Station Name: Ashgabat WMO Station Number: 38880 National I.D. Number: Country: TURKMENISTAN WMO Region: REGION II - ASIA Latitude: 37d 58m N Longitude: 058d 20m E Elevation: 208 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 2.2 Feb 4.0 Mar 9.7 Apr 16.9 May 23.1 Jun 28.5 Jul 30.9 Aug 28.7 Sep 23.1 Oct 15.3 Nov 9.7 Dec 4.5 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 16.4 ------------------ Element 02: Maximum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 7.4 Feb 9.6 Mar 15.6 Apr 24.1 May 30.0 Jun 35.7 Jul 38.2 Aug 36.6 Sep 31.5 Oct 23.2 Nov 16.6 Dec 9.8 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 23.2 ------------------ Element 03: Minimum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan -1.6 Feb -0.2 Mar 4.9 Apr 11.1 May 16.2 Jun 20.7 Jul 23.1 Aug 20.5 Sep 15.4 Oct 9.1 Nov 4.6 Dec 0.7 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 10.4 ------------------ Element 05: Dew Point Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan -2.3 Feb -1.2 Mar 2.8 Apr 7.3 May 10.0 Jun 10.7 Jul 12.4 Aug 10.2 Sep 7.4 Oct 5.4 Nov 2.6 Dec 0.1 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 5.4 ------------------ Element 06: Precipitation (mm) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 22.0 Feb 27.0 Mar 39.0 Apr 44.0 May 28.0 Jun 4.0 Jul 3.0 Aug 1.0 Sep 4.0 Oct 14.0 Nov 20.0 Dec 21.0 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 227.0 ------------------ Element 11: Relative Humidity (%) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value MNDLYMI (Statistic 10): Mean Daily Minimum Value -------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN MNDLYMI Month -------------------------- Jan 76.0 11.0 Feb 72.0 10.0 Mar 67.0 7.0 Apr 59.0 6.0 May 48.0 6.0 Jun 37.0 6.0 Jul 35.0 7.0 Aug 35.0 6.0 Sep 41.0 6.0 Oct 57.0 6.0 Nov 66.0 6.0 Dec 77.0 10.0 Annual NA NA Ann-NCDC 55.8 7.2 -------------------------- Element 12: Sea Level Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1023.6 Feb 1021.9 Mar 1018.9 Apr 1014.8 May 1012.8 Jun 1008.6 Jul 1006.3 Aug 1008.9 Sep 1014.6 Oct 1020.5 Nov 1022.5 Dec 1022.7 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 1016.3 ------------------ Element 14: Vapor Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 5.4 Feb 5.8 Mar 7.8 Apr 10.7 May 12.6 Jun 13.5 Jul 15.0 Aug 13.2 Sep 11.0 Oct 9.4 Nov 7.8 Dec 6.4 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 9.9 ------------------ Element 15: Sunshine MN_#HRS (Statistic 44): Mean Number of Hours ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 112.7 Feb 119.4 Mar 146.2 Apr 194.4 May 275.1 Jun 335.5 Jul 353.8 Aug 348.1 Sep 289.2 Oct 216.8 Nov 157.2 Dec 104.4 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 2652.8 ------------------ Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1.4 Feb 1.6 Mar 1.8 Apr 1.8 May 1.7 Jun 1.9 Jul 1.8 Aug 1.6 Sep 1.5 Oct 1.4 Nov 1.3 Dec 1.4 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 1.6 ------------------ Element 17: Wind Direction (degrees) PREVAIL (Statistic 41): Prevailing ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 90.0 Feb 90.0 Mar 315.0 Apr 315.0 May 315.0 Jun 315.0 Jul 315.0 Aug 315.0 Sep 315.0 Oct 315.0 Nov 90.0 Dec 90.0 Annual NA Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 20: Sky Cover (Cloud Cover) (okta) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 6.2 Feb 6.3 Mar 6.7 Apr 6.1 May 4.8 Jun 2.5 Jul 1.9 Aug 1.4 Sep 1.6 Oct 3.6 Nov 4.7 Dec 6.0 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 4.3 ------------------ 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 9.0 Feb 8.0 Mar 11.0 Apr 10.0 May 7.0 Jun 2.0 Jul 1.0 Aug 1.0 Sep 2.0 Oct 5.0 Nov 6.0 Dec 8.0 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 70.0 ------------------ Element AJ: Number Days with Duststorm/Sandstorm (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 0.4 Feb 0.4 Mar 0.7 Apr 0.6 May 1.3 Jun 1.7 Jul 1.8 Aug 1.2 Sep 1.2 Oct 1.6 Nov 0.6 Dec 0.4 Annual NA Ann-NCDC 11.9 ------------------