Station Name: Ghazni WMO Station Number: 40968 National I.D. Number: Country: AFGHANISTAN, ISLAMIC STATE OF WMO Region: REGION II - ASIA Latitude: 33d 32m N Longitude: 068d 25m E Elevation: 2183 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: 1958 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan -5.9 Feb -4.4 Mar 3.8 Apr 11.0 May 16.3 Jun 21.4 Jul 23.3 Aug 22.2 Sep 16.9 Oct 10.3 Nov 4.0 Dec -1.8 Annual 9.7 Ann-NCDC 9.8 ------------------ Element 02: Maximum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MAX_VAL (Statistic 04): Maximum Value -------------------------- byr: 1958 1958 eyr: 1983 1983 Statistic: MEAN MAX_VAL Month -------------------------- Jan 0.6 16.0 Feb 2.3 17.8 Mar 10.0 24.8 Apr 18.0 28.0 May 23.7 33.0 Jun 29.2 36.3 Jul 30.8 36.7 Aug 30.5 35.6 Sep 26.5 32.5 Oct 19.0 29.4 Nov 12.6 21.2 Dec 5.4 16.6 Annual 17.4 36.7 Ann-NCDC 17.4 27.3 -------------------------- Element 03: Minimum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MIN_VAL (Statistic 05): Minimum Value -------------------------- byr: 1958 1958 eyr: 1983 1983 Statistic: MEAN MIN_VAL Month -------------------------- Jan -10.6 -33.5 Feb -9.0 -29.2 Mar -1.5 -17.5 Apr 4.2 -5.8 May 8.1 0.0 Jun 12.4 5.0 Jul 15.1 7.7 Aug 14.1 2.0 Sep 8.3 -3.5 Oct 2.2 -6.0 Nov -2.5 -13.8 Dec -6.6 -33.2 Annual 2.3 -33.5 Ann-NCDC 2.9 -10.7 -------------------------- Element 06: Precipitation (mm) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1958 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 40.2 Feb 53.9 Mar 70.9 Apr 49.9 May 19.7 Jun 1.9 Jul 14.1 Aug 4.7 Sep 0.5 Oct 4.1 Nov 11.3 Dec 25.8 Annual 24.7 Ann-NCDC 297.0 ------------------ Element 10: Snow Depth (cm) MAX_DLY (Statistic 11): Maximum Daily Value ------------------ byr: 1958 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 83.0 Feb 98.0 Mar 87.0 Apr 14.0 May 1.0 Jun 0.0 Jul 0.0 Aug 0.0 Sep 0.0 Oct 0.0 Nov 22.0 Dec 40.0 Annual 98.0 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: 1958 1958 1958 eyr: 1983 1983 1983 Statistic: MEAN MAX_VAL MIN_VAL Month ---------------------------------- Jan 68.0 100.0 13.0 Feb 72.0 100.0 17.0 Mar 64.0 100.0 6.0 Apr 55.0 100.0 4.0 May 43.0 99.0 3.0 Jun 36.0 95.0 5.0 Jul 43.0 100.0 4.0 Aug 39.0 98.0 5.0 Sep 35.0 96.0 4.0 Oct 42.0 100.0 6.0 Nov 52.0 100.0 6.0 Dec 60.0 100.0 7.0 Annual 51.0 100.0 3.0 Ann-NCDC 50.8 NA NA ---------------------------------- Element 13: Station Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1958 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 784.7 Feb 783.6 Mar 783.9 Apr 783.8 May 782.6 Jun 780.4 Jul 778.7 Aug 779.6 Sep 782.7 Oct 786.5 Nov 787.1 Dec 785.9 Annual 783.3 Ann-NCDC 783.3 ------------------ Element 14: Vapor Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1958 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 2.8 Feb 3.4 Mar 5.0 Apr 6.4 May 7.4 Jun 8.6 Jul 11.0 Aug 10.0 Sep 6.9 Oct 5.4 Nov 4.0 Dec 3.4 Annual 6.1 Ann-NCDC 6.2 ------------------ Element 15: Sunshine MN_#HRS (Statistic 44): Mean Number of Hours ------------------ byr: 1958 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 175.3 Feb 174.8 Mar 227.6 Apr 258.6 May 314.3 Jun 346.2 Jul 353.2 Aug 341.8 Sep 324.5 Oct 293.9 Nov 256.4 Dec 194.6 Annual 269.6 Ann-NCDC 3261.2 ------------------ Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MAXGUST (Statistic 30): Maximum Gust -------------------------- byr: 1958 1958 eyr: 1983 1983 Statistic: MEAN MAXGUST Month -------------------------- Jan 4.0 20.0 Feb 4.0 25.0 Mar 4.0 30.0 Apr 4.0 30.0 May 4.0 25.0 Jun 4.0 25.0 Jul 3.0 25.0 Aug 4.0 22.0 Sep 3.0 22.0 Oct 4.0 30.0 Nov 4.0 20.0 Dec 3.0 15.0 Annual 4.0 30.0 Ann-NCDC 3.8 NA -------------------------- Element 17: Wind Direction (degrees) MAXGUST (Statistic 30): Maximum Gust ------------------ byr: 1958 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 360.0 Feb 45.0 Mar 180.0 Apr 135.0 May 270.0 Jun 360.0 Jul 360.0 Aug 90.0 Sep 180.0 Oct 180.0 Nov 180.0 Dec 360.0 Annual 180.0 Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 51: Number Days with Thunder (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1958 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 0.0 Feb 0.0 Mar 2.0 Apr 4.0 May 5.0 Jun 2.0 Jul 3.0 Aug 2.0 Sep 0.0 Oct 1.0 Nov 0.0 Dec 0.0 Annual 19.0 Ann-NCDC 19.0 ------------------ Element 56: Number Days with Snowfall (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1958 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 6.0 Feb 7.0 Mar 4.0 Apr 1.0 May 0.0 Jun 0.0 Jul 0.0 Aug 0.0 Sep 0.0 Oct 0.0 Nov 1.0 Dec 5.0 Annual 24.0 Ann-NCDC 24.0 ------------------ Element BT: Number Days with Occurrence of Rain (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1958 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 1.0 Feb 2.0 Mar 7.0 Apr 9.0 May 6.0 Jun 1.0 Jul 3.0 Aug 2.0 Sep 0.0 Oct 1.0 Nov 2.0 Dec 1.0 Annual 35.0 Ann-NCDC 35.0 ------------------