Station Name: Maturin WMO Station Number: 80435 National I.D. Number: Country: VENEZUELA WMO Region: REGION III - SOUTH AMERICA Latitude: 09d 45m N Longitude: 063d 11m W Elevation: 68 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 25.1 Feb 25.4 Mar 25.9 Apr 26.6 May 26.6 Jun 25.7 Jul 25.6 Aug 26.2 Sep 26.7 Oct 26.7 Nov 26.2 Dec 25.4 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: 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN MAX_VAL Month -------------------------- Jan 30.7 34.9 Feb 31.4 35.7 Mar 32.2 36.2 Apr 32.8 36.8 May 32.4 36.7 Jun 30.9 35.9 Jul 30.9 36.8 Aug 31.6 37.1 Sep 32.3 36.9 Oct 32.2 36.7 Nov 31.5 35.5 Dec 30.7 35.1 Annual 31.6 37.1 Ann-NCDC 31.6 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 21.7 16.7 Feb 21.7 18.7 Mar 22.0 18.5 Apr 22.8 18.1 May 23.2 18.3 Jun 22.9 16.1 Jul 22.8 17.2 Aug 23.1 18.3 Sep 23.5 20.7 Oct 23.4 20.4 Nov 23.2 18.3 Dec 22.4 18.0 Annual 22.7 16.1 Ann-NCDC 22.7 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 58.0 9.0 26.0 43.0 61.5 83.5 197.0 Feb 33.0 2.0 9.0 22.0 38.5 48.5 146.0 Mar 24.0 0.0 6.5 15.0 25.0 42.0 105.0 Apr 37.0 0.0 4.0 18.5 31.5 70.0 184.0 May 100.0 2.0 39.5 61.5 84.5 159.5 423.0 Jun 208.0 71.0 149.5 187.0 227.5 274.0 352.0 Jul 215.0 101.0 162.0 199.5 231.0 266.0 291.0 Aug 177.0 69.0 132.5 162.0 187.0 220.0 300.0 Sep 131.0 57.0 86.0 113.5 141.0 168.0 264.0 Oct 107.0 11.0 73.5 95.5 114.5 143.5 216.0 Nov 135.0 37.0 81.5 121.5 141.0 173.5 291.0 Dec 111.0 33.0 80.5 99.0 113.0 146.0 205.0 Annual 1336.0 790.0 1103.0 1243.5 1374.5 1515.5 1943.0 Ann-NCDC 1336.0 NA NA NA NA NA NA ------------------------------------------------------------------ Element 11: Relative Humidity (%) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MNDLYMX (Statistic 09): Mean Daily Maximum Value MNDLYMI (Statistic 10): Mean Daily Minimum Value ---------------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN MNDLYMX MNDLYMI Month ---------------------------------- Jan 80.0 98.0 51.0 Feb 78.0 97.0 46.0 Mar 76.0 97.0 44.0 Apr 75.0 96.0 44.0 May 78.0 96.0 48.0 Jun 84.0 98.0 55.0 Jul 85.0 98.0 55.0 Aug 84.0 97.0 54.0 Sep 81.0 97.0 51.0 Oct 81.0 97.0 51.0 Nov 83.0 98.0 55.0 Dec 83.0 98.0 54.0 Annual 81.0 97.0 51.0 Ann-NCDC 80.7 97.2 50.7 ---------------------------------- Element 12: Sea Level Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1013.4 Feb 1013.3 Mar 1013.0 Apr 1012.5 May 1013.2 Jun 1013.8 Jul 1013.9 Aug 1013.2 Sep 1012.5 Oct 1011.4 Nov 1011.5 Dec 1012.9 Annual 1012.9 Ann-NCDC 1012.9 ------------------ 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: 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 Qualifier: 06 NCDC Month -------------------------- Jan 8.0 248.0 Feb 8.0 224.0 Mar 8.1 251.1 Apr 7.6 228.0 May 6.9 213.9 Jun 5.6 168.0 Jul 6.0 186.0 Aug 6.6 204.6 Sep 7.1 213.0 Oct 7.5 232.5 Nov 7.3 219.0 Dec 7.4 229.4 Annual 7.2 2617.5 Ann-NCDC NA 2617.5 -------------------------- Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 3.5 Feb 3.7 Mar 4.0 Apr 3.8 May 3.5 Jun 2.9 Jul 2.6 Aug 2.3 Sep 2.4 Oct 2.6 Nov 2.7 Dec 3.0 Annual 3.1 Ann-NCDC 3.1 ------------------ Element 17: Wind Direction (degrees) PREVAIL (Statistic 41): Prevailing ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 22.5 Feb 22.5 Mar 22.5 Apr 67.5 May 67.5 Jun 22.5 Jul 22.5 Aug 22.5 Sep 22.5 Oct 22.5 Nov 22.5 Dec 22.5 Annual 22.5 Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 20: Sky Cover (Cloud Cover) (okta) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 4.6 Feb 4.6 Mar 4.7 Apr 5.2 May 5.7 Jun 6.2 Jul 6.0 Aug 5.7 Sep 5.6 Oct 5.7 Nov 5.5 Dec 5.2 Annual 5.4 Ann-NCDC 5.4 ------------------ Element 33: Global Solar Radiation (MJ/m2) MEANDLY (Statistic 06): Mean Daily Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 15.86 Feb 17.00 Mar 18.07 Apr 17.63 May 16.88 Jun 15.56 Jul 15.98 Aug 16.59 Sep 17.13 Oct 16.47 Nov 15.14 Dec 14.81 Annual 16.43 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 9.7 Feb 5.7 Mar 4.0 Apr 4.2 May 10.6 Jun 18.1 Jul 19.6 Aug 17.8 Sep 12.8 Oct 12.1 Nov 14.2 Dec 12.6 Annual 11.8 Ann-NCDC 141.4 ------------------