Station Name: KABWE MET WMO Station Number: 67663 National I.D. Number: KABW0001 Country: ZAMBIA WMO Region: REGION I - AFRICA Latitude: 14d 27m S Longitude: 028d 28m E Elevation: 1207 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: 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 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 21.1 .7 26.2 196820 15.9 198703 19.1 1964 22.4 1988 Feb 21.0 .8 24.6 198303 16.9 196521 18.2 1965 22.5 1987 Mar 20.7 .9 24.9 196422 14.2 196618 17.5 1966 22.6 1987 Apr 20.0 .7 24.9 198716 14.4 196324 18.6 1974 21.6 1987 May 17.8 1.1 23.1 198714 12.2 196318 15.6 1962 20.2 1983 Jun 15.9 .9 21.3 198807 10.4 196413 14.6 1980 17.6 1983 Jul 15.9 .9 21.2 198523 11.4 196209 14.2 1978 17.8 1984 Aug 18.4 .8 26.3 196531 12.0 196110 16.5 1976 19.8 1987 Sep 22.1 .8 30.4 197202 12.1 198103 20.9 1964 23.9 1985 Oct 24.1 .9 29.0 198515 14.4 197619 22.4 1975 26.6 1984 Nov 23.0 1.0 29.1 198705 14.9 196424 21.4 1973 25.2 1987 Dec 21.3 .8 26.8 197203 15.2 197811 20.2 1962 23.3 1981 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: 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 27.0 .8 32.4 198301 25.2 1974 28.7 1983 Feb 27.0 .9 31.5 198303 25.7 1976 29.1 1987 Mar 27.0 1.1 32.6 198224 24.8 1981 29.4 1987 Apr 26.5 1.2 33.0 198716 23.5 1981 29.0 1987 May 25.2 1.3 31.5 197512 22.8 1976 27.8 1983 Jun 23.7 .9 30.4 198214 22.2 1978 25.6 1990 Jul 23.5 .9 29.6 198720 21.5 1964 25.1 1990 Aug 26.1 .9 33.4 198128 24.1 1961 28.0 1978 Sep 29.8 .9 36.3 198925 28.3 1964 31.5 1984 Oct 31.3 .9 38.6 199028 29.8 1965 33.0 1984 Nov 29.8 1.3 37.5 198202 27.0 1973 32.3 1987 Dec 27.3 1.3 34.1 196606 25.4 1962 30.3 1981 Annual 27.0 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Ann-NCDC 27.0 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 17.3 .4 10.1 197927 16.6 1979 18.0 1983 Feb 17.4 .4 11.9 197917 16.5 1965 18.0 1973 Mar 16.5 .5 11.3 197529 15.5 1965 17.3 1978 Apr 14.4 .8 8.2 196327 13.3 1965 15.9 1962 May 11.4 1.0 5.9 196524 9.4 1962 13.7 1983 Jun 13.1 19.8 3.0 198118 7.5 1980 108.0 1966 Jul 8.7 .8 3.4 197526 7.4 1978 10.0 1988 Aug 10.9 .8 3.6 197803 8.9 1976 12.5 1987 Sep 14.5 .6 -4.4 196604 13.2 1974 15.9 1987 Oct 17.1 .6 8.9 197506 15.7 1975 18.2 1977 Nov 17.6 .6 12.6 198819 16.4 1985 18.6 1987 Dec 17.5 .4 9.4 197811 16.9 1973 18.2 1987 Annual 14.7 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Ann-NCDC 14.7 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: 1961 1961 eyr: 1991 1991 Statistic: MEAN STD_DEV Month -------------------------- Jan 27.3 18.9 Feb 27.5 19.1 Mar 26.4 18.2 Apr 23.8 17.8 May 20.2 16.6 Jun 16.3 16.4 Jul 16.4 17.0 Aug 15.8 16.4 Sep 17.0 16.8 Oct 19.6 16.6 Nov 25.6 20.2 Dec 28.6 19.9 Annual 22.0 NA Ann-NCDC 22.0 22.0 -------------------------- 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 91.7 234.4 76.0 1984 404.1 1965 Feb 68.9 179.4 61.6 1979 326.8 1978 Mar 73.0 100.6 17.8 1970 312.9 1969 Apr 34.4 27.5 .0 1964 137.7 1986 May 8.8 4.4 .0 1962 36.6 1974 Jun .5 .1 .0 1962 2.8 1988 Jul .0 .0 .0 1961 .0 1961 Aug .4 .1 .0 1961 2.4 1977 Sep 1.8 .7 .0 1962 8.8 1980 Oct 21.0 18.1 .0 1961 67.3 1963 Nov 57.7 91.2 20.3 1981 256.1 1979 Dec 103.7 251.2 62.3 1981 459.5 1969 Annual NA 907.8 NA NA NA NA Ann-NCDC NA 907.7 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: 1961 1961 1961 1961 eyr: 1991 1991 1991 1991 Statistic: MAX_DLY DATEMAX MIN_DLY DATEMIN Month ------------------------------------------ Jan 86.9 199121 .0 196201 Feb 97.5 196405 .0 196212 Mar 88.1 196218 .0 196201 Apr 83.1 196201 .0 196202 May 29.7 196901 .0 196201 Jun 2.6 198829 .0 196201 Jul .0 196101 .0 196101 Aug 2.4 197711 .0 196101 Sep 4.6 198010 .0 196101 Oct 44.9 197331 .0 196101 Nov 73.0 197419 .0 196101 Dec 121.9 196703 .