Station Name: Salalah WMO Station Number: 41316 National I.D. Number: Country: OMAN WMO Region: REGION II - ASIA Latitude: 17d 02m N Longitude: 054d 05m E Elevation: 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: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 22.9 Feb 23.7 Mar 25.5 Apr 27.6 May 29.0 Jun 29.0 Jul 26.4 Aug 25.2 Sep 26.3 Oct 26.3 Nov 25.9 Dec 23.9 Annual 26.0 Ann-NCDC 26.0 ------------------ Element 02: Maximum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MAX_VAL (Statistic 04): Maximum Value -------------------------- byr: 1970 1974 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN MAX_VAL Month -------------------------- Jan 27.5 32.3 Feb 27.9 33.8 Mar 29.9 36.7 Apr 31.7 43.6 May 32.4 42.3 Jun 31.8 43.0 Jul 28.4 32.7 Aug 27.3 31.3 Sep 29.0 33.0 Oct 30.5 40.1 Nov 30.8 37.4 Dec 28.7 34.2 Annual 29.6 43.6 Ann-NCDC 29.7 NA -------------------------- Element 03: Minimum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MIN_VAL (Statistic 05): Minimum Value -------------------------- byr: 1970 1974 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN MIN_VAL Month -------------------------- Jan 17.9 12.6 Feb 19.2 10.8 Mar 21.0 14.5 Apr 23.4 18.0 May 25.6 20.6 Jun 26.5 23.5 Jul 24.2 21.9 Aug 23.1 20.5 Sep 23.4 19.1 Oct 21.6 16.5 Nov 20.4 15.0 Dec 18.8 14.1 Annual 22.1 10.8 Ann-NCDC 22.1 NA -------------------------- Element 06: Precipitation (mm) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 2.2 Feb 7.0 Mar 6.3 Apr 19.8 May 17.1 Jun 10.6 Jul 24.6 Aug 24.5 Sep 4.1 Oct 4.1 Nov 9.6 Dec 1.1 Annual 130.9 Ann-NCDC 131.0 ------------------ Element 11: Relative Humidity (%) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1980 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 50 Feb 58 Mar 62 Apr 68 May 75 Jun 80 Jul 89 Aug 90 Sep 81 Oct 67 Nov 55 Dec 50 Annual 69 Ann-NCDC 68.8 ------------------ Element 13: Station Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1980 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1013.7 Feb 1012.0 Mar 1010.2 Apr 1007.9 May 1005.1 Jun 1000.9 Jul 1000.5 Aug 1001.2 Sep 1004.8 Oct 1009.3 Nov 1011.8 Dec 1013.5 Annual 1007.6 Ann-NCDC 1007.6 ------------------ Element 14: Vapor Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1984 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 13.7 Feb 16.9 Mar 20.1 Apr 25.4 May 30.2 Jun 32.8 Jul 29.8 Aug 28.7 Sep 27.5 Oct 23.2 Nov 18.1 Dec 15.4 Annual 23.5 Ann-NCDC 23.5 ------------------ Element 15: Sunshine MN_#HRS (Statistic 44): Mean Number of Hours ------------------ byr: 1979 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 289.6 Feb 256.8 Mar 297.6 Apr 308.3 May 335.1 Jun 199.5 Jul 43.9 Aug 42.4 Sep 188.0 Oct 314.7 Nov 304.7 Dec 296.8 Annual 2877.4 Ann-NCDC 2877.4 ------------------ Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1981 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 3.6 Feb 3.1 Mar 3.1 Apr 3.1 May 3.1 Jun 4.1 Jul 3.1 Aug 3.1 Sep 3.1 Oct 2.6 Nov 2.1 Dec 3.6 Annual 3.1 Ann-NCDC 3.1 ------------------