Station Name: Qalai naw WMO Station Number: 40937 National I.D. Number: Country: AFGHANISTAN, ISLAMIC STATE OF WMO Region: REGION II - ASIA Latitude: 35d 00m N Longitude: 063d 07m E Elevation: 914 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 ------------------ byr: 1970 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 0.1 Feb 2.4 Mar 3.6 Apr 15.1 May 20.8 Jun 25.8 Jul 28.2 Aug 25.3 Sep 20.5 Oct 14.0 Nov 8.6 Dec 3.9 Annual 15.4 Ann-NCDC 14.0 ------------------ Element 02: Maximum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MAX_VAL (Statistic 04): Maximum Value -------------------------- byr: 1970 1970 eyr: 1983 1983 Statistic: MEAN MAX_VAL Month -------------------------- Jan 6.3 23.2 Feb 7.4 25.4 Mar 14.9 32.7 Apr 21.9 33.5 May 29.0 39.1 Jun 33.7 42.5 Jul 35.8 42.8 Aug 33.5 40.0 Sep 29.0 37.7 Oct 23.0 35.0 Nov 16.7 30.5 Dec 10.2 26.5 Annual 22.6 42.8 Ann-NCDC 21.8 34.1 -------------------------- Element 03: Minimum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MIN_VAL (Statistic 05): Minimum Value -------------------------- byr: 1970 1962 eyr: 1983 1982 Statistic: MEAN MIN_VAL Month -------------------------- Jan -4.0 -27.3 Feb -2.4 -26.1 Mar 2.9 -10.9 Apr 8.9 -9.0 May 12.0 2.3 Jun 15.8 6.6 Jul 18.2 11.2 Aug 16.1 6.3 Sep 10.0 0.2 Oct 5.0 -7.0 Nov 1.8 -9.6 Dec -0.8 -23.4 Annual 7.5 27.3 Ann-NCDC 7.0 -7.2 -------------------------- Element 06: Precipitation (mm) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1962 eyr: 1982 Month ------------------ Jan 63.9 Feb 77.0 Mar 97.5 Apr 47.3 May 12.3 Jun 0.0 Jul 0.0 Aug 0.0 Sep 0.6 Oct 6.7 Nov 17.9 Dec 53.4 Annual 30.9 Ann-NCDC 376.6 ------------------ Element 10: Snow Depth (cm) MAX_DLY (Statistic 11): Maximum Daily Value ------------------ byr: 1970 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 93.0 Feb 100.0 Mar 39.0 Apr 0.0 May 0.0 Jun 0.0 Jul 0.0 Aug 0.0 Sep 0.0 Oct 10.0 Nov 8.0 Dec 48.0 Annual 100.0 Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 11: Relative Humidity (%) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MAX_VAL (Statistic 04): Maximum Value MIN_VAL (Statistic 05): Minimum Value ---------------------------------- byr: 1962 1970 1970 eyr: 1982 1983 1983 Statistic: MEAN MAX_VAL MIN_VAL Month ---------------------------------- Jan 78.0 100.0 10.0 Feb 75.0 100.0 9.0 Mar 75.0 100.0 13.0 Apr 70.0 100.0 9.0 May 53.0 100.0 4.0 Jun 39.0 97.0 4.0 Jul 37.0 92.0 4.0 Aug 37.0 95.0 7.0 Sep 43.0 100.0 5.0 Oct 53.0 100.0 3.0 Nov 60.0 100.0 8.0 Dec 76.0 100.0 16.0 Annual 56.0 100.0 3.0 Ann-NCDC 58.0 NA NA ---------------------------------- Element 13: Station Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1962 eyr: 1982 Month ------------------ Jan 918.4 Feb 917.6 Mar 915.8 Apr 912.9 May 911.8 Jun 908.7 Jul 906.3 Aug 909.0 Sep 914.2 Oct 918.0 Nov 919.6 Dec 919.0 Annual 913.9 Ann-NCDC 914.3 ------------------ Element 14: Vapor Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1970 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 5.1 Feb 5.8 Mar 8.0 Apr 11.5 May 12.1 Jun 12.6 Jul 14.4 Aug 12.2 Sep 9.9 Oct 8.2 Nov 6.4 Dec 5.9 Annual 9.3 Ann-NCDC 9.3 ------------------ Element 15: Sunshine MN_#HRS (Statistic 44): Mean Number of Hours ------------------ byr: 1970 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 127.4 Feb 120.8 Mar 170.9 Apr 162.5 May 264.0 Jun 344.8 Jul 367.2 Aug 334.0 Sep 310.8 Oct 197.0 Nov 175.4 Dec 110.2 Annual 201.4 Ann-NCDC 2685.0 ------------------ Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MAXGUST (Statistic 30): Maximum Gust -------------------------- byr: 1970 1970 eyr: 1983 1983 Statistic: MEAN MAXGUST Month -------------------------- Jan 1.0 22.0 Feb 1.0 27.0 Mar 1.0 18.0 Apr 1.0 22.0 May 1.0 29.0 Jun 2.0 20.0 Jul 2.0 23.0 Aug 2.0 22.0 Sep 1.0 24.0 Oct 1.0 32.0 Nov 1.0 20.0 Dec 1.0 28.0 Annual 1.0 32.0 Ann-NCDC 1.2 NA -------------------------- Element 17: Wind Direction (degrees) MAXGUST (Statistic 30): Maximum Gust ------------------ byr: 1970 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 360.0 Feb 180.0 Mar 315.0 Apr 270.0 May 270.0 Jun 45.0 Jul 360.0 Aug 360.0 Sep 360.0 Oct 90.0 Nov 90.0 Dec 360.0 Annual 90.0 Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 51: Number Days with Thunder (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1970 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 0.0 Feb 0.0 Mar 0.0 Apr 1.0 May 1.0 Jun 0.0 Jul 0.0 Aug 0.0 Sep 0.0 Oct 0.0 Nov 0.0 Dec 0.0 Annual 2.0 Ann-NCDC 2.0 ------------------ Element 56: Number Days with Snowfall (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1970 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 6.0 Feb 5.0 Mar 3.0 Apr 0.0 May 0.0 Jun 0.0 Jul 0.0 Aug 0.0 Sep 0.0 Oct 0.0 Nov 1.0 Dec 3.0 Annual 18.0 Ann-NCDC 18.0 ------------------ Element BT: Number Days with Occurrence of Rain (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1970 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 5.0 Feb 7.0 Mar 10.0 Apr 9.0 May 3.0 Jun 0.0 Jul 0.0 Aug 0.0 Sep 0.0 Oct 2.0 Nov 4.0 Dec 5.0 Annual 45.0 Ann-NCDC 45.0 ------------------