Station Name: NKHATA BAY WMO Station Number: 67493 National I.D. Number: Country: MALAWI WMO Region: REGION I - AFRICA Latitude: 11d 36m N Longitude: 034d 18m E Elevation: 500 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 24.7 Feb 24.7 Mar 24.4 Apr 23.9 May 22.1 Jun 20.3 Jul 19.9 Aug 20.8 Sep 22.8 Oct 24.7 Nov 25.6 Dec 24.9 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 23.2 ------------------ Element 02: Maximum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 28.8 Feb 28.9 Mar 28.8 Apr 28.6 May 27.3 Jun 25.8 Jul 25.5 Aug 26.6 Sep 28.7 Oct 30.2 Nov 30.4 Dec 29.2 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 28.2 ------------------ Element 03: Minimum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 21.1 Feb 21.1 Mar 20.8 Apr 20.0 May 17.9 Jun 15.7 Jul 15.2 Aug 15.6 Sep 17.4 Oct 19.8 Nov 21.2 Dec 21.3 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 18.9 ------------------ Element 06: Precipitation (mm) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 224.2 Feb 200.7 Mar 358.0 Apr 283.0 May 134.0 Jun 37.2 Jul 32.5 Aug 5.2 Sep 3.2 Oct 14.0 Nov 118.0 Dec 247.0 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 1657.0 ------------------ Element 11: Relative Humidity (%) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 84.0 Feb 84.0 Mar 85.0 Apr 84.0 May 81.0 Jun 78.0 Jul 75.0 Aug 72.0 Sep 69.0 Oct 68.0 Nov 72.0 Dec 81.0 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 77.8 ------------------ 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: 1967 1967 eyr: 1990 1990 Qualifier: 06 NCDC Month -------------------------- Jan 5.5 170.5 Feb 5.7 159.6 Mar 6.3 195.3 Apr 6.4 192.0 May 7.7 238.7 Jun 7.9 237.0 Jul 8.2 254.2 Aug 9.3 288.3 Sep 10.0 300.0 Oct 10.1 313.1 Nov 8.8 264.0 Dec 6.5 201.5 Annual NA 2814.2 Ann-NCDC NA 2814.2 -------------------------- Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1966 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1.2 Feb 1.1 Mar 1.3 Apr 1.2 May 1.4 Jun 1.7 Jul 1.7 Aug 1.9 Sep 1.8 Oct 1.7 Nov 1.7 Dec 1.5 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 1.5 ------------------ 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 19.0 Feb 17.0 Mar 20.0 Apr 18.0 May 10.0 Jun 5.0 Jul 4.0 Aug 2.0 Sep 1.0 Oct 2.0 Nov 8.0 Dec 17.0 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 123.0 ------------------