Station Name: Ciudad Bolivar WMO Station Number: 80444 National I.D. Number: Country: VENEZUELA WMO Region: REGION III - SOUTH AMERICA Latitude: 08d 09m N Longitude: 063d 33m W Elevation: 43 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 26.7 Feb 27.2 Mar 28.0 Apr 28.7 May 28.3 Jun 27.1 Jul 26.9 Aug 27.4 Sep 28.0 Oct 28.2 Nov 27.9 Dec 26.9 Annual 27.6 Ann-NCDC 27.6 ------------------ 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 32.3 37.1 Feb 33.2 39.8 Mar 34.3 39.2 Apr 35.0 39.7 May 34.4 40.4 Jun 32.7 37.4 Jul 32.4 37.3 Aug 32.9 37.6 Sep 33.6 38.0 Oct 33.6 37.9 Nov 33.4 38.2 Dec 32.5 37.6 Annual 33.4 40.4 Ann-NCDC 33.4 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 22.8 17.9 Feb 22.7 18.1 Mar 23.5 20.0 Apr 24.0 18.6 May 24.3 17.7 Jun 23.7 18.2 Jul 23.4 18.2 Aug 23.8 17.8 Sep 24.0 18.0 Oct 24.1 18.5 Nov 24.1 19.2 Dec 23.4 18.0 Annual 23.7 17.7 Ann-NCDC 23.6 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 22.0 0.0 1.0 4.5 15.5 30.0 95.0 Feb 13.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 11.0 29.5 49.0 Mar 9.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 5.0 10.0 95.0 Apr 27.0 0.0 0.0 7.0 25.5 39.5 149.0 May 102.0 0.0 31.5 61.5 122.5 164.0 229.0 Jun 165.0 0.0 112.0 140.0 170.0 234.5 261.0 Jul 183.0 0.0 119.5 144.5 182.0 238.0 495.0 Aug 160.0 0.0 68.5 103.5 130.5 252.5 489.0 Sep 96.0 0.0 29.5 53.5 82.0 129.0 402.0 Oct 97.0 0.0 55.5 82.5 100.5 130.0 208.0 Nov 62.0 0.0 21.5 35.5 62.0 90.5 214.0 Dec 41.0 0.0 14.5 22.0 38.0 71.0 123.0 Annual 977.0 456.0 871.5 955.0 1051.0 1162.0 1299.0 Ann-NCDC 977.0 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 73.0 96.0 43.0 Feb 71.0 97.0 38.0 Mar 68.0 96.0 36.0 Apr 69.0 95.0 38.0 May 73.0 96.0 43.0 Jun 80.0 97.0 50.0 Jul 80.0 97.0 50.0 Aug 79.0 97.0 48.0 Sep 75.0 96.0 45.0 Oct 75.0 97.0 45.0 Nov 76.0 97.0 46.0 Dec 76.0 97.0 47.0 Annual 75.0 96.0 44.0 Ann-NCDC 74.6 96.5 44.1 ---------------------------------- Element 12: Sea Level Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1012.3 Feb 1012.2 Mar 1011.9 Apr 1011.3 May 1011.6 Jun 1012.8 Jul 1013.0 Aug 1012.2 Sep 1011.4 Oct 1010.4 Nov 1010.1 Dec 1011.4 Annual 1011.7 Ann-NCDC 1011.7 ------------------ 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 8.4 235.2 Mar 8.5 263.5 Apr 7.8 234.0 May 7.3 226.3 Jun 6.7 201.0 Jul 7.5 232.5 Aug 8.0 248.0 Sep 8.4 252.0 Oct 8.4 260.4 Nov 8.3 249.0 Dec 7.9 244.9 Annual 7.9 2894.8 Ann-NCDC NA 2894.8 -------------------------- Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 3.2 Feb 3.5 Mar 3.8 Apr 3.5 May 2.9 Jun 2.4 Jul 2.1 Aug 1.9 Sep 1.9 Oct 2.1 Nov 2.3 Dec 2.8 Annual 2.7 Ann-NCDC 2.7 ------------------ Element 17: Wind Direction (degrees) PREVAIL (Statistic 41): Prevailing ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 90.0 Feb 90.0 Mar 90.0 Apr 45.0 May 90.0 Jun 90.0 Jul 90.0 Aug 90.0 Sep 90.0 Oct 90.0 Nov 90.0 Dec 90.0 Annual 90.0 Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 20: Sky Cover (Cloud Cover) (okta) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 5.2 Feb 5.0 Mar 5.0 Apr 5.5 May 6.0 Jun 6.6 Jul 6.3 Aug 6.3 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: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 16.02 Feb 17.54 Mar 18.75 Apr 18.39 May 17.26 Jun 16.51 Jul 17.34 Aug 17.87 Sep 17.93 Oct 16.82 Nov 15.58 Dec 15.01 Annual 17.09 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 3.9 Feb 2.3 Mar 1.6 Apr 2.4 May 9.0 Jun 15.3 Jul 14.9 Aug 11.8 Sep 8.2 Oct 7.4 Nov 6.2 Dec 6.3 Annual 7.4 Ann-NCDC 89.3 ------------------