Station Name: COTONOU WMO Station Number: 65344 National I.D. Number: Country: BENIN WMO Region: REGION I - AFRICA Latitude: 06d 21m N Longitude: 002d 23m E Elevation: 4 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 27.3 Feb 28.5 Mar 28.9 Apr 28.6 May 27.8 Jun 26.5 Jul 25.8 Aug 25.6 Sep 26.0 Oct 26.7 Nov 27.6 Dec 27.3 Annual 27.2 Ann-NCDC 27.2 ------------------ 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 30.8 32.6 Feb 31.6 33.2 Mar 31.9 33.5 Apr 31.6 33.3 May 31.0 32.6 Jun 29.2 31.5 Jul 28.0 29.7 Aug 27.8 29.1 Sep 28.4 30.0 Oct 29.6 31.1 Nov 30.9 32.1 Dec 30.8 32.3 Annual 30.1 34.1 Ann-NCDC 30.1 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 23.8 20.5 Feb 25.4 21.7 Mar 25.9 21.8 Apr 25.6 21.8 May 24.6 21.4 Jun 23.7 21.2 Jul 23.7 21.5 Aug 23.4 21.6 Sep 23.6 21.4 Oct 23.8 21.4 Nov 24.3 22.0 Dec 23.8 20.8 Annual 24.3 19.6 Ann-NCDC 24.3 NA -------------------------- Element 06: Precipitation (mm) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 9.2 Feb 36.8 Mar 73.8 Apr 137.0 May 196.9 Jun 356.0 Jul 147.0 Aug 64.9 Sep 99.0 Oct 126.7 Nov 41.4 Dec 19.6 Annual 1308.2 Ann-NCDC 1308.3 ------------------ 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 95 63 Feb 93 66 Mar 91 67 Apr 92 68 May 94 70 Jun 95 74 Jul 94 76 Aug 94 75 Sep 94 74 Oct 95 72 Nov 95 68 Dec 95 65 Annual 94 70 Ann-NCDC 93.9 69.8 -------------------------- Element 12: Sea Level Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1010.0 Feb 1009.4 Mar 1009.2 Apr 1009.3 May 1010.6 Jun 1012.4 Jul 1013.3 Aug 1013.1 Sep 1012.4 Oct 1011.4 Nov 1010.5 Dec 1010.2 Annual 1011.0 Ann-NCDC 1011.0 ------------------ Element 14: Vapor Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 29.1 Feb 31.0 Mar 31.4 Apr 31.4 May 30.8 Jun 29.5 Jul 28.1 Aug 27.5 Sep 28.1 Oct 29.3 Nov 30.3 Dec 29.3 Annual 29.7 Ann-NCDC 29.6 ------------------ 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 6.9 213.9 Feb 7.5 210.0 Mar 7.2 223.2 Apr 7.3 219.0 May 6.9 213.9 Jun 4.7 141.0 Jul 4.4 136.4 Aug 4.8 148.8 Sep 5.5 165.0 Oct 6.7 207.7 Nov 8.1 243.0 Dec 7.2 223.2 Annual 6.4 2345.1 Ann-NCDC NA 2345.1 -------------------------- Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 4.0 Feb 5.0 Mar 5.0 Apr 5.0 May 4.0 Jun 4.0 Jul 6.0 Aug 6.0 Sep 5.0 Oct 4.0 Nov 4.0 Dec 3.0 Annual 5.0 Ann-NCDC 4.6 ------------------ 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 225 Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 20: Sky Cover (Cloud Cover) (okta) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 5.0 Feb 6.0 Mar 6.0 Apr 6.0 May 6.0 Jun 7.0 Jul 7.0 Aug 7.0 Sep 7.0 Oct 6.0 Nov 6.0 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 124.1 Feb 145.2 Mar 168.3 Apr 165.3 May 143.6 Jun 113.0 Jul 120.8 Aug 130.5 Sep 137.8 Oct 142.8 Nov 145.5 Dec 124.4 Annual 1661.3 Ann-NCDC 1661.3 ------------------ Element 51: Number Days with Thunder (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 2.0 Feb 3.0 Mar 8.0 Apr 10.0 May 15.0 Jun 14.0 Jul 3.0 Aug 1.0 Sep 4.0 Oct 11.0 Nov 9.0 Dec 3.0 Annual 84.0 Ann-NCDC 83.0 ------------------ Element 61: Number Days with Haze/Smoke (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 7.0 Feb 2.0 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 1.0 Dec 5.0 Annual 17.0 Ann-NCDC 16.0 ------------------ 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 4.0 Apr 7.0 May 11.0 Jun 15.0 Jul 8.0 Aug 5.0 Sep 8.0 Oct 8.0 Nov 4.0 Dec 2.0 Annual 74.0 Ann-NCDC 75.0 ------------------ Element BJ: Number Days with Fog (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 9.0 Feb 2.0 Mar 0.0 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 8.0 Annual 24.0 Ann-NCDC 21.0 ------------------