Station Name: TURKESTAN
  WMO Station Number: 38198
National I.D. Number:         
             Country: KAZAKSTAN (ASIA)
          WMO Region: REGION II - ASIA                   
            Latitude:  43d 16m N
           Longitude: 068d 13m E
           Elevation:      206 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
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The normals data and climate variable descriptions are
presented in these tables as provided by the WMO Member
country.
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  Element 01:  Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C)
   MEAN (Statistic 01):  Mean Value
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      byr:    1961
      eyr:    1990
  Month
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   Jan        -4.9
   Feb        -2.2
   Mar         5.7
   Apr        14.5
   May        20.6
   Jun        26.1
   Jul        28.6
   Aug        26.2
   Sep        19.7
   Oct        10.6
   Nov         3.9
   Dec        -1.4
  Annual        NA
 Ann-NCDC     12.3
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  Element 06:  Precipitation (mm)
MEANMLY (Statistic 15):  Mean Monthly Value
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      byr:    1961
      eyr:    1990
  Month
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   Jan        20.6
   Feb        21.6
   Mar        28.8
   Apr        31.2
   May        21.7
   Jun         7.2
   Jul         3.4
   Aug         1.7
   Sep         2.6
   Oct        12.6
   Nov        22.0
   Dec        30.4
  Annual        NA
 Ann-NCDC    203.8
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  Element 12:  Sea Level Pressure (hPa)
   MEAN (Statistic 01):  Mean Value
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      byr:    1961
      eyr:    1990
  Month
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   Jan      1026.7
   Feb      1025.7
   Mar      1021.5
   Apr      1016.4
   May      1013.5
   Jun      1007.9
   Jul      1004.7
   Aug      1007.5
   Sep      1014.8
   Oct      1021.8
   Nov      1025.9
   Dec      1025.8
  Annual        NA
 Ann-NCDC   1017.7
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  Element 14:  Vapor Pressure (hPa)
   MEAN (Statistic 01):  Mean Value
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      byr:    1961
      eyr:    1990
  Month
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   Jan        03.8
   Feb        04.3
   Mar        05.9
   Apr        08.2
   May        09.7
   Jun        10.0
   Jul        11.0
   Aug        09.3
   Sep        07.3
   Oct        06.0
   Nov        05.5
   Dec        04.7
  Annual        NA
 Ann-NCDC      7.1
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  Element 15:  Sunshine
MN_#HRS (Statistic 44):  Mean Number of Hours
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      byr:    1961
      eyr:    1990
  Month
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   Jan       138.0
   Feb       155.0
   Mar       199.0
   Apr       247.0
   May       337.0
   Jun       382.0
   Jul       401.0
   Aug       383.0
   Sep       315.0
   Oct       248.0
   Nov       167.0
   Dec       122.0
  Annual        NA
 Ann-NCDC   3094.0
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  Element 95:  Number Days with Precipitation GE Threshold (count)
   Qualifier:     1.0 mm                
MEANMLY (Statistic 15):  Mean Monthly Value
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      byr:    1961
      eyr:    1990
  Month
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   Jan         5.6
   Feb         4.6
   Mar         5.8
   Apr         5.2
   May         3.6
   Jun         1.1
   Jul          .7
   Aug          .3
   Sep          .7
   Oct         2.6
   Nov         3.8
   Dec         6.1
  Annual        NA
 Ann-NCDC     40.1
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