Station Name: Acarigua WMO Station Number: 80427 National I.D. Number: Country: VENEZUELA WMO Region: REGION III - SOUTH AMERICA Latitude: 09d 33m N Longitude: 069d 14m W Elevation: 226 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: 1971 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 25.9 Feb 26.7 Mar 27.4 Apr 27.0 May 26.0 Jun 25.1 Jul 24.9 Aug 25.0 Sep 25.2 Oct 25.6 Nov 25.8 Dec 25.6 Annual 25.9 Ann-NCDC 25.8 ------------------ Element 02: Maximum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MAX_VAL (Statistic 04): Maximum Value -------------------------- byr: 1971 1971 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN MAX_VAL Month -------------------------- Jan 33.0 36.2 Feb 33.9 37.6 Mar 34.4 38.3 Apr 33.0 39.5 May 31.1 37.7 Jun 30.2 34.9 Jul 30.2 34.6 Aug 30.7 35.1 Sep 31.1 35.6 Oct 31.7 36.1 Nov 32.2 36.4 Dec 32.3 35.7 Annual 32.0 39.5 Ann-NCDC 32.0 NA -------------------------- Element 03: Minimum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MIN_VAL (Statistic 05): Minimum Value -------------------------- byr: 1971 1971 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN MIN_VAL Month -------------------------- Jan 22.0 17.3 Feb 22.8 17.5 Mar 23.5 20.5 Apr 23.5 18.2 May 22.8 19.3 Jun 22.0 19.4 Jul 21.7 17.7 Aug 21.7 18.1 Sep 21.8 18.9 Oct 22.0 19.1 Nov 22.1 18.5 Dec 21.8 17.5 Annual 22.3 17.3 Ann-NCDC 22.3 NA -------------------------- Element 06: Precipitation (mm) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1971 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 6.0 Feb 15.0 Mar 25.0 Apr 106.0 May 193.0 Jun 238.0 Jul 218.0 Aug 197.0 Sep 162.0 Oct 177.0 Nov 111.0 Dec 37.0 Annual 1484.0 Ann-NCDC 1485.0 ------------------ Element 11: Relative Humidity (%) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MNDLYMX (Statistic 09): Mean Daily Maximum Value MNDLYMI (Statistic 10): Mean Daily Minimum Value ---------------------------------- byr: 1971 1971 1971 eyr: 1990 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN MNDLYMX MNDLYMI Month ---------------------------------- Jan 68.0 86.0 43.0 Feb 66.0 84.0 42.0 Mar 65.0 83.0 42.0 Apr 72.0 89.0 48.0 May 81.0 94.0 56.0 Jun 85.0 97.0 58.0 Jul 85.0 97.0 57.0 Aug 86.0 98.0 57.0 Sep 85.0 98.0 55.0 Oct 84.0 97.0 54.0 Nov 80.0 95.0 51.0 Dec 74.0 92.0 47.0 Annual 78.0 93.0 51.0 Ann-NCDC 77.6 92.5 50.8 ---------------------------------- Element 12: Sea Level Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1971 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1011.2 Feb 1010.7 Mar 1010.0 Apr 1010.0 May 1011.2 Jun 1012.7 Jul 1013.1 Aug 1012.1 Sep 1011.2 Oct 1010.1 Nov 1009.8 Dec 1010.8 Annual 1011.1 Ann-NCDC 1011.1 ------------------ Element 15: Sunshine Statistic 44: Mean Number of Hours Qualifier: 06: Mean Daily Value Qualifier: NCDC: Mean Monthly Value Computed by NCDC from Mean Daily Values Provided by Member -------------------------- byr: 1971 1971 eyr: 1990 1990 Qualifier: 06 NCDC Month -------------------------- Jan 8.2 254.2 Feb 8.2 229.6 Mar 7.4 229.4 Apr 5.3 159.0 May 4.8 148.8 Jun 5.0 150.0 Jul 5.9 182.9 Aug 6.3 195.3 Sep 6.3 189.0 Oct 6.5 201.5 Nov 7.2 216.0 Dec 7.6 235.6 Annual 6.6 2391.3 Ann-NCDC NA 2391.3 -------------------------- Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1971 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 3.6 Feb 4.0 Mar 4.2 Apr 3.2 May 2.3 Jun 1.9 Jul 1.9 Aug 1.9 Sep 1.9 Oct 2.0 Nov 2.3 Dec 2.9 Annual 2.7 Ann-NCDC 2.7 ------------------ Element 17: Wind Direction (degrees) PREVAIL (Statistic 41): Prevailing ------------------ byr: 1971 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 22.5 Feb 22.5 Mar 22.5 Apr 22.5 May 360.0 Jun 337.5 Jul 337.5 Aug 337.5 Sep 337.5 Oct 337.5 Nov 337.5 Dec 360.0 Annual 337.5 Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 20: Sky Cover (Cloud Cover) (okta) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1971 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 2.7 Feb 2.9 Mar 3.6 Apr 4.9 May 5.6 Jun 5.7 Jul 5.5 Aug 5.2 Sep 4.9 Oct 4.8 Nov 4.1 Dec 3.2 Annual 4.4 Ann-NCDC 4.4 ------------------ Element 33: Global Solar Radiation (MJ/m2) MEANDLY (Statistic 06): Mean Daily Value ------------------ byr: 1971 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 17.63 Feb 18.91 Mar 19.25 Apr 16.60 May 15.95 Jun 16.48 Jul 17.58 Aug 18.16 Sep 17.93 Oct 17.12 Nov 16.28 Dec 16.34 Annual 17.35 Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 95: Number Days with Precipitation GE Threshold (count) Qualifier: 1.0 mm MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1971 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1.6 Feb 1.1 Mar 2.1 Apr 7.7 May 14.7 Jun 18.0 Jul 18.1 Aug 15.7 Sep 13.3 Oct 12.9 Nov 8.7 Dec 4.6 Annual 9.9 Ann-NCDC 118.5 ------------------