Station Name: MBALA MET
  WMO Station Number: 67413
National I.D. Number: MBALA001
             Country: ZAMBIA
          WMO Region: REGION I - AFRICA                  
            Latitude:  08d 51m S
           Longitude: 031d 20m E
           Elevation: <missing>

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
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The normals data and climate variable descriptions are
presented in these tables as provided by the WMO Member
country.
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  Element 01:  Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C)
   MEAN (Statistic 01):  Mean Value
STD_DEV (Statistic 03):  Standard Deviation of Mean Value
MAX_DLY (Statistic 11):  Maximum Daily Value
DATEMAX (Statistic 12):  Date (Year/Day) of Occurrence of Maximum Daily Value
MIN_DLY (Statistic 13):  Minimum Daily Value
DATEMIN (Statistic 14):  Date (Year/Day) of Occurrence of Minimum Daily Value
MIN_MLY (Statistic 20):  Minimum Monthly Value
YRMIMLY (Statistic 21):  Year of Occurrence of Minimum Monthly Value
MAX_MLY (Statistic 26):  Maximum Monthly Value
YRMXMLY (Statistic 27):  Year of Occurrence of Maximum Monthly Value
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      byr:    1967    1967    1967    1967    1967    1967    1967    1967    1967
1967
      eyr:    1986    1986    1986    1986    1986    1986    1986    1986    1986
1986
Statistic:    MEAN STD_DEV MAX_DLY DATEMAX MIN_DLY DATEMIN MIN_MLY YRMIMLY MAX_MLY
YRMXMLY
  Month
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Jan        18.4      .8    22.5  197805    14.1  198408    16.8    1984    19.5
   1979
   Feb        18.3      .7    21.6  198324    14.4  197814    16.8    1985    19.3
   1980
   Mar        18.7      .6    22.5  198424    13.9  197428    17.9    1974    20.3
   1983
   Apr        18.7      .8    21.7  197811    14.3  198529    17.5    1985    20.0
   1983
   May        18.1      .5    21.2  198605    14.2  198522    17.1    1974    19.3
   1983
   Jun        16.9      .7    20.8  198523    13.3  197916    15.8    1975    18.3
   1983
   Jul        17.1      .7    21.6  198506    12.0  197426    15.7    1974    18.3
   1983
   Aug        18.5      .7    27.0  197822    14.0  197505    17.0    1975    19.6
   1979
   Sep        20.6      .6    25.3  198218    16.2  198104    19.4    1975    21.5
   1977
   Oct        20.7      .7    24.2  197325    15.6  198611    19.3    1975    21.7
   1973
   Nov        19.3      .7    23.3  198105    13.8  197707    18.2    1985    21.1
   1981
   Dec        18.4      .7    24.4  197805    13.4  198410    17.3    1967    19.9
   1981
  Annual      18.7      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA
  Annual        NA
 Ann-NCDC     18.6      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA
 Ann-NCDC       NA
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Element 02:  Maximum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C)
   MEAN (Statistic 01):  Mean Value
STD_DEV (Statistic 03):  Standard Deviation of Mean Value
MAX_DLY (Statistic 11):  Maximum Daily Value
DATEMAX (Statistic 12):  Date (Year/Day) of Occurrence of Maximum Daily Value
MIN_MLY (Statistic 20):  Minimum Monthly Value
YRMIMLY (Statistic 21):  Year of Occurrence of Minimum Monthly Value
MAX_MLY (Statistic 26):  Maximum Monthly Value
YRMXMLY (Statistic 27):  Year of Occurrence of Maximum Monthly Value
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      byr:    1961    1961    1961    1961    1961    1961    1961    1961
      eyr:    1991    1991    1991    1991    1991    1991    1991    1991
Statistic:    MEAN STD_DEV MAX_DLY DATEMAX MIN_MLY YRMIMLY MAX_