Station Name: KAWAMBWA MET WMO Station Number: 67403 National I.D. Number: KAWAM001 Country: ZAMBIA WMO Region: REGION I - AFRICA Latitude: 09d 48m S Longitude: 029d 05m E Elevation: 1324 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 STD_DEV (Statistic 03): Standard Deviation of Mean Value MAX_DLY (Statistic 11): Maximum Daily Value DATEMAX (Statistic 12): Date (Year/Day) of Occurrence of Maximum Daily Value MIN_DLY (Statistic 13): Minimum Daily Value DATEMIN (Statistic 14): Date (Year/Day) of Occurrence of Minimum Daily Value MIN_MLY (Statistic 20): Minimum Monthly Value YRMIMLY (Statistic 21): Year of Occurrence of Minimum Monthly Value MAX_MLY (Statistic 26): Maximum Monthly Value YRMXMLY (Statistic 27): Year of Occurrence of Maximum Monthly Value ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ byr: 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 eyr: 1988 1988 1988 1988 1988 1988 1988 1988 1988 1988 Statistic: MEAN STD_DEV MAX_DLY DATEMAX MIN_DLY DATEMIN MIN_MLY YRMIMLY MAX_MLY YRMXMLY Month ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jan 20.5 .4 22.8 198824 17.8 198408 20.0 1986 21.0 1988 Feb 20.6 .5 23.2 198801 18.2 198506 19.6 1985 21.2 1988 Mar 21.0 .4 24.2 198422 17.6 198831 20.3 1986 21.4 1984 Apr 20.8 .5 23.5 198717 18.1 198509 20.1 1985 21.8 1987 May 20.5 .4 23.7 198713 16.5 198431 20.0 1982 21.4 1987 Jun 18.8 .7 22.4 198804 14.7 198721 18.0 1985 20.2 1988 Jul 19.1 .6 22.6 198721 13.9 198701 18.5 1986 19.9 1987 Aug 20.9 .8 24.7 198630 15.8 198602 20.0 1985 22.2 1987 Sep 23.2 .4 25.5 198722 19.1 198408 22.6 1986 23.7 1987 Oct 22.5 .7 25.7 198416 17.5 198626 21.4 1986 23.5 1984 Nov 21.0 .7 26.3 198402 18.1 198411 20.5 1986 22.4 1987 Dec 20.6 .4 23.3 198722 18.2 198205 20.3 1982 21.5 1987 Annual 20.8 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Annual NA Ann-NCDC 20.8 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Ann-NCDC NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Element 02: Maximum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value STD_DEV (Statistic 03): Standard Deviation of Mean Value MAX_DLY (Statistic 11): Maximum Daily Value DATEMAX (Statistic 12): Date (Year/Day) of Occurrence of Maximum Daily Value MIN_MLY (Statistic 20): Minimum Monthly Value YRMIMLY (Statistic 21): Year of Occurrence of Minimum Monthly Value MAX_MLY (Statistic 26): Maximum Monthly Value YRMXMLY (Statistic 27): Year of Occurrence of Maximum Monthly Value -------------------------------------------------------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 eyr: 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 Statistic: MEAN STD_DEV MAX_DLY DATEMAX MIN_MLY YRMIMLY MAX_MLY YRMXMLY Month -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 26.4 .7 31.6 198515 24.8 1962 27.6 1981 Feb 26.9 .9 32.2 198323 25.1 1985 28.3 1983 Mar 27.0 .8 32.0 197525 25.7 1963 29.0 1983 Apr 27.3 .6 30.9 198311 26.3 1963 28.8 1987 May 27.3 .9 31.6 198714 25.2 1962 28.9 1987 Jun 26.5 .8 30.3 199030 25.4 1973 28.0 1988 Jul 26.6 .8 31.3 198721 24.8 1964 28.5 1987 Aug 28.4 .8 33.0 197425 26.6 1961 29.7 1978 Sep 30.5 .7 39.6 199020 29.3 1971 32.2 1990 Oct 30.0 .6 34.6 197204 28.6 1986 31.3 1990 Nov 27.5 1.0 34.6 198402 25.4 1963 29.5 1990 Dec 26.4 .8 36.3 199007 24.2 1961 28.4 1987 Annual 27.6 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Ann-NCDC 27.6 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Element 03: Minimum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value STD_DEV (Statistic 03): Standard Deviation of Mean Value MIN_DLY (Statistic 13): Minimum Daily Value DATEMIN (Statistic 14): Date (Year/Day) of Occurrence of Minimum Daily Value MIN_MLY (Statistic 20): Minimum Monthly Value YRMIMLY (Statistic 21): Year of Occurrence of Minimum Monthly Value MAX_MLY (Statistic 26): Maximum Monthly Value YRMXMLY (Statistic 