Station Name: MISAMFU MET WMO Station Number: 67476 National I.D. Number: MISA0001 Country: ZAMBIA WMO Region: REGION I - AFRICA Latitude: 10d 06m S Longitude: 031d 15m E Elevation: 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: 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 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 20.0 .5 23.0 198516 14.1 198431 19.4 1976 21.4 1986 Feb 20.2 .8 25.3 198625 17.4 197613 19.1 1985 21.6 1986 Mar 20.6 .8 23.7 198618 17.8 197516 19.6 1975 22.6 1986 Apr 20.3 1.2 25.9 198607 14.5 198415 19.4 1984 23.7 1986 May 18.5 .8 22.6 198602 14.4 197913 17.1 1976 20.0 1983 Jun 16.4 .8 20.6 198301 11.5 197916 15.4 1979 18.2 1983 Jul 15.9 1.1 20.0 198729 10.8 197526 13.9 1985 17.6 1988 Aug 18.3 .8 24.3 198309 13.5 197609 16.9 1976 19.8 1987 Sep 20.9 .9 25.1 198315 14.7 198822 19.4 1984 22.2 1983 Oct 22.5 1.0 26.6 198526 14.7 198803 20.9 1984 25.1 1985 Nov 21.5 1.1 27.9 198907 15.3 198417 18.3 1984 23.3 1985 Dec 20.2 1.1 24.5 198505 15.3 198410 18.2 1983 22.8 1985 Annual 19.6 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Annual NA Ann-NCDC 19.6 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: 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 eyr: 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 Statistic: MEAN STD_DEV MAX_DLY DATEMAX MIN_MLY YRMIMLY MAX_MLY YRMXMLY Month -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 25.7 .7 30.7 198515 24.6 1989 26.8 1981 Feb 26.3 .8 30.5 198327 24.5 1985 27.8 1983 Mar 26.2 .7 30.5 198514 25.2 1975 27.6 1983 Apr 26.0 .7 29.2 198716 25.0 1985 27.3 1988 May 25.3 .8 29.9 198323 23.9 1974 27.0 1983 Jun 24.1 .8 30.8 199028 22.8 1979 25.6 1988 Jul 24.3 .7 29.2 198720 23.1 1974 26.0 1987 Aug 26.5 .8 32.1 198830 25.0 1975 27.9 1988 Sep 29.4 .6 37.5 199020 28.4 1974 30.6 1984 Oct 30.4 .7 34.7 198907 29.2 1975 31.8 1990 Nov 28.7 1.2 35.2 198910 27.0 1978 30.8 1987 Dec 26.4 .8 31.3 198727 25.5 1974 28.4 1987 Annual 26.6 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Ann-NCDC 26.6 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: 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 eyr: 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 Statistic: MEAN STD_DEV MIN_DLY DATEMIN MIN_MLY YRMIMLY MAX_MLY YRMXMLY Month -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 15.9 .4 11.6 199126 14.9 1978 16.4 1987 Feb 16.0 .5 12.1 197418 14.6 1975 16.6 1983 Mar 16.0 .4 11.9 197531 15.5 1985 16.8 1983 Apr 14.8 .7 4.3 199024 13.4 1985 15.8 1986 May 11.3 1.1 1.0 198129 10.1 1980 13.2 1974 Jun 7.5 1.0 2.0 197916 6.2 1980 9.8 1988 Jul 6.9 .7 -.7 197526 5.8 1981 8.7 1988 Aug 9.0 .9 .6 197408 7.5 1976 11.6 1987 Sep 12.0 .8 6.0 198107 10.6 1974 13.7 1987 Oct 14.8 .7 9.1 197507 13.3 1975 15.9 1986 Nov 15.6 .6 4.2 198926 14.6 1983 16.4 1988 Dec 15.9 .6 11.7 198630 14.3 1982 16.7 1987 Annual 13.0 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Ann-NCDC 13.0 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 12.3 6.0 Feb 13.2 5.4 Mar 12.9 5.6 Apr 12.2 5.5 May 10.4 4.8 Jun 7.7 2.3 Jul 4.6 NA Aug 7.6 NA Sep 8.6 1.2 Oct 8.8 1.2 Nov 9.2 3.4 Dec 10.4 5.4 Annual 9.8 NA Ann-NCDC 9.8 9.8 -------------------------- 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: 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 eyr: 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 Statistic: STD_DEV MEANMLY MIN_MLY YRMIMLY MAX_MLY YRMXMLY Month ---------------------------------------------------------- Jan 79.7 294.7 177.2 1990 517.3 1991 Feb 76.3 252.2 106.6 1982 402.2 1988 Mar 75.3 258.8 113.2 1983 402.0 1979 Apr 45.9 94.7 3.0 1984 164.5 1982 May 48.5 18.1 .0 1975 203.4 1974 Jun .0 .0 .0 1974 .0 1974 Jul .0 .0 .0 1973 .0 1973 Aug 1.1 .3 .0 1973 5.0 1983 Sep 5.0 2.4 .0 1974 16.0 1977 Oct 43.5 28.0 .0 1988 199.6 1973 Nov 62.3 135.3 30.3 1990 269.8 1982 Dec 99.4 265.2 108.2 1976 460.5 1986 Annual NA 1349.7 NA NA NA NA