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: 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 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 81.3 3.3 99.0 198530 45.0 198916 73.4 1984 87.6 1974 Feb 81.3 3.3 98.0 199114 51.0 198317 75.5 1983 86.5 1974 Mar 78.6 5.6 99.0 197801 39.0 198219 67.3 1970 88.1 1978 Apr 72.6 6.1 96.0 198130 48.0 197002 59.7 1987 84.5 1978 May 64.8 6.3 96.0 197410 34.0 197319 53.0 1973 77.4 1974 Jun 60.2 4.9 83.0 196316 27.0 196815 50.5 1968 70.4 1978 Jul 56.4 4.5 82.0 198801 28.0 197528 46.8 1973 65.2 1974 Aug 48.1 3.9 78.0 198101 23.0 198309 41.0 1973 55.4 1967 Sep 40.7 2.9 79.0 198908 21.0 198826 33.8 1973 47.0 1982 Oct 44.0 5.7 95.0 196728 20.0 196706 35.9 1962 57.5 1986 Nov 60.9 7.4 95.0 197910 23.0 199006 46.8 1987 73.2 1979 Dec 78.0 5.8 97.0 197417 37.0 198104 64.0 1981 86.6 1978 Annual 63.9 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Annual NA Ann-NCDC 63.9 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: 1989 Month ------------------ Jan 179.8 Feb 165.2 Mar 220.1 Apr 258.0 May 282.1 Jun 279.0 Jul 300.7 Aug 316.2 Sep 297.0 Oct 285.2 Nov 222.0 Dec 173.6 Annual 2978.9 Ann-NCDC 2978.9 ------------------ Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) Statistic 01: Mean Value Qualifier: Qualifier: 30: Maximum Gust Qualifier: PM: Nighttime Average ---------------------------------- byr: 1966 1967 1972 eyr: 1990 1988 1990 Qualifier: 30 PM Month ---------------------------------- Jan 3.5 18.4 2.3 Feb 3.4 18.0 2.1 Mar 3.1 18.8 1.9 Apr 3.4 19.6 1.8 May 3.1 18.9 1.8 Jun 3.1 20.0 2.1 Jul 3.2 21.2 2.3 Aug 3.4 22.0 2.5 Sep 4.1 22.7 2.9 Oct 4.1 21.9 3.1 Nov 3.9 20.6 2.8 Dec 3.8 18.0 2.4 Annual 3.5 20.0 NA Ann-NCDC 3.5 NA 2.3 ---------------------------------- 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: 120.0 cm depth -------------------------------------------------- byr: 1961 1967 1967 1973 1973 eyr: 1991 1991 1991 1991 1988 Qualifier: 0.0 5.0 10.0 20.0 120.0 Month -------------------------------------------------- Jan 16.9 22.0 22.1 23.5 -99.0 Feb 16.9 21.8 22.0 23.4 -99.0 Mar 16.0 21.4 21.8 23.5 -99.0 Apr 13.4 20.1 20.6 22.6 -99.0 May 9.4 17.3 18.0 20.5 -99.0 Jun 6.5 14.3 15.5 18.3 -99.0 Jul 6.2 13.7 14.8 17.8 -99.0 Aug 8.5 16.1 17.2 19.7 -99.0 Sep 12.2 20.4 21.1 23.8 -99.0 Oct 15.4 24.0 24.1 26.1 -99.0 Nov 16.7 24.1 23.9 25.9 -99.0 Dec 17.1 22.3 22.3 23.7 -99.0 Annual 12.9 19.8 20.3 22.4 -99.0 Ann-NCDC 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 1961 eyr: 1988 1991 Qualifier: 45 Month -------------------------- Jan 3.5 6.6 Feb 3.2 6.6 Mar 3.1 5.9 Apr 2.5 4.4 May 1.8 2.9 Jun 1.2 2.2 Jul 1.0 1.7 Aug .8 1.2 Sep 1.0 1.5 Oct 2.0 3.6 Nov 2.5 5.4 Dec 2.8 6.5 Annual 2.1 4.0 Ann-NCDC 2.1 4.0 -------------------------- Element 51: Number Days with Thunder (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1967 eyr: 1988 Month ------------------ Jan 1.1 Feb .9 Mar .6 Apr .2 May .0 Jun .0 Jul .0 Aug .0 Sep .0 Oct .2 Nov .8 Dec 1.1 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 4.9 ------------------ Element 52: Number Days with Lightning (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1967 eyr: 1988 Month ------------------ Jan 1.1 Feb .9 Mar .7 Apr .2 May .0 Jun .0 Jul .0 Aug .0 Sep .0 Oct .2 Nov .7 Dec 1.1 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 4.9 ------------------ Element 53: Number Days with Hail (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1967 eyr: 1988 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: 1988 Month ------------------ Jan .2 Feb .3 Mar .2 Apr .2 May .1 Jun .0 Jul .0 Aug .0 Sep .0 Oct .0 Nov .0 Dec .1 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 1.1 ------------------ 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 20 18 17 Feb 16 15 14 Mar 11 10 9 Apr 3 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 1 Nov 10 9 8 Dec 19 17 16 Annual 81 73 67 Ann-NCDC 81.0 73.0 67.0 ---------------------------------- 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: 1988 1988 Statistic: MIN_MLY MAX_MLY Month -------------------------- Jan .5 3.3 Feb .6 2.6 Mar .1 2.3 Apr .0 1.2 May .0 1.0 Jun .0 .1 Jul .0 .0 Aug .0 .3 Sep .0 .2 Oct .0 .8 Nov .4 2.0 Dec .0 2.9 Annual NA NA Ann-NCDC 1.6 16.7 --------------------------