Station Name: CHITIPA WMO Station Number: 67421 National I.D. Number: Country: MALAWI WMO Region: REGION I - AFRICA Latitude: 09d 42m N Longitude: 033d 16m E Elevation: 1285 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 20.4 Feb 20.4 Mar 20.5 Apr 19.9 May 18.7 Jun 17.2 Jul 16.8 Aug 18.2 Sep 20.8 Oct 22.9 Nov 22.8 Dec 20.9 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 20.0 ------------------ Element 02: Maximum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 26.2 Feb 26.4 Mar 26.1 Apr 25.6 May 24.8 Jun 23.7 Jul 23.5 Aug 24.9 Sep 27.7 Oct 29.9 Nov 29.6 Dec 27.0 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 26.3 ------------------ Element 03: Minimum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 17.1 Feb 17.1 Mar 17.2 Apr 16.9 May 15.1 Jun 12.9 Jul 12.5 Aug 13.7 Sep 15.9 Oct 17.7 Nov 18.3 Dec 17.6 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 16.0 ------------------ Element 06: Precipitation (mm) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 204.8 Feb 216.0 Mar 192.0 Apr 56.6 May 7.5 Jun 0.6 Jul 0.8 Aug 0.0 Sep 0.7 Oct 6.0 Nov 78.8 Dec 224.0 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 987.8 ------------------ Element 11: Relative Humidity (%) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 83.0 Feb 84.0 Mar 84.0 Apr 82.0 May 77.0 Jun 73.0 Jul 70.0 Aug 63.0 Sep 55.0 Oct 57.0 Nov 61.0 Dec 79.0 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 72.3 ------------------ 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 4.6 142.6 Feb 4.9 137.2 Mar 5.6 173.6 Apr 7.1 213.0 May 8.4 260.4 Jun 9.4 282.0 Jul 9.7 300.7 Aug 10.0 310.0 Sep 9.9 297.0 Oct 9.4 291.4 Nov 7.8 234.0 Dec 5.4 167.4 Annual NA 2809.3 Ann-NCDC NA 2809.3 -------------------------- Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1963 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1.6 Feb 1.5 Mar 2.0 Apr 2.8 May 3.2 Jun 3.4 Jul 3.9 Aug 4.3 Sep 4.6 Oct 4.8 Nov 3.5 Dec 1.9 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 3.1 ------------------ Element 54: Number Days with Rainfall GE Threshold (count) Qualifier: 0.3 mm MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 21.0 Feb 19.0 Mar 19.0 Apr 10.0 May 3.0 Jun 2.0 Jul 2.0 Aug 1.0 Sep 1.0 Oct 2.0 Nov 7.0 Dec 20.0 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 107.0 ------------------