Station Name: KOSTI WMO Station Number: 62772 National I.D. Number: Country: SUDAN WMO Region: REGION I - AFRICA Latitude: 13d 10m N Longitude: 030d 14m E Elevation: 380 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 MNDLYMX (Statistic 09): Mean Daily Maximum Value MNDLYMI (Statistic 10): Mean Daily Minimum Value ---------------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN MNDLYMX MNDLYMI Month ---------------------------------- Jan 24.2 32.4 16.0 Feb 26.0 34.8 17.2 Mar 29.5 38.5 20.4 Apr 32.0 41.2 22.8 May 33.3 41.2 25.4 Jun 31.9 38.6 25.1 Jul 28.7 33.7 23.6 Aug 28.2 33.5 22.9 Sep 27.9 32.8 23.1 Oct 29.3 35.2 23.4 Nov 27.6 34.7 20.5 Dec 24.6 32.0 17.2 Annual 28.6 35.7 21.5 Ann-NCDC 28.6 35.7 21.5 ---------------------------------- Element 02: Maximum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MAX_VAL (Statistic 04): Maximum Value DATEMAX (Statistic 12): Date (Year/Day) of Occurrence of Maximum Daily Value -------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: MAX_VAL DATEMAX Month -------------------------- Jan 40.6 197330 Feb 43.6 197926 Mar 45.8 198025 Apr 46.0 197322 May 46.0 196119 Jun 45.0 198315 Jul 42.6 197306 Aug 42.0 199025 Sep 41.6 199014 Oct 42.6 199017 Nov 41.7 199001 Dec 41.5 199006 Annual 46.019730422 Ann-NCDC NA NA -------------------------- Element 03: Minimum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MIN_VAL (Statistic 05): Minimum Value DATEMIN (Statistic 14): Date (Year/Day) of Occurrence of Minimum Daily Value -------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: MIN_VAL DATEMIN Month -------------------------- Jan 9.4 198919 Feb 9.9 198209 Mar 12.6 196601 Apr 14.0 198106 May 17.3 198211 Jun 19.0 198701 Jul 18.4 198025 Aug 18.5 198527 Sep 18.8 197210 Oct 14.5 197731 Nov 13.1 196721 Dec 8.6 198013 Annual 8.619801213 Ann-NCDC NA NA -------------------------- Element 06: Precipitation (mm) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan Trace Feb Trace Mar Trace Apr 1.5 May 13.0 Jun 43.5 Jul 97.9 Aug 119.4 Sep 62.5 Oct 10.9 Nov 2.4 Dec 0.0 Annual 351.1 Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 08: Maximum 24-Hour Precipitation (mm) MAX_VAL (Statistic 04): Maximum Value DATEMAX (Statistic 12): Date (Year/Day) of Occurrence of Maximum Daily Value -------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: MAX_VAL DATEMAX Month -------------------------- Jan Trace 199033 Feb Trace 199033 Mar 0.6 197229 Apr 20.3 197929 May 42.9 198206 Jun 65.0 197527 Jul 84.5 196404 Aug 89.8 196116 Sep 92.3 197308 Oct 33.7 196422 Nov 58.0 197909 Dec 0.0 199032 Annual 92.319730908 Ann-NCDC NA NA -------------------------- Element 11: Relative Humidity (%) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 39.0 Feb 32.0 Mar 29.0 Apr 26.0 May 34.0 Jun 48.0 Jul 63.0 Aug 71.0 Sep 66.0 Oct 51.0 Nov 41.0 Dec 41.0 Annual 45.0 Ann-NCDC 45.1 ------------------ Element 13: Station Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 967.2 Feb 965.9 Mar 964.2 Apr 962.7 May 963.2 Jun 964.6 Jul 965.7 Aug 965.9 Sep 965.4 Oct 964.5 Nov 965.8 Dec 967.1 Annual 965.2 Ann-NCDC 965.2 ------------------ Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 2.7 Feb 2.7 Mar 3.1 Apr 2.2 May 2.2 Jun 3.1 Jul 2.7 Aug 2.2 Sep 1.8 Oct 1.3 Nov 2.2 Dec 2.7 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 2.4 ------------------ Element 17: Wind Direction (degrees) PREVAIL (Statistic 41): Prevailing ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 360.0 Feb 360.0 Mar 360.0 Apr 360.0 May 180.0 Jun 180.0 Jul 180.0 Aug 180.0 Sep 180.0 Oct 360.0 Nov 360.0 Dec 360.0 Annual NA Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 38: Piche Evaporation (mm) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 9.3 Feb 1.1 Mar 1.3 Apr 14.5 May 13.0 Jun 10.8 Jul 6.9 Aug 4.8 Sep 5.3 Oct 8.2 Nov 10.0 Dec 8.9 Annual 9.7 Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 40: Bright Sunshine %OFPOSS (Statistic 37): Percent of Possible ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 89.0 Feb 86.0 Mar 81.0 Apr 79.0 May 75.0 Jun 65.0 Jul 55.0 Aug 57.0 Sep 65.0 Oct 76.0 Nov 89.0 Dec 86.0 Annual 75.0 Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 40: Bright 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 10.1 313.1 Feb 10.0 280.0 Mar 9.7 300.7 Apr 10.1 303.0 May 9.5 294.5 Jun 8.3 249.0 Jul 7.0 217.0 Aug 7.1 220.1 Sep 8.1 243.0 Oct 9.3 288.3 Nov 10.2 306.0 Dec 10.2 316.2 Annual 9.1 NA Ann-NCDC 9.1 3330.9 -------------------------- Element 95: Number Days with Precipitation GE Threshold (count) Statistic 15: Mean Monthly Value Qualifier: 0.1 mm Qualifier: 1.0 mm Qualifier: 10.0 mm ---------------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 1990 Qualifier: 0.1 1.0 10.0 Month ---------------------------------- Jan 0.0 0.0 0.0 Feb 0.0 0.0 0.0 Mar 0.0 0.0 0.0 Apr 0.2 0.2 0.1 May 2.4 1.6 0.4 Jun 5.4 4.1 1.4 Jul 10.0 8.1 3.3 Aug 12.2 9.7 3.9 Sep 6.7 5.1 2.0 Oct 2.4 1.6 0.3 Nov 0.3 0.2 0.0 Dec 0.0 0.0 0.0 Annual 39.6 30.6 11.4 Ann-NCDC 39.6 30.6 11.4 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