Latitude: 07d 10m N Longitude: 002d 04m E Elevation: 166 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 28.4 Feb 29.7 Mar 29.5 Apr 28.7 May 27.8 Jun 26.4 Jul 25.5 Aug 25.3 Sep 26.0 Oct 27.0 Nov 28.4 Dec 28.1 Annual 27.6 Ann-NCDC 27.6 ------------------ 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 34.4 36.7 Feb 35.8 37.8 Mar 35.2 37.7 Apr 33.8 36.5 May 32.4 34.9 Jun 30.7 33.5 Jul 29.3 31.7 Aug 29.1 31.8 Sep 30.2 32.9 Oct 31.7 33.9 Nov 33.8 35.3 Dec 33.8 35.4 Annual 32.5 38.2 Ann-NCDC 32.5 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 22.4 19.2 Feb 23.6 21.0 Mar 23.9 21.0 Apr 23.6 20.9 May 23.1 20.6 Jun 22.2 20.2 Jul 21.8 20.1 Aug 21.5 20.3 Sep 21.7 20.3 Oct 22.2 20.3 Nov 22.9 20.7 Dec 22.4 19.0 Annual 22.6 17.9 Ann-NCDC 22.6 NA -------------------------- Element 06: Precipitation (mm) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 3.6 Feb 28.3 Mar 74.9 Apr 127.3 May 153.2 Jun 175.0 Jul 142.2 Aug 112.4 Sep 140.0 Oct 118.8 Nov 22.3 Dec 14.4 Annual 1112.3 Ann-NCDC 1112.4 ------------------ 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 93 37 Feb 94 36 Mar 94 44 Apr 95 52 May 96 58 Jun 97 63 Jul 96 66 Aug 96 66 Sep 96 62 Oct 97 58 Nov 96 47 Dec 94 42 Annual 95 53 Ann-NCDC 95.3 52.6 -------------------------- Element 12: Sea Level Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1010.0 Feb 1009.3 Mar 1009.1 Apr 1009.4 May 1010.7 Jun 1012.6 Jul 1013.4 Aug 1013.1 Sep 1012.5 Oct 1011.5 Nov 1010.7 Dec 1010.4 Annual 1011.1 Ann-NCDC 1011.1 ------------------ Element 14: Vapor Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 24.9 Feb 26.6 Mar 27.9 Apr 28.8 May 28.8 Jun 27.8 Jul 26.3 Aug 25.9 Sep 26.5 Oct 27.5 Nov 27.5 Dec 25.8 Annual 27.0 Ann-NCDC 27.0 ------------------ Element 15: Sunshine Statistic 44: Mean Number of Hours Qualifier: 06: Mean Daily Value Qualifier: NCDC: Mean Monthly Value Computed by NCDC from Mean Daily Values Provided by Member -------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 Qualifier: 06 NCDC Month -------------------------- Jan 6.8 210.8 Feb 7.2 201.6 Mar 6.6 204.6 Apr 6.8 204.0 May 6.8 210.8 Jun 5.7 171.0 Jul 3.7 114.7 Aug 3.1 96.1 Sep 4.1 123.0 Oct 6.3 195.3 Nov 7.7 231.0 Dec 6.9 213.9 Annual 6.0 2176.8 Ann-NCDC NA 2176.8 -------------------------- Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 2.0 Feb 2.0 Mar 2.0 Apr 2.0 May 2.0 Jun 2.0 Jul 2.0 Aug 2.0 Sep 2.0 Oct 2.0 Nov 1.0 Dec 1.0 Annual 2.0 Ann-NCDC 1.8 ------------------ Element 17: Wind Direction (degrees) PREVAIL (Statistic 41): Prevailing ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 225 Feb 225 Mar 225 Apr 225 May 225 Jun 225 Jul 225 Aug 225 Sep 225 Oct 225 Nov 225 Dec 225 Annual 180 Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 20: Sky Cover (Cloud Cover) (okta) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 6.0 Feb 6.0 Mar 6.0 Apr 7.0 May 6.0 Jun 7.0 Jul 7.0 Aug 7.0 Sep 7.0 Oct 7.0 Nov 6.0 Dec 6.0 Annual 6.0 Ann-NCDC 6.5 ------------------ Element 21: Pan Evaporation (mm) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1971 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 144.3 Feb 156.5 Mar 172.0 Apr 153.4 May 138.2 Jun 114.8 Jul 100.8 Aug 95.9 Sep 103.2 Oct 120.1 Nov 134.7 Dec 128.9 Annual 1562.8 Ann-NCDC 1562.8 ------------------ Element 51: Number Days with Thunder (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1.0 Feb 5.0 Mar 12.0 Apr 15.0 May 16.0 Jun 14.0 Jul 8.0 Aug 5.0 Sep 10.0 Oct 14.0 Nov 5.0 Dec 2.0 Annual 106.0 Ann-NCDC 107.0 ------------------ Element 61: Number Days with Haze/Smoke (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 6.0 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 2.0 Dec 6.0 Annual 18.0 Ann-NCDC 18.0 ------------------ 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 1.0 Feb 2.0 Mar 5.0 Apr 9.0 May 10.0 Jun 12.0 Jul 9.0 Aug 8.0 Sep 9.0 Oct 9.0 Nov 2.0 Dec 1.0 Annual 76.0 Ann-NCDC 77.0 ------------------ Element BJ: Number Days with Fog (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 2.0 Feb 1.0 Mar 0.0 Apr 1.0 May 0.0 Jun 1.0 Jul 0.0 Aug 0.0 Sep 0.0 Oct 1.0 Nov 1.0 Dec 3.0 Annual 9.0 Ann-NCDC 10.0 ------------------