Station Name: KABWE AGROMET WMO Station Number: 67662 National I.D. Number: KABWE002 Country: ZAMBIA WMO Region: REGION I - AFRICA Latitude: 14d 24m S Longitude: 028d 30m 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: 1979 1979 1979 1979 1979 1979 1979 1979 1979 1979 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 21.2 .4 23.2 197927 17.2 197905 20.8 1979 21.6 1991 Feb 21.5 NA 23.6 197908 19.6 197926 21.5 1979 21.5 1979 Mar 21.2 .5 24.0 199121 19.1 199129 20.6 1979 21.7 1991 Apr 19.3 .0 21.9 197913 15.2 199110 19.3 1991 19.3 1979 May 18.1 .7 21.3 199104 10.9 197902 17.4 1979 18.8 1991 Jun 15.8 .2 19.8 197901 11.9 197916 15.5 1979 16.0 1991 Jul 15.8 NA 20.1 197921 12.0 197904 15.8 1979 15.8 1979 Aug 19.5 NA 23.2 197930 14.7 197901 19.5 1979 19.5 1979 Sep NA NA NA 198026 NA 198107 NA 1976 NA 1987 Oct NA NA NA 197328 NA 198704 NA 1976 NA 1977 Nov NA NA NA 198704 NA 198810 NA 1979 NA 1987 Dec NA NA NA 197901 NA 198429 NA 1974 NA 1987 Annual 19.0 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: 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 eyr: 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 Statistic: MEAN STD_DEV MAX_DLY DATEMAX MIN_MLY YRMIMLY MAX_MLY YRMXMLY Month -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 27.8 .8 32.7 198806 26.7 1982 29.3 1984 Feb 27.9 .8 32.4 198322 27.0 1982 29.6 1987 Mar 28.1 .9 33.3 198708 26.9 1978 30.0 1987 Apr 27.4 1.1 33.6 198716 25.9 1985 29.4 1987 May 26.1 1.0 31.8 198714 24.2 1981 28.0 1983 Jun 24.3 1.0 31.9 197907 22.7 1978 25.6 1991 Jul 24.3 .8 36.4 198212 22.8 1978 25.6 1987 Aug 27.1 .8 34.5 198831 25.8 1985 28.7 1978 Sep 31.0 1.0 39.1 198013 29.3 1982 32.2 1987 Oct 31.9 1.0 37.2 199016 30.2 1982 33.9 1977 Nov 30.9 1.2 37.8 198720 29.3 1979 33.4 1987 Dec 27.8 1.1 34.6 198921 26.0 1984 29.4 1981 Annual 27.9 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Ann-NCDC 27.9 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: 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 eyr: 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 Statistic: MEAN STD_DEV MIN_DLY DATEMIN MIN_MLY YRMIMLY MAX_MLY YRMXMLY Month -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 17.0 .6 11.8 197909 15.8 1984 17.9 1991 Feb 16.9 .5 11.2 198412 15.9 1984 17.6 1988 Mar 16.2 .7 9.0 199015 14.8 1982 17.1 1985 Apr 13.6 1.1 1.0 198105 11.8 1987 15.2 1978 May 10.3 1.0 3.6 198218 8.7 1980 12.3 1983 Jun 7.4 1.3 .1 198728 5.5 1980 10.0 1988 Jul 7.3 .9 1.6 198010 5.7 1986 8.7 1988 Aug 10.0 .8 3.6 198501 8.9 1983 12.1 1987 Sep 14.0 .7 7.2 198105 13.1 1983 15.4 1987 Oct 16.6 .6 10.0 198228 15.7 1982 17.7 1979 Nov 17.2 .8 10.0 198816 15.8 1988 18.8 1987 Dec 17.2 .5 13.0 198403 16.3 1984 18.5 1987 Annual 13.6 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Ann-NCDC 13.6 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Element 05: Dew Point Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1979 eyr: 1991 Month ------------------ Jan 17.1 Feb 18.3 Mar 17.6 Apr NA May NA Jun 6.8 Jul 7.5 Aug NA Sep NA Oct NA Nov 16.4 Dec 17.0 Annual 14.4 Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ 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: 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 eyr: 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 Statistic: STD_DEV