Station Name: KAOMA MET WMO Station Number: 67641 National I.D. Number: KAOMA001 Country: ZAMBIA WMO Region: REGION I - AFRICA Latitude: 14d 48m S Longitude: 024d 48m E Elevation: 1213 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: 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 21.4 NA 24.3 196714 19.6 196722 21.4 1967 21.4 1967 Feb 22.2 .8 24.3 199105 19.6 196701 21.3 1967 23.0 1991 Mar 22.4 .5 24.7 199109 20.0 196720 21.9 1967 22.9 1991 Apr 21.0 NA 22.7 199107 18.7 199110 21.0 1991 21.0 1991 May 18.9 .7 24.0 196708 15.1 196720 18.2 1967 19.5 1991 Jun 17.0 .0 19.5 199119 14.7 199114 17.0 1967 17.0 1991 Jul 15.1 NA 18.7 196729 13.0 196712 15.1 1967 15.1 1967 Aug NA NA NA 198430 * 198309 NA 1983 NA 1974 Sep 22.3 NA 25.3 196730 19.3 196710 22.3 1967 22.3 1967 Oct 24.7 NA 27.3 196713 20.4 196728 24.7 1967 24.7 1967 Nov 22.6 NA 25.0 196715 19.8 196728 22.6 1967 22.6 1967 Dec 21.7 NA 24.8 196711 18.8 196730 21.7 1967 21.7 1967 Annual 20.8 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 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: 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 eyr: 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 Statistic: MEAN STD_DEV MAX_DLY DATEMAX MIN_MLY YRMIMLY MAX_MLY YRMXMLY Month -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 28.6 .8 34.0 197319 27.1 1976 30.2 1973 Feb 28.8 .8 34.7 198323 27.5 1963 30.7 1983 Mar 29.3 1.2 37.5 198325 27.2 1978 31.2 1973 Apr 29.4 1.0 34.2 197307 27.3 1978 31.5 1987 May 28.2 1.1 33.8 197302 25.4 1976 30.7 1973 Jun 26.3 .8 32.2 199126 24.9 1978 28.1 1983 Jul 26.3 .9 32.7 196610 24.4 1964 27.9 1990 Aug 29.1 .9 35.0 197931 27.0 1976 30.5 1978 Sep 32.4 .9 37.4 197830 31.0 1982 33.9 1987 Oct 33.1 1.1 37.8 196703 31.0 1982 35.5 1968 Nov 30.8 1.4 38.2 198717 28.4 1968 34.3 1987 Dec 28.7 1.3 35.9 197202 26.3 1969 31.3 1972 Annual 29.2 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Ann-NCDC 29.3 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: 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 eyr: 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 Statistic: MEAN STD_DEV MIN_DLY DATEMIN MIN_MLY YRMIMLY MAX_MLY YRMXMLY Month -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 17.7 .5 11.8 197703 16.7 1972 18.6 1991 Feb 17.7 .5 13.2 197214 16.1 1972 18.6 1973 Mar 16.9 .8 9.3 197029 15.1 1970 18.3 1969 Apr 14.3 1.1 4.5 196528 11.7 1964 16.3 1988 May 9.8 1.3 .8 198612 6.5 1965 12.3 1990 Jun 6.4 1.4 -6.1 196815 3.6 1968 8.8 1990 Jul 5.9 .9 -.1 198723 3.8 1964 7.9 1983 Aug 8.7 1.2 .0 197319 6.1 1976 11.5 1969 Sep 13.3 1.1 5.6 196201 11.4 1962 16.7 1987 Oct 16.5 1.1 5.2 197410 14.4 1975 18.2 1967 Nov 17.4 1.0 7.4 197513 13.7 1975 18.5 1983 Dec 17.6 .9 10.0 197526 14.4 1975 19.2 1987 Annual 13.5 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Ann-NCDC 13.5 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 18.1 .6 Feb 18.1 .5 Mar 17.5 .8 Apr 14.2 3.5 May 9.8 1.0 Jun 5.6 1.2 Jul 5.8 1.4 Aug 6.2 2.8 Sep 5.7 1.6 Oct 11.9 1.5 Nov 15.8 1.3 Dec 17.6 .5 Annual 12.2 NA Ann-NCDC 12.2 12.2 -------------------------- 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 64.5 214.1 82.0 1980 337.3 1967 Feb 84.0 183.2 41.1 1983 390.3 1974 Mar 77.9 116.7 4.8 1964 309.3 1978 Apr 47.7 38.9 .0 1964 204.8 1986 May 4.1 1.9 .0 1962 14.2 1974 Jun 1.9 .4 .0 1962 10.7 1965 Jul .0 .0 .0 1961 .0 1961 Aug .6 .1 .0 1961 3.5 1977 Sep 6.7 3.4 .0 1961 32.5 1982 Oct 29.1 34.1 1.5 1975 106.9 1986 Nov 61.1 102.0 6.9 1972 300.2 1968 Dec 75.3 207.6 71.2 1981 377.7 1962 Annual NA 902.4 NA NA NA NA Ann-NCDC NA 902.4 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 76.1 198412 .0 196201 Feb 78.8 198818 .0 196203 Mar 71.6 196915 .0 196201 Apr 77.8 198617 .0 196202 May 10.7 196617 .0 196201 Jun 7.4 196504 .0 196201 Jul .0 196101 .0 196101 Aug 3.5 197711 .0 196101 Sep 28.8 198206 .0 196101 Oct 63.5 196930 .0 196101 Nov 144.5 196818 .0 196101 Dec 82.6 197801 .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: 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 3.2 97.0 198120 42.0 197907 72.4 1979 84.1 1982 Feb 79.6 3.9 97.0 198208 22.0 198419 72.0 1991 86.0 1981 Mar 73.5 4.2 97.0 198817 34.0 197926 66.2 1987 78.2 1985 Apr 70.3 4.1 94.0 199029 49.0 197802 60.3 1987 77.0 1986 May 61.5 4.1 82.0 198729 34.0 198331 56.3 1983 68.5 1986 Jun 57.7 4.2 80.0 198608 32.0 198319 51.9 1983 66.2 1976 Jul 53.7 3.7 71.0 198206 21.0 198328 48.1 1983 57.6 1988 Aug 45.5 4.8 72.0 198014 12.0 198309 38.2 1973 50.4 1988 Sep 38.6 3.8 92.0 198207 18.0 198818 30.9 1983 44.1 1982 Oct 50.9 5.7 93.0 198617 20.0 197728 46.2 1985 64.9 1986 Nov 65.3 7.0 95.0 198116 20.0 198229 52.5 1987 72.3 1982 Dec 75.6 2.9 99.0 198420 54.0 198213 69.5 1989 80.3 1984 Annual 62.6 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Annual NA Ann-NCDC 62.6 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: 1972 eyr: 1987 Month ------------------ Jan 201.5 Feb 182.0 Mar 226.3 Apr 267.0 May 282.1 Jun 285.0 Jul 300.7 Aug 319.3 Sep 300.0 Oct 244.9 Nov 234.0 Dec 151.9 Annual 2994.7 Ann-NCDC 2994.7 ------------------ 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 1.5 1.0 Feb 1.6 1.0 Mar 1.8 1.2 Apr 2.1 1.2 May 2.1 1.1 Jun 2.2 1.2 Jul 2.6 1.6 Aug 2.7 1.6 Sep 3.0 1.9 Oct 2.7 1.8 Nov 2.2 1.5 Dec 1.7 1.1 Annual 2.2 NA Ann-NCDC 2.2 1.4 -------------------------- 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: 120.0 cm depth -------------------------------------------------- byr: 1973 1976 1976 1976 1981 eyr: 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 Qualifier: 0.0 5.0 10.0 20.0 120.0 Month -------------------------------------------------- Jan 17.4 22.6 23.1 24.7 26.9 Feb 17.3 21.9 22.6 24.4 26.4 Mar 16.6 21.8 22.8 24.8 27.0 Apr 14.0 20.4 21.8 24.3 26.7 May 9.0 16.8 19.0 22.2 26.0 Jun 5.3 13.2 15.9 19.4 24.5 Jul 4.6 12.6 15.4 19.4 23.6 Aug 6.8 15.4 18.2 21.6 24.2 Sep 11.5 20.5 22.5 25.6 26.2 Oct 15.4 23.8 24.8 27.3 28.0 Nov 16.8 24.4 24.9 26.8 28.5 Dec 17.4 23.2 23.4 25.1 27.7 Annual 12.7 19.7 21.2 23.8 26.3 Ann-NCDC NA NA NA NA NA -------------------------------------------------- Element 20: Sky Cover (Cloud Cover) (okta) Qualifier: 45: Mean - Sunrise to Sunset MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1973 eyr: 1991 Month ------------------ Jan 6.2 Feb 6.1 Mar 5.5 Apr 4.0 May 2.5 Jun 1.1 Jul .9 Aug .8 Sep 1.6 Oct 4.1 Nov 5.5 Dec 6.3 Annual 3.7 Ann-NCDC 3.7 ------------------ 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 17 16 15 Mar 13 12 11 Apr 4 3 3 May 0 0 0 Jun 0 0 0 Jul 0 0 0 Aug 0 0 0 Sep 0 0 0 Oct 5 4 4 Nov 13 12 10 Dec 20 19 17 Annual 93 85 78 Ann-NCDC 93.0 85.0 78.0 ----------------------------------