Ann-NCDC NA 1349.7 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: 1973 1973 1973 1973 eyr: 1991 1991 1991 1991 Statistic: MAX_DLY DATEMAX MIN_DLY DATEMIN Month ------------------------------------------ Jan 94.0 197701 .0 197401 Feb 92.5 197810 .0 197403 Mar 140.2 198814 .0 197409 Apr 87.3 198219 .0 197405 May 71.6 198201 .0 197402 Jun .0 197401 .0 197401 Jul .0 197301 .0 197301 Aug 5.0 198308 .0 197301 Sep 8.0 199019 .0 197301 Oct 94.0 197306 .0 197301 Nov 62.2 198527 .0 197301 Dec 76.3 198003 .0 197302 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 78.6 2.1 96.0 199113 61.0 199029 76. 1990 81.0 1974 Feb 77.5 .3 95.0 198309 66.0 198408 77. 1991 77.8 1990 Mar 75.7 2.2 98.0 198930 52.0 198303 73. 1990 77.9 1991 Apr 74.2 1.5 89.0 198404 58.0 198416 73. 1990 75.7 1991 May 70.5 .9 91.0 199004 57.0 198530 70. 1991 71.4 1990 Jun NA 54.8 186.0 199005 49.0 198505 62. 1991 172.1 1990 Jul NA NA 70.0 198505 48.0 197316 NA 1973 NA 1989 Aug 54.5 1.1 75.0 198819 41.0 199031 53. 1973 55.5 1990 Sep 48.3 3.6 83.0 198729 31.0 198319 44. 1973 51.6 1990 Oct 45.6 .2 85.0 198917 31.0 198507 45. 1990 45.8 1973 Nov 54.2 NA 93.0 198416 31.0 198910 54. 1990 54.2 1990 Dec 70.1 NA 95.0 198420 51.0 198301 70. 1990 70.1 1990 Annual 69.7 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Annual NA Ann-NCDC NA 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: 1973 eyr: 1991 Month ------------------ Jan 142.6 Feb 142.8 Mar 182.9 Apr 228.0 May 272.8 Jun 288.0 Jul 303.8 Aug 310.0 Sep 285.0 Oct 266.6 Nov 213.0 Dec 173.6 Annual 2809.1 Ann-NCDC 2809.1 ------------------ Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) Statistic 01: Mean Value Qualifier: Qualifier: PM: Nighttime Average -------------------------- byr: 1973 1973 eyr: 1991 1991 Qualifier: PM Month -------------------------- Jan 2.7 1.9 Feb 2.6 2.7 Mar 2.5 1.9 Apr 2.8 1.8 May 2.9 1.9 Jun 3.1 1.9 Jul 3.2 1.7 Aug 3.8 2.8 Sep 4.1 3.0 Oct 3.6 2.6 Nov 3.1 2.1 Dec 3.0 1.9 Annual 3.1 NA Ann-NCDC 3.1 2.2 -------------------------- 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: 1973 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 14.5 20.7 20.6 21.9 23.1 24.2 Feb 15.4 20.7 20.7 22.0 23.1 24.0 Mar 15.1 21.0 21.0 22.4 23.6 24.5 Apr 13.3 21.0 21.0 22.5 23.9 24.5 May 9.0 19.3 19.6 21.8 23.6 24.6 Jun 4.7 16.8 17.7 19.8 21.7 23.3 Jul 4.0 15.5 16.7 19.7 21.4 22.6 Aug 6.3 17.8 18.7 21.5 23.0 23.8 Sep 9.2 21.6 21.8 24.3 25.7 26.2 Oct 12.4 24.6 24.1 26.1 27.4 27.8 Nov 13.7 24.3 23.5 25.0 26.8 27.6 Dec 14.5 22.0 21.6 22.6 24.2 25.4 Annual 11.0 20.5 20.6 22.5 24.0 24.9 Ann-NCDC NA NA NA NA NA NA ---------------------------------------------------------- Element 20: Sky Cover (Cloud Cover) (okta) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1973 eyr: 1988 Month ------------------ Jan 3.8 Feb 3.9 Mar 3.7 Apr 2.8 May 2.4 Jun 1.4 Jul 1.2 Aug 1.1 Sep 1.6 Oct 2.9 Nov 3.7 Dec 3.9 Annual 2.7 Ann-NCDC 2.7 ------------------ Element 51: Number Days with Thunder (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1973 eyr: 1989 Month ------------------ Jan .9 Feb .8 Mar .7 Apr .3 May .0 Jun .0 Jul .0 Aug .0 Sep .0 Oct .2 Nov .7 Dec .9 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 4.5 ------------------ Element 52: Number Days with Lightning (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1973 eyr: 1989 Month ------------------ Jan .6 Feb .6 Mar .5 Apr .3 May .1 Jun .0 Jul .0 Aug .0 Sep .1 Oct .2 Nov .5 Dec .6 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 3.5 ------------------ 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: 1973 1973 1973 eyr: 1991 1991 1991 Qualifier: 1.0 5.0 10.0 Month ---------------------------------- Jan 22 22 20 Feb 19 19 17 Mar 19 18 18 Apr 8 8 7 May 1 1 1 Jun 0 0 0 Jul 0 0 0 Aug 0 0 0 Sep 0 0 0 Oct 3 3 3 Nov 13 13 12 Dec 21 20 19 Annual 106 104 97 Ann-NCDC 106.0 104.0 97.0 ----------------------------------