MEANMLY MIN_MLY YRMIMLY MAX_MLY YRMXMLY Month ---------------------------------------------------------- Jan 93.1 242.6 87.6 1984 368.7 1990 Feb 66.9 182.8 34.9 1987 281.5 1981 Mar 58.4 120.1 16.6 1982 206.6 1978 Apr 41.9 30.9 .0 1987 119.9 1978 May 6.1 3.4 .0 1977 17.4 1982 Jun .0 .0 .0 1977 .0 1977 Jul .0 .0 .0 1977 .0 1977 Aug .6 .2 .0 1978 2.4 1977 Sep 4.3 1.2 .0 1977 16.8 1980 Oct 27.9 23.5 .0 1981 104.8 1978 Nov 43.4 81.6 20.4 1987 187.4 1980 Dec 105.9 231.4 35.2 1981 442.5 1984 Annual NA 917.7 NA NA NA NA Ann-NCDC NA 917.7 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: 1977 1977 1977 1977 eyr: 1991 1991 1991 1991 Statistic: MAX_DLY DATEMAX MIN_DLY DATEMIN Month ------------------------------------------ Jan 86.9 199121 .0 197701 Feb 83.8 199010 .0 197707 Mar 77.6 198307 .0 197712 Apr 60.1 198326 .0 197701 May 15.1 198208 .0 197701 Jun .0 197701 .0 197701 Jul .0 197701 .0 197701 Aug 2.4 197712 .0 197701 Sep 11.2 198028 .0 197701 Oct 84.0 197822 .0 197701 Nov 76.1 198030 .0 197701 Dec 64.3 198830 .0 197703 Annual NA NA NA NA Ann-NCDC NA NA NA 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: 1977 eyr: 1989 Month ------------------ Jan 179.8 Feb 165.2 Mar 207.7 Apr 252.0 May 291.4 Jun 279.0 Jul 291.4 Aug 316.2 Sep 297.0 Oct 275.9 Nov 228.0 Dec 179.8 Annual 2963.4 Ann-NCDC 2963.4 ------------------ Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) Statistic 01: Mean Value Qualifier: Qualifier: PM: Nighttime Average -------------------------- byr: 1977 1977 eyr: 1991 1991 Qualifier: PM Month -------------------------- Jan 4.7 3.5 Feb 4.4 3.1 Mar 5.4 4.2 Apr 5.8 4.0 May 5.8 3.9 Jun 6.6 4.4 Jul 7.9 5.5 Aug 8.4 6.1 Sep 8.7 7.1 Oct 8.8 5.0 Nov 6.8 4.2 Dec 5.4 3.9 Annual 6.6 NA Ann-NCDC 6.6 4.6 -------------------------- 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: 1978 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 eyr: 1990 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 Qualifier: 0.0 5.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 120.0 Month ---------------------------------------------------------- Jan 15.9 22.9 22.1 23.2 25.3 25.3 Feb 15.6 22.6 22.0 23.2 25.4 25.0 Mar 15.3 22.5 21.8 22.7 25.3 25.1 Apr 11.2 20.9 20.4 21.6 24.8 24.6 May 6.1 17.5 17.2 18.8 23.2 23.6 Jun 3.4 14.2 14.1 16.6 21.3 22.2 Jul 4.5 13.7 13.7 16.2 20.6 21.2 Aug 6.9 16.6 16.5 18.7 22.5 22.0 Sep 11.7 21.2 20.8 22.7 25.9 24.4 Oct 15.3 25.1 24.3 25.5 28.2 26.6 Nov 15.8 25.8 24.8 25.7 28.4 27.2 Dec 16.9 23.6 22.9 23.7 26.2 26.0 Annual 11.5 20.5 20.0 21.5 24.8 24.4 Ann-NCDC NA NA NA NA NA NA ---------------------------------------------------------- Element 20: Sky Cover (Cloud Cover) (okta) Qualifier: 45: Mean - Sunrise to Sunset MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1977 eyr: 1991 Month ------------------ Jan 6.1 Feb 6.2 Mar 6.2 Apr 4.1 May 2.9 Jun 2.0 Jul 1.9 Aug 1.2 Sep 1.6 Oct 4.1 Nov 5.5 Dec 6.5 Annual 4.0 Ann-NCDC 4.0 ------------------ 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: 1977 1977 1977 eyr: 1991 1991 1991 Qualifier: 1.0 5.0 10.0 Month ---------------------------------- Jan 18 18 17 Feb 15 15 14 Mar 10 10 9 Apr 2 2 2 May 0 0 0 Jun 0 0 0 Jul 0 0 0 Aug 0 0 0 Sep 0 0 0 Oct 2 2 2 Nov 8 8 7 Dec 16 16 15 Annual 71 71 66 Ann-NCDC 71.0 71.0 66.0 ----------------------------------