Station Name: Zugspitze WMO Station Number: 10961 National I.D. Number: Country: GERMANY WMO Region: REGION VI - EUROPE Latitude: 47d 25m N Longitude: 010d 59m E Elevation: 2962 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: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan -11.2 Feb -11.4 Mar -10.2 Apr -7.5 May -3.1 Jun -.1 Jul 2.2 Aug 2.2 Sep .5 Oct -2.1 Nov -7.1 Dec -9.7 Annual NA Ann-NCDC -4.8 ------------------ Element 02: Maximum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MAX_VAL (Statistic 04): Maximum Value -------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN MAX_VAL Month -------------------------- Jan -8.6 3.1 Feb -8.7 5.1 Mar -7.5 4.7 Apr -4.6 9.3 May .0 14.8 Jun 2.8 13.6 Jul 5.1 17.6 Aug 5.1 16.5 Sep 3.2 12.8 Oct .4 12.7 Nov -4.6 6.6 Dec -7.1 4.0 Annual -21.1 NA Ann-NCDC -2.0 NA -------------------------- Element 03: Minimum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MIN_VAL (Statistic 05): Minimum Value -------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN MIN_VAL Month -------------------------- Jan -13.6 -32.7 Feb -13.8 -31.0 Mar -12.6 -31.0 Apr -9.9 -21.5 May -5.4 -18.6 Jun -2.4 -12.5 Jul -.1 -8.1 Aug .0 -8.7 Sep -1.8 -13.3 Oct -4.3 -15.8 Nov -9.5 -25.4 Dec -12.3 -27.8 Annual -7.1 NA Ann-NCDC -7.1 NA -------------------------- Element 06: Precipitation (mm) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value MIN_MLY (Statistic 20): Minimum Monthly Value QUIN20% (Statistic 22): First Quintile QUIN40% (Statistic 23): Second Quintile QUIN60% (Statistic 24): Third Quintile QUIN80% (Statistic 25): Fourth Quintile MAX_MLY (Statistic 26): Maximum Monthly Value ------------------------------------------------------------------ byr: 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 Statistic: MEANMLY MIN_MLY QUIN20% QUIN40% QUIN60% QUIN80% MAX_MLY Month ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jan 189.0 27.5 76.0 149.5 174.0 269.0 439.5 Feb 154.0 29.5 57.0 115.0 161.0 226.0 410.0 Mar 186.0 29.5 121.0 145.0 162.0 243.0 453.0 Apr 199.0 54.0 112.0 151.0 193.0 261.0 553.5 May 172.0 91.5 103.0 132.0 162.0 250.0 330.0 Jun 185.0 93.0 129.0 150.0 197.0 218.0 349.0 Jul 183.0 90.0 139.0 156.0 181.5 225.0 356.0 Aug 170.0 92.0 117.0 148.0 171.0 220.0 308.5 Sep 115.0 28.5 67.0 92.5 115.0 143.0 299.5 Oct 109.0 5.5 40.0 61.0 97.0 179.0 300.5 Nov 158.0 34.5 85.0 126.0 175.0 224.0 301.0 Dec 184.0 15.0 95.0 133.0 173.0 299.0 477.5 Annual 2003.0 NA NA NA NA NA NA Ann-NCDC 2004.0 NA NA NA NA NA NA ------------------------------------------------------------------ Element 14: Vapor Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 2.1 Feb 2.1 Mar 2.3 Apr 3.1 May 4.4 Jun 5.6 Jul 6.4 Aug 6.3 Sep 5.2 Oct 3.7 Nov 2.7 Dec 2.2 Annual 3.8 Ann-NCDC 3.8 ------------------ Element 15: Sunshine MN_#HRS (Statistic 44): Mean Number of Hours ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 116.3 Feb 132.1 Mar 153.7 Apr 153.4 May 164.9 Jun 153.0 Jul 174.6 Aug 178.6 Sep 181.8 Oct 188.8 Nov 133.1 Dec 116.1 Annual 1846.3 Ann-NCDC 1846.4 ------------------ Element 30: Height of 700 hPa Geopotential level (m) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 2959.0 Feb 2944.8 Mar 2959.6 Apr 2972.8 May 3027.9 Jun 3071.4 Jul 3103.9 Aug 3099.9 Sep 3090.0 Oct 3057.7 Nov 2992.3 Dec 2968.3 Annual 3020.6 Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 95: Number Days with Precipitation GE Threshold (count) Qualifier: 1.0 mm MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 16.0 Feb 14.0 Mar 16.0 Apr 16.0 May 16.0 Jun 18.0 Jul 17.0 Aug 16.0 Sep 12.0 Oct 10.0 Nov 13.0 Dec 15.0 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 179.0 ------------------