Station Name: MANSA MET WMO Station Number: 67461 National I.D. Number: MANSA001 Country: ZAMBIA WMO Region: REGION I - AFRICA Latitude: 11d 06m S Longitude: 028d 51m E Elevation: 1259 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: 1989 1989 1989 1989 1989 1989 1989 1989 1989 1989 Statistic: MEAN STD_DEV MAX_DLY DATEMAX MIN_DLY DATEMIN MIN_MLY YRMIMLY MAX_MLY YRMXMLY Month ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jan 20.8 .4 25.2 198502 18.0 197904 20.2 1989 21.5 1983 Feb 20.9 .6 26.5 198719 17.5 197608 20.0 1985 22.1 1974 Mar 20.9 .5 24.3 198501 17.4 197619 20.0 1975 21.9 1974 Apr 20.6 .5 24.0 197603 16.3 197828 19.6 1976 21.4 1988 May 18.8 .7 22.5 198506 12.8 198731 17.5 1976 20.8 1983 Jun 16.5 1.4 22.1 198808 10.0 198521 12.9 1978 19.3 1983 Jul 16.6 .9 20.4 197631 11.6 197427 15.4 1978 19.0 1976 Aug 18.6 .7 24.0 198831 11.0 197501 17.4 1984 20.0 1987 Sep 21.8 .6 25.9 198817 15.5 198104 20.7 1974 23.1 1988 Oct 23.2 .6 28.1 198601 17.2 198528 22.0 1985 24.2 1973 Nov 22.2 .8 27.8 198910 16.3 197815 20.8 1984 23.7 1987 Dec 20.8 .8 24.9 198101 14.7 198605 18.5 1986 22.5 1987 Annual 20.1 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Annual NA Ann-NCDC 20.1 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: 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 eyr: 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 Statistic: MEAN STD_DEV MAX_DLY DATEMAX MIN_MLY YRMIMLY MAX_MLY YRMXMLY Month -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 27.1 .6 31.4 197322 26.1 1989 28.1 1973 Feb 27.3 .7 32.1 197519 26.3 1985 28.5 1980 Mar 27.4 .6 31.5 198507 26.6 1975 28.8 1983 Apr 27.3 .6 30.9 196729 26.3 1979 28.6 1983 May 26.7 .7 31.9 198323 25.4 1976 28.9 1983 Jun 25.2 .8 30.2 198808 24.0 1986 27.1 1983 Jul 25.2 .6 30.6 198720 24.3 1974 26.6 1983 Aug 27.3 .7 33.4 198128 26.2 1967 28.4 1988 Sep 30.4 .7 35.4 198920 28.8 1967 31.5 1984 Oct 31.2 .8 35.5 199025 29.5 1986 32.7 1990 Nov 29.2 1.2 36.5 198910 27.6 1978 31.8 1990 Dec 27.1 .8 33.5 198728 25.6 1968 29.1 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: 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 eyr: 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 Statistic: MEAN STD_DEV MIN_DLY DATEMIN MIN_MLY YRMIMLY MAX_MLY YRMXMLY Month -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 16.8 .3 14.0 198205 16.2 1968 17.4 1983 Feb 16.8 .4 13.9 199028 15.9 1968 17.8 1973 Mar 16.6 .4 12.1 197030 15.5 1968 17.5 1983 Apr 15.4 .6 9.5 198417 14.3 1981 16.4 1969 May 12.3 .9 6.5 197330 11.1 1980 14.4 1972 Jun 9.1 1.0 4.1 198118 7.0 1980 11.3 1983 Jul 8.6 .8 3.0 197823 7.2 1981 10.2 1983 Aug 10.4 .7 4.5 198502 9.4 1984 12.6 1987 Sep 13.5 .6 7.2 197208 12.3 1974 14.6 1987 Oct 16.1 .6 10.5 197506 14.6 1975 17.3 1972 Nov 16.9 .3 12.6 199009 16.3 1975 17.5 1987 Dec 16.8 .4 13.9 198426 16.2 1967 17.6 1987 Annual 14.1 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Ann-NCDC 14.1 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: 