Station Name: Caracas-La Carlota WMO Station Number: 80416 National I.D. Number: Country: VENEZUELA WMO Region: REGION III - SOUTH AMERICA Latitude: 10d 30m N Longitude: 066d 53m W Elevation: 835 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: 1964 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 20.2 Feb 20.8 Mar 21.7 Apr 22.7 May 23.2 Jun 22.6 Jul 22.2 Aug 22.3 Sep 22.7 Oct 22.4 Nov 22.0 Dec 20.7 Annual 22.0 Ann-NCDC 22.0 ------------------ Element 02: Maximum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MAX_VAL (Statistic 04): Maximum Value -------------------------- byr: 1964 1964 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN MAX_VAL Month -------------------------- Jan 26.6 31.9 Feb 27.6 34.1 Mar 28.6 35.3 Apr 29.0 33.5 May 28.8 34.4 Jun 27.8 32.8 Jul 27.4 33.6 Aug 27.7 31.5 Sep 28.3 32.2 Oct 28.1 31.4 Nov 27.6 31.2 Dec 26.6 30.8 Annual 27.8 35.3 Ann-NCDC 27.8 NA -------------------------- Element 03: Minimum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MIN_VAL (Statistic 05): Minimum Value -------------------------- byr: 1964 1964 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN MIN_VAL Month -------------------------- Jan 16.0 10.0 Feb 16.3 10.9 Mar 17.2 11.4 Apr 18.6 12.5 May 19.6 13.1 Jun 19.4 14.9 Jul 18.9 14.1 Aug 18.7 14.3 Sep 18.7 15.5 Oct 18.5 13.1 Nov 18.1 11.9 Dec 16.8 10.0 Annual 18.1 10.0 Ann-NCDC 18.1 NA -------------------------- Element 06: Precipitation (mm) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1964 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 16.0 Feb 13.0 Mar 12.0 Apr 59.0 May 80.0 Jun 139.0 Jul 121.0 Aug 124.0 Sep 114.0 Oct 123.0 Nov 73.0 Dec 42.0 Annual 917.0 Ann-NCDC 916.0 ------------------ Element 11: Relative Humidity (%) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MNDLYMX (Statistic 09): Mean Daily Maximum Value MNDLYMI (Statistic 10): Mean Daily Minimum Value ---------------------------------- byr: 1964 1964 1964 eyr: 1990 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN MNDLYMX MNDLYMI Month ---------------------------------- Jan 78.0 97.0 51.0 Feb 76.0 96.0 48.0 Mar 74.0 95.0 46.0 Apr 76.0 95.0 48.0 May 78.0 96.0 51.0 Jun 80.0 97.0 55.0 Jul 81.0 96.0 56.0 Aug 82.0 97.0 56.0 Sep 80.0 97.0 54.0 Oct 81.0 97.0 55.0 Nov 82.0 98.0 56.0 Dec 81.0 97.0 55.0 Annual 79.0 97.0 53.0 Ann-NCDC 79.1 96.5 52.6 ---------------------------------- Element 12: Sea Level Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1964 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1019.6 Feb 1019.5 Mar 1019.3 Apr 1018.9 May 1019.2 Jun 1020.1 Jul 1020.3 Aug 1019.7 Sep 1018.9 Oct 1018.1 Nov 1018.0 Dec 1019.0 Annual 1019.2 Ann-NCDC 1019.2 ------------------ 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: 1964 1964 eyr: 1990 1990 Qualifier: 06 NCDC Month -------------------------- Jan 7.4 229.4 Feb 7.7 215.6 Mar 7.6 235.6 Apr 6.1 183.0 May 5.9 182.9 Jun 6.1 183.0 Jul 6.8 210.8 Aug 7.0 217.0 Sep 7.1 213.0 Oct 6.8 210.8 Nov 7.0 210.0 Dec 6.9 213.9 Annual 6.9 2505.0 Ann-NCDC NA 2505.0 -------------------------- Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1964 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 2.1 Feb 2.2 Mar 2.3 Apr 2.3 May 2.4 Jun 2.6 Jul 2.4 Aug 2.1 Sep 1.9 Oct 1.8 Nov 1.9 Dec 1.9 Annual 2.2 Ann-NCDC 2.2 ------------------ Element 17: Wind Direction (degrees) PREVAIL (Statistic 41): Prevailing ------------------ byr: 1964 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 157.5 Feb 157.5 Mar 157.5 Apr 157.5 May 157.5 Jun 157.5 Jul 157.5 Aug 157.5 Sep 157.5 Oct 157.5 Nov 157.5 Dec 157.5 Annual 157.5 Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 20: Sky Cover (Cloud Cover) (okta) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1964 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 5.0 Feb 4.9 Mar 5.3 Apr 6.1 May 6.3 Jun 6.5 Jul 6.2 Aug 5.9 Sep 5.9 Oct 5.9 Nov 5.8 Dec 5.5 Annual 5.8 Ann-NCDC 5.8 ------------------ Element 33: Global Solar Radiation (MJ/m2) MEANDLY (Statistic 06): Mean Daily Value ------------------ byr: 1964 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 15.29 Feb 16.70 Mar 17.94 Apr 16.76 May 16.22 Jun 16.63 Jul 17.45 Aug 17.94 Sep 17.46 Oct 15.99 Nov 14.69 Dec 14.18 Annual 16.44 Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 95: Number Days with Precipitation GE Threshold (count) Qualifier: 1.0 mm MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1964 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 2.9 Feb 2.0 Mar 1.4 Apr 4.2 May 9.2 Jun 14.2 Jul 13.4 Aug 12.8 Sep 10.8 Oct 11.6 Nov 9.3 Dec 6.3 Annual 8.2 Ann-NCDC 98.1 ------------------