27): Year of Occurrence of Maximum Monthly Value -------------------------------------------------------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 eyr: 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 Statistic: MEAN STD_DEV MIN_DLY DATEMIN MIN_MLY YRMIMLY MAX_MLY YRMXMLY Month -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 16.6 .4 10.4 199023 15.5 1974 17.6 1983 Feb 16.7 .5 13.8 198202 15.7 1975 17.5 1983 Mar 16.7 .4 12.3 197119 16.0 1971 17.5 1983 Apr 16.1 .5 11.0 198105 15.0 1985 17.3 1969 May 14.0 .8 8.0 197631 12.4 1962 15.4 1983 Jun 11.3 .9 5.3 197228 10.0 1980 13.4 1983 Jul 11.1 .8 5.6 196720 9.3 1964 12.5 1963 Aug 13.0 .6 7.0 197505 12.0 1976 14.9 1987 Sep 15.9 .4 8.0 198104 14.5 1974 16.9 1987 Oct 17.1 .5 10.5 197309 16.1 1964 18.4 1990 Nov 16.6 .4 5.5 198912 15.7 1974 17.6 1990 Dec 16.6 .5 13.5 197311 15.7 1971 17.4 1987 Annual 15.1 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Ann-NCDC 15.1 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Element 05: Dew Point Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value STD_DEV (Statistic 03): Standard Deviation of Mean Value -------------------------- byr: 1982 1982 eyr: 1991 1991 Statistic: MEAN STD_DEV Month -------------------------- Jan 17.3 .3 Feb 17.3 .5 Mar 17.4 .3 Apr 16.1 .7 May 13.7 .8 Jun 10.3 .6 Jul 7.9 .9 Aug 8.2 .8 Sep 9.9 .8 Oct 14.4 1.0 Nov 16.6 .4 Dec 17.6 .3 Annual 13.9 NA Ann-NCDC 13.9 13.9 -------------------------- Element 06: Precipitation (mm) STD_DEV (Statistic 03): Standard Deviation of Mean Value MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value MIN_MLY (Statistic 20): Minimum Monthly Value YRMIMLY (Statistic 21): Year of Occurrence of Minimum Monthly Value MAX_MLY (Statistic 26): Maximum Monthly Value YRMXMLY (Statistic 27): Year of Occurrence of Maximum Monthly Value ---------------------------------------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 eyr: 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 Statistic: STD_DEV MEANMLY MIN_MLY YRMIMLY MAX_MLY YRMXMLY Month ---------------------------------------------------------- Jan 47.6 211.8 64.3 1987 289.1 1988 Feb 51.4 186.9 85.1 1971 317.0 1988 Mar 63.6 265.9 161.0 1989 434.8 1962 Apr 54.3 123.3 3.8 1964 231.1 1971 May 34.6 18.0 .0 1962 189.7 1974 Jun 2.2 .6 .0 1962 12.2 1966 Jul 3.3 .8 .0 1961 17.2 1979 Aug 7.5 1.9 .0 1961 40.0 1974 Sep 20.6 16.3 .0 1961 74.2 1963 Oct 40.4 89.8 18.3 1965 190.1 1986 Nov 67.6 199.6 55.7 1981 323.2 1984 Dec 72.5 263.7 136.2 1976 437.6 1972 Annual NA 1378.6 NA NA NA NA Ann-NCDC NA 1378.6 NA NA NA NA ---------------------------------------------------------- Element 08: Maximum 24-Hour Precipitation (mm) MAX_DLY (Statistic 11): Maximum Daily Value DATEMAX (Statistic 12): Date (Year/Day) of Occurrence of Maximum Daily Value MIN_DLY (Statistic 13): Minimum Daily Value DATEMIN (Statistic 14): Date (Year/Day) of Occurrence of Minimum Daily Value ------------------------------------------ byr: 1961 1961 1961 1961 eyr: 1991 1991 1991 1991 Statistic: MAX_DLY DATEMAX MIN_DLY DATEMIN Month ------------------------------------------ Jan 71.6 198230 .0 196209 Feb 69.6 198813 .0 196201 Mar 80.7 198731 .0 196208 Apr 75.7 197214 .0 196202 May 64.8 197410 .0 196201 Jun 12.2 196607 .0 196201 Jul 17.2 197908 .0 196101 Aug 40.0 197423 .0 196101 Sep 67.3 196322 .0 196101 Oct 69.2 197418 .0 196101 Nov 70.8 198014 .0 196102 Dec 80.0 196110 .0 196102 Annual NA NA NA NA Ann-NCDC NA NA NA NA ------------------------------------------ Element 11: Relative Humidity (%) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value STD_DEV (Statistic 03): Standard Deviation of Mean Value MAX_DLY (Statistic 11): Maximum Daily Value DATEMAX (Statistic 12): Date (Year/Day) of Occurrence of Maximum Daily Value MIN_DLY (Statistic 13): Minimum Daily Value DATEMIN (Statistic 14): Date (Year/Day) of Occurrence of Minimum Daily Value MIN_MLY (Statistic 20): Minimum Monthly Value YRMIMLY (Statistic 21): Year of Occurrence of Minimum Monthly Value MAX_MLY (Statistic 26): Maximum Monthly Value YRMXMLY (Statistic 27): Year of Occurrence of Maximum Monthly Value ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ byr: 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 eyr: 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 Statistic: MEAN STD_DEV MAX_DLY DATEMAX MIN_DLY DATEMIN MIN_MLY YRMIMLY MAX_MLY YRMXMLY Month ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jan 79.8 1.0 100.0 198730 64.0 198411 78.5 1986 81.3 1984 Feb 80.2 1.8 97.0 198917 64.0 199127 77.4 1984 82.7 1985 Mar 78.0 2.5 100.0 198820 60.0 198417 73.3 1984 80.8 1988 Apr 71.6 3.1 98.0 199005 42.0 198716 67.3 1987 76.6 1986 May 65.4 2.3 87.0 198903 42.0 198607 60.4 1988 67.7 1990 Jun 57.9 1.6 78.0 199119 41.0 199006 55.0 1990 60.3 1986 Jul 51.3 4.0 73.0 198915 35.0 198616 46.6 1987 58.5 1989 Aug 47.1 1.5 78.0 198603 33.0 198631 44.3 1989 49.1 1987 Sep 46.8 3.2 85.0 198729 29.0 198906 42.8 1989 51.6 1990 Oct 60.9 5.2 90.0 198626 29.0 198805 54.1 1990 68.7 1986 Nov 72.2 3.9 96.0 198809 38.0 198907 65.5 1990 76.7 1986 Dec 79.0 2.5 96.0 198610 37.0 199021 75.7 1990 82.7 1986 Annual 65.9 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Annual NA Ann-NCDC 65.8 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Ann-NCDC NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Element 15: Sunshine Qualifier: NCDC: Mean Monthly Value Computed by NCDC from Mean Daily Values Provided by Member MN_#HRS (Statistic 44): Mean Number of Hours ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 133.3 Feb 117.6 Mar 161.2 Apr 222.0 May 285.2 Jun 291.0 Jul 303.8 Aug 297.6 Sep 249.0 Oct 210.8 Nov 147.0 Dec 120.9 Annual 2539.4 Ann-NCDC 2539.4 ------------------ Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) Statistic 01: Mean Value Qualifier: Qualifier: PM: Nighttime Average -------------------------- byr: 1961 1982 eyr: 1991 1991 Qualifier: PM Month -------------------------- Jan 2.1 1.9 Feb 2.0 1.9 Mar 2.0 2.1 Apr 2.5 2.7 May 2.9 2.8 Jun 2.9 2.8 Jul 3.3 3.1 Aug 3.6 3.3 Sep 3.6 3.3 Oct 3.0 2.3 Nov 2.2 2.1 Dec 2.0 1.9 Annual 2.7 NA Ann-NCDC 2.7 2.5 -------------------------- Element 19: Soil Temperature (deg C) Statistic 01: Mean Value Qualifier: 5.0 cm depth Qualifier: 10.0 cm depth Qualifier: 30.0 cm depth Qualifier: 120.0 cm depth ------------------------------------------ byr: 1982 1982 1982 1982 eyr: 1991 1991 1991 1991 Qualifier: 5.0 10.0 30.0 120.0 Month ------------------------------------------ Jan 20.6 21.0 23.0 23.4 Feb 20.7 21.1 23.6 23.5 Mar 21.0 21.3 21.3 23.5 Apr 20.4 21.0 23.9 23.5 May 19.6 20.6 NA 23.7 Jun 17.5 19.0 23.3 23.1 Jul 17.0 18.8 23.1 22.6 Aug 19.0 20.5 24.3 23.1 Sep 21.4 22.6 25.8 24.3 Oct 21.7 22.2 24.9 24.6 Nov 21.2 21.5 NA 24.2 Dec 21.0 21.2 24.0 23.7 Annual 20.1 20.9 23.7 23.6 Ann-NCDC NA NA NA NA ------------------------------------------ Element 20: Sky Cover (Cloud Cover) (okta) Qualifier: 45: Mean - Sunrise to Sunset MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1991 Month ------------------ Jan 6.4 Feb 6.2 Mar 5.9 Apr 4.9 May 3.1 Jun 1.5 Jul 1.2 Aug 1.1 Sep 2.5 Oct 5.3 Nov 6.1 Dec 6.7 Annual 4.2 Ann-NCDC 4.2 ------------------ Element 95: Number Days with Precipitation GE Threshold (count) Statistic 15: Mean Monthly Value Qualifier: 1.0 mm Qualifier: 5.0 mm Qualifier: 10.0 mm ---------------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 1961 eyr: 1991 1991 1991 Qualifier: 1.0 5.0 10.0 Month ---------------------------------- Jan 21 19 18 Feb 18 17 16 Mar 22 21 19 Apr 14 12 11 May 2 2 2 Jun 0 0 0 Jul 0 0 0 Aug 0 0 0 Sep 2 1 1 Oct 10 9 8 Nov 19 18 16 Dec 24 23 21 Annual 132 122 112 Ann-NCDC 132.0 122.0 112.0 ----------------------------------