1973 1973 eyr: 1991 1991 Statistic: MEAN STD_DEV Month -------------------------- Jan 17.6 .4 Feb 17.7 .4 Mar 17.6 .3 Apr 16.3 .7 May 12.8 .8 Jun 9.2 1.3 Jul 7.6 .8 Aug 7.8 .9 Sep 8.4 1.1 Oct 11.5 1.0 Nov 15.4 .7 Dec 17.5 .3 Annual 13.3 NA Ann-NCDC 13.3 13.3 -------------------------- 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 63.4 242.3 132.6 1972 415.9 1984 Feb 64.3 219.2 112.6 1975 404.9 1971 Mar 73.3 199.1 61.5 1970 356.9 1967 Apr 38.7 61.1 .0 1964 154.2 1962 May 12.9 6.6 .0 1962 46.9 1974 Jun .7 .1 .0 1962 3.8 1968 Jul .0 .0 .0 1961 .0 1961 Aug .4 .1 .0 1961 2.5 1983 Sep 7.9 4.2 .0 1961 32.1 1980 Oct 38.6 41.2 .0 1974 150.1 1969 Nov 58.5 143.1 32.3 1990 282.4 1961 Dec 82.4 259.6 61.9 1987 407.9 1984 Annual NA 1176.5 NA NA NA NA Ann-NCDC NA 1176.6 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 74.7 198121 .0 196209 Feb 84.1 196501 .0 196203 Mar 95.0 197510 .0 196204 Apr 87.6 196209 .0 196202 May 30.0 196611 .0 196201 Jun 3.8 196803 .0 196201 Jul .0 196101 .0 196101 Aug 2.5 198308 .0 196101 Sep 21.4 198011 .0 196101 Oct 60.1 198220 .0 196101 Nov 67.3 197021 .0 196101 Dec 80.4 198916 .0 196103 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: 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 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 79.5 1.2 98.0 198821 64.0 197320 77.1 1973 80.8 1991 Feb 79.4 1.1 98.0 198912 65.0 197301 77.7 1988 80.8 1989 Mar 77.4 1.7 95.0 198922 1.0 198820 75.6 1988 80.5 1989 Apr 73.4 1.8 99.0 198401 59.0 198419 71.0 1984 76.4 1990 May 66.3 4.5 93.0 199002 43.0 197319 58.6 1973 72.5 1990 Jun 60.9 2.2 72.0 198818 45.0 198711 56.9 1987 64.2 1988 Jul 58.1 2.1 96.0 198831 44.0 197305 55.2 1973 61.0 1989 Aug 52.4 2.9 67.0 198708 36.0 198931 48.6 1988 57.1 1987 Sep 46.1 3.5 93.0 198729 26.0 197322 42.4 1973 51.2 1987 Oct 48.0 2.1 91.0 198821 24.0 198803 45.0 1990 50.8 1988 Nov 61.9 4.8 99.0 198728 29.0 198910 55.5 1987 68.4 1988 Dec 76.0 2.7 96.0 198819 55.0 198727 71.4 1987 78.1 1988 Annual 64.9 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Annual NA Ann-NCDC 65.0 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: 1970 eyr: 1989 Month ------------------ Jan 145.7 Feb 134.4 Mar 179.8 Apr 213.0 May 260.4 Jun 258.0 Jul 275.9 Aug 294.5 Sep 270.0 Oct 251.1 Nov 198.0 Dec 142.6 Annual 2623.4 Ann-NCDC 2623.4 ------------------ Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1967 eyr: 1991 Month ------------------ Jan 2.2 Feb 2.1 Mar 2.3 Apr 3.0 May 3.5 Jun 3.6 Jul 4.0 Aug 4.4 Sep 4.6 Oct 4.3 Nov 3.3 Dec 2.3 Annual 3.3 Ann-NCDC 3.3 ------------------ Element 19: Soil Temperature (deg C) Statistic 01: Mean Value Qualifier: 0.0 cm depth Qualifier: 5.0 cm depth Qualifier: 10.0 cm depth Qualifier: 20.0 cm depth Qualifier: 30.0 cm depth Qualifier: 120.0 cm depth ---------------------------------------------------------- byr: 1967 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 eyr: 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 Qualifier: 0.0 5.