Station Name: Bamiyan WMO Station Number: 40945 National I.D. Number: Country: AFGHANISTAN, ISLAMIC STATE OF WMO Region: REGION II - ASIA Latitude: 34d 49m N Longitude: 067d 49m E Elevation: 2550 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: 1960 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan -6.4 Feb -4.8 Mar 1.4 Apr 8.6 May 12.4 Jun 16.3 Jul 18.4 Aug 17.4 Sep 12.8 Oct 7.8 Nov 1.6 Dec -2.8 Annual 6.9 Ann-NCDC 6.9 ------------------ Element 02: Maximum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MAX_VAL (Statistic 04): Maximum Value -------------------------- byr: 1960 1960 eyr: 1983 1983 Statistic: MEAN MAX_VAL Month -------------------------- Jan 1.0 12.0 Feb 2.0 12.5 Mar 7.9 20.6 Apr 15.6 28.7 May 19.9 29.4 Jun 24.1 31.2 Jul 26.3 33.2 Aug 26.1 32.2 Sep 22.9 31.4 Oct 17.4 26.2 Nov 11.0 20.6 Dec 5.1 13.0 Annual 14.9 33.2 Ann-NCDC 14.9 24.3 -------------------------- Element 03: Minimum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MIN_VAL (Statistic 05): Minimum Value -------------------------- byr: 1960 1969 eyr: 1983 1983 Statistic: MEAN MIN_VAL Month -------------------------- Jan -12.1 -30.5 Feb -10.5 -28.4 Mar -3.8 -21.2 Apr 2.9 -6.5 May 5.7 -2.5 Jun 8.5 0.6 Jul 10.0 5.4 Aug 8.8 3.0 Sep 4.2 -2.6 Oct 0.0 -7.9 Nov -4.9 -14.5 Dec -8.6 -25.0 Annual 0.0 -30.5 Ann-NCDC 0.0 -10.8 -------------------------- Element 06: Precipitation (mm) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1969 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 8.3 Feb 15.7 Mar 27.4 Apr 29.8 May 26.0 Jun 5.7 Jul 1.0 Aug 0.0 Sep 3.1 Oct 4.2 Nov 7.5 Dec 4.3 Annual 11.0 Ann-NCDC 133.0 ------------------ Element 10: Snow Depth (cm) MAX_DLY (Statistic 11): Maximum Daily Value ------------------ byr: 1960 eyr: 1982 Month ------------------ Jan 60.0 Feb 70.0 Mar 20.0 Apr 10.0 May 10.0 Jun 0.0 Jul 0.0 Aug 0.0 Sep 15.0 Oct 3.0 Nov 5.0 Dec 12.0 Annual 70.0 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: 1969 1960 1960 eyr: 1983 1983 1983 Statistic: MEAN MAX_VAL MIN_VAL Month ---------------------------------- Jan 43.0 100.0 15.0 Feb 54.0 98.0 11.0 Mar 52.0 98.0 5.0 Apr 52.0 100.0 6.0 May 52.0 100.0 8.0 Jun 46.0 97.0 9.0 Jul 45.0 97.0 5.0 Aug 45.0 98.0 8.0 Sep 43.0 95.0 5.0 Oct 44.0 100.0 5.0 Nov 48.0 100.0 6.0 Dec 52.0 99.0 12.0 Annual 49.0 100.0 5.0 Ann-NCDC 48.0 NA NA ---------------------------------- Element 13: Station Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1969 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 748.1 Feb 747.2 Mar 748.6 Apr 749.3 May 750.6 Jun 749.4 Jul 747.7 Aug 748.6 Sep 751.3 Oct 752.9 Nov 752.4 Dec 750.6 Annual 749.5 Ann-NCDC 749.7 ------------------ Element 14: Vapor Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1960 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 2.1 Feb 2.4 Mar 3.6 Apr 5.5 May 7.1 Jun 8.2 Jul 9.3 Aug 8.5 Sep 6.1 Oct 4.6 Nov 3.4 Dec 2.6 Annual 5.3 Ann-NCDC 5.3 ------------------ Element 15: Sunshine MN_#HRS (Statistic 44): Mean Number of Hours ------------------ byr: 1960 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 196.7 Feb 174.6 Mar 210.7 Apr 239.4 May 28.6 Jun 356.9 Jul 372.9 Aug 357.8 Sep 325.3 Oct 276.7 Nov 245.5 Dec 198.0 Annual 272.5 Ann-NCDC 2983.1 ------------------ Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MAXGUST (Statistic 30): Maximum Gust -------------------------- byr: 1960 1960 eyr: 1983 1983 Statistic: MEAN MAXGUST Month -------------------------- Jan 1.0 16.0 Feb 1.0 17.0 Mar 1.0 20.0 Apr 1.0 20.0 May 1.0 24.0 Jun 1.0 20.0 Jul 1.0 21.0 Aug 1.0 15.0 Sep 1.0 14.0 Oct 1.0 20.0 Nov 1.0 22.0 Dec 1.0 14.0 Annual 1.0 24.0 Ann-NCDC 1.0 NA -------------------------- Element 17: Wind Direction (degrees) MAXGUST (Statistic 30): Maximum Gust ------------------ byr: 1960 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 90.0 Feb 315.0 Mar 180.0 Apr 270.0 May 270.0 Jun 90.0 Jul 360.0 Aug 360.0 Sep 315.0 Oct 270.0 Nov 270.0 Dec 90.0 Annual 270.0 Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 51: Number Days with Thunder (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1960 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 0.0 Feb 0.0 Mar 0.0 Apr 1.0 May 2.0 Jun 1.0 Jul 0.0 Aug 0.0 Sep 0.0 Oct 0.0 Nov 0.0 Dec 0.0 Annual 4.0 Ann-NCDC 4.0 ------------------ Element 56: Number Days with Snowfall (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1960 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 5.0 Feb 7.0 Mar 6.0 Apr 2.0 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 24.0 Ann-NCDC 24.0 ------------------ Element BT: Number Days with Occurrence of Rain (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1960 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 0.0 Feb 0.0 Mar 2.0 Apr 7.0 May 6.0 Jun 1.0 Jul 1.0 Aug 0.0 Sep 0.0 Oct 2.0 Nov 2.0 Dec 0.0 Annual 21.0 Ann-NCDC 21.0 ------------------