Station Name: Farah WMO Station Number: 40974 National I.D. Number: Country: AFGHANISTAN, ISLAMIC STATE OF WMO Region: REGION II - ASIA Latitude: 32d 22m N Longitude: 062d 11m E Elevation: 700 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 7.2 Feb 9.9 Mar 15.6 Apr 21.7 May 27.0 Jun 32.2 Jul 34.3 Aug 31.9 Sep 26.7 Oct 20.2 Nov 12.9 Dec 8.8 Annual 20.5 Ann-NCDC 20.7 ------------------ 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 14.6 28.3 Feb 17.1 34.0 Mar 23.1 34.5 Apr 29.5 42.0 May 35.5 44.2 Jun 41.0 47.8 Jul 42.6 49.5 Aug 40.8 47.2 Sep 36.2 43.9 Oct 29.9 37.9 Nov 22.7 32.2 Dec 17.2 26.6 Annual 29.5 49.5 Ann-NCDC 29.2 39.0 -------------------------- Element 03: Minimum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MIN_VAL (Statistic 05): Minimum Value -------------------------- byr: 1960 1960 eyr: 1983 1983 Statistic: MEAN MIN_VAL Month -------------------------- Jan 0.9 -10.5 Feb 3.4 -8.0 Mar 8.2 -3.0 Apr 13.8 2.6 May 18.0 7.0 Jun 22.9 4.0 Jul 25.2 16.0 Aug 22.3 12.0 Sep 17.1 5.3 Oct 10.5 -0.7 Nov 4.3 -11.9 Dec 1.1 -11.0 Annual 12.5 -11.9 Ann-NCDC 12.3 .2 -------------------------- Element 06: Precipitation (mm) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1960 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 24.3 Feb 22.8 Mar 22.5 Apr 8.5 May 2.0 Jun 0.0 Jul 0.0 Aug 0.0 Sep 0.1 Oct 1.3 Nov 3.3 Dec 10.3 Annual 7.9 Ann-NCDC 95.1 ------------------ Element 10: Snow Depth (cm) MAX_DLY (Statistic 11): Maximum Daily Value ------------------ byr: 1960 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 0.0 Feb 0.0 Mar 0.0 Apr 0.0 May 0.0 Jun 0.0 Jul 0.0 Aug 0.0 Sep 0.0 Oct 0.0 Nov 0.0 Dec 0.0 Annual 0.0 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: 1960 1960 1960 eyr: 1983 1983 1983 Statistic: MEAN MAX_VAL MIN_VAL Month ---------------------------------- Jan 60.0 100.0 11.0 Feb 58.0 100.0 8.0 Mar 53.0 100.0 10.0 Apr 50.0 99.0 7.0 May 38.0 96.0 6.0 Jun 30.0 80.0 6.0 Jul 29.0 97.0 5.0 Aug 31.0 98.0 5.0 Sep 32.0 95.0 6.0 Oct 38.0 100.0 5.0 Nov 43.0 100.0 5.0 Dec 50.0 100.0 10.0 Annual 43.0 100.0 5.0 Ann-NCDC 42.7 NA NA ---------------------------------- Element 13: Station Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1960 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 942.7 Feb 940.6 Mar 938.0 Apr 935.8 May 932.7 Jun 927.2 Jul 923.2 Aug 925.6 Sep 932.5 Oct 939.4 Nov 942.6 Dec 942.7 Annual 935.8 Ann-NCDC 935.2 ------------------ Element 14: Vapor Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1960 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 5.4 Feb 6.7 Mar 8.9 Apr 11.6 May 12.7 Jun 14.1 Jul 14.7 Aug 13.2 Sep 10.4 Oct 8.4 Nov 6.2 Dec 5.9 Annual 9.9 Ann-NCDC 9.8 ------------------ Element 15: Sunshine MN_#HRS (Statistic 44): Mean Number of Hours ------------------ byr: 1960 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 204.3 Feb 198.1 Mar 236.3 Apr 253.3 May 333.4 Jun 360.6 Jul 358.9 Aug 345.8 Sep 318.2 Oct 288.4 Nov 251.1 Dec 201.9 Annual 276.5 Ann-NCDC 3350.3 ------------------ 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 2.0 42.0 Feb 2.0 44.0 Mar 3.0 22.0 Apr 3.0 21.0 May 3.0 20.0 Jun 3.0 19.0 Jul 4.0 28.0 Aug 3.0 18.0 Sep 3.0 28.0 Oct 2.0 16.0 Nov 2.0 20.0 Dec 2.0 19.0 Annual 3.0 44.0 Ann-NCDC 2.7 NA -------------------------- Element 17: Wind Direction (degrees) MAXGUST (Statistic 30): Maximum Gust ------------------ byr: 1960 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 90.0 Feb 315.0 Mar 157.5 Apr 360.0 May 315.0 Jun 45.0 Jul 360.0 Aug 360.0 Sep 360.0 Oct 360.0 Nov 270.0 Dec 180.0 Annual 360.0 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 1.0 Apr 1.0 May 0.0 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: 1960 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 0.0 Feb 0.0 Mar 0.0 Apr 0.0 May 0.0 Jun 0.0 Jul 0.0 Aug 0.0 Sep 0.0 Oct 0.0 Nov 0.0 Dec 0.0 Annual 0.0 Ann-NCDC 0.0 ------------------ Element BT: Number Days with Occurrence of Rain (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1960 eyr: 1983 Month ------------------ Jan 4.0 Feb 4.0 Mar 4.0 Apr 3.0 May 1.0 Jun 0.0 Jul 0.0 Aug 0.0 Sep 0.0 Oct 0.0 Nov 1.0 Dec 2.0 Annual 19.0 Ann-NCDC 19.0 ------------------