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 120.0 Month ---------------------------------------------------------- Jan 16.7 21.5 21.7 22.7 23.5 24.7 Feb 16.5 21.5 21.7 22.7 23.6 24.5 Mar 16.4 21.4 21.7 23.0 23.7 24.9 Apr 14.9 20.7 21.1 22.4 23.3 24.6 May 10.6 18.8 19.4 21.1 22.0 24.3 Jun 7.0 15.8 16.7 19.2 20.4 23.4 Jul 6.2 15.0 16.0 18.3 19.8 22.6 Aug 8.2 17.0 17.6 20.0 21.3 22.8 Sep 11.3 20.8 21.1 23.3 24.3 24.3 Oct 14.6 23.2 23.2 24.8 25.6 25.6 Nov 16.1 23.2 23.1 24.1 25.1 26.0 Dec 17.2 22.0 22.0 22.9 23.8 25.1 Annual 13.0 20.1 20.4 22.0 23.0 24.4 Ann-NCDC NA NA NA NA NA NA ---------------------------------------------------------- Element 20: Sky Cover (Cloud Cover) (okta) Statistic 01: Mean Value Qualifier: Qualifier: 45: Mean - Sunrise to Sunset -------------------------- byr: 1967 1967 eyr: 1989 1991 Qualifier: 45 Month -------------------------- Jan 2.5 6.7 Feb 2.7 6.7 Mar 2.6 6.3 Apr 1.4 5.3 May .8 3.3 Jun .4 1.7 Jul .2 1.4 Aug .3 1.2 Sep .4 2.1 Oct .9 3.8 Nov 52.5 5.7 Dec 2.5 9.7 Annual 5.6 4.5 Ann-NCDC NA NA -------------------------- Element 51: Number Days with Thunder (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1967 eyr: 1989 Month ------------------ Jan 1.1 Feb 1.1 Mar 1.0 Apr .3 May .0 Jun .0 Jul .0 Aug .0 Sep .0 Oct .3 Nov 1.0 Dec 1.1 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 5.9 ------------------ Element 52: Number Days with Lightning (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1967 eyr: 1989 Month ------------------ Jan .9 Feb 1.1 Mar .9 Apr .5 May .1 Jun .0 Jul .0 Aug .0 Sep .1 Oct .3 Nov 1.0 Dec 1.1 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 6.0 ------------------ Element 53: Number Days with Hail (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1967 eyr: 1989 Month ------------------ Jan .0 Feb .0 Mar .0 Apr .0 May .0 Jun .0 Jul .0 Aug .0 Sep .0 Oct .0 Nov .0 Dec .0 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 0.0 ------------------ Element 58: Number Days with Fog/Ice Fog (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1967 eyr: 1989 Month ------------------ Jan .2 Feb .3 Mar .3 Apr .1 May .1 Jun .1 Jul .0 Aug .0 Sep .0 Oct .0 Nov .1 Dec .2 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 1.4 ------------------ 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 22 21 19 Feb 18 18 16 Mar 17 16 15 Apr 7 6 5 May 1 1 0 Jun 0 0 0 Jul 0 0 0 Aug 0 0 0 Sep 0 0 0 Oct 4 4 4 Nov 15 14 13 Dec 22 21 20 Annual 106 101 92 Ann-NCDC 106.0 101.0 92.0 ---------------------------------- Element BT: Number Days with Occurrence of Rain (count) MIN_MLY (Statistic 20): Minimum Monthly Value MAX_MLY (Statistic 26): Maximum Monthly Value -------------------------- byr: 1967 1967 eyr: 1989 1989 Statistic: MIN_MLY MAX_MLY Month -------------------------- Jan 1.3 3.3 Feb 1.5 3.1 Mar .9 3.2 Apr .4 1.8 May .0 1.4 Jun .0 .1 Jul .0 .0 Aug .0 .2 Sep .0 .5 Oct .0 1.2 Nov 1.1 2.4 Dec 1.4 3.3 Annual NA NA Ann-NCDC 6.6 20.5 --------------------------