Station Name: Bloemfontein WMO Station Number: 68442 National I.D. Number: Country: SOUTH AFRICA WMO Region: REGION I - AFRICA Latitude: 29d 06m S Longitude: 026d 18m E Elevation: 1351 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) MNDLYMX (Statistic 09): Mean Daily Maximum Value MNDLYMI (Statistic 10): Mean Daily Minimum Value MN_HRLY (Statistic 69): Mean of Hourly Observations ---------------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 1990 Statistic: MNDLYMX MNDLYMI MN_HRLY Month ---------------------------------- Jan 30.8 15.3 22.8 Feb 28.8 14.7 21.4 Mar 26.9 12.4 19.2 Apr 23.1 7.7 14.9 May 20.1 2.5 10.7 Jun 16.8 -1.5 6.9 Jul 17.4 -1.9 7.2 Aug 20.0 0.5 10.1 Sep 24.0 5.2 14.6 Oct 26.1 9.1 17.5 Nov 28.1 11.7 19.9 Dec 30.1 13.8 21.9 Annual 24.4 7.5 15.6 Ann-NCDC 24.4 7.5 15.6 ---------------------------------- Element 02: Maximum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MAX_VAL (Statistic 04): Maximum Value MNMLYMX (Statistic 18): Mean Monthly Maximum Value -------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: MAX_VAL MNMLYMX Month -------------------------- Jan 39.3 35.3 Feb 38.9 33.6 Mar 34.7 31.7 Apr 33.3 28.1 May 29.5 24.9 Jun 24.5 21.6 Jul 24.1 22.0 Aug 28.6 26.3 Sep 33.6 30.3 Oct 34.8 32.4 Nov 36.6 33.9 Dec 37.7 34.9 Annual 39.3 36.1 Ann-NCDC NA 29.6 -------------------------- Element 03: Minimum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MIN_VAL (Statistic 05): Minimum Value MNMLYMI (Statistic 19): Mean Monthly Minimum Value -------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: MIN_VAL MNMLYMI Month -------------------------- Jan 5.6 9.9 Feb 4.3 8.9 Mar 0.8 6.2 Apr -2.6 0.9 May -8.7 -3.2 Jun -9.1 -6.6 Jul -9.6 -6.7 Aug -9.7 -5.7 Sep -6.7 -2.3 Oct -2.9 1.1 Nov -0.1 5.6 Dec 3.3 7.7 Annual -9.7 -7.8 Ann-NCDC NA 1.3 -------------------------- Element 06: Precipitation (mm) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value MIN_MLY (Statistic 20): Minimum Monthly Value QUIN20% (Statistic 22): First Quintile QUIN40% (Statistic 23): Second Quintile QUIN60% (Statistic 24): Third Quintile QUIN80% (Statistic 25): Fourth Quintile MAX_MLY (Statistic 26): Maximum Monthly Value ------------------------------------------------------------------ byr: 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 Statistic: MEANMLY MIN_MLY QUIN20% QUIN40% QUIN60% QUIN80% MAX_MLY Month ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jan 82.0 8.6 28.5 51.0 79.9 143.3 228.1 Feb 110.0 5.3 42.0 67.0 92.9 149.8 530.4 Mar 73.0 18.7 38.1 62.4 83.2 95.0 201.2 Apr 58.0 13.8 24.2 36.9 63.6 90.3 144.6 May 18.0 0.0 1.0 6.0 23.0 36.0 48.0 Jun 13.0 0.0 1.0 6.0 14.0 21.0 52.0 Jul 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 20.0 47.0 Aug 14.0 0.0 0.5 3.2 5.6 17.0 117.0 Sep 23.0 0.0 1.4 4.5 10.8 47.2 188.9 Oct 4.0 0.0 13.0 21.0 43.0 73.0 141.0 Nov 5.0 2.0 19.0 43.0 54.0 98.0 187.0 Dec 60.0 3.1 31.9 42.1 66.6 87.5 143.0 Annual 560.0 325.5 428.3 480.1 525.1 634.8 1064.2 Ann-NCDC 469.0 NA NA NA NA NA NA ------------------------------------------------------------------ Element 11: Relative Humidity (%) MN_HRLY (Statistic 69): Mean of Hourly Observations ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 55.0 Feb 62.0 Mar 64.0 Apr 66.0 May 62.0 Jun 62.0 Jul 57.0 Aug 50.0 Sep 46.0 Oct 50.0 Nov 52.0 Dec 52.0 Annual 57.0 Ann-NCDC 56.5 ------------------ Element 13: Station Pressure (hPa) MN_HRLY (Statistic 69): Mean of Hourly Observations ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 860.2 Feb 860.9 Mar 862.8 Apr 863.9 May 865.6 Jun 867.2 Jul 867.6 Aug 865.9 Sep 864.1 Oct 862.4 Nov 861.2 Dec 860.2 Annual 863.5 Ann-NCDC 863.5 ------------------ Element 14: Vapor Pressure (hPa) MN_HRLY (Statistic 69): Mean of Hourly Observations ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 14.5 Feb 15.2 Mar 13.6 Apr 10.7 May 7.5 Jun 5.8 Jul 5.4 Aug 5.7 Sep 7.1 Oct 9.4 Nov 11.4 Dec 12.8 Annual 9.9 Ann-NCDC 9.9 ------------------ Element 15: Sunshine MN_#HRS (Statistic 44): Mean Number of Hours ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 296.3 Feb 247.9 Mar 258.6 Apr 250.2 May 266.0 Jun 249.9 Jul 272.6 Aug 285.9 Sep 278.0 Oct 290.9 Nov 296.5 Dec 319.5 Annual 3312.3 Ann-NCDC 3312.3 ------------------ 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 8.0 Feb 9.0 Mar 8.0 Apr 6.0 May 2.0 Jun 2.0 Jul 1.0 Aug 2.0 Sep 2.0 Oct 5.0 Nov 6.0 Dec 7.0 Annual 58.0 Ann-NCDC 58.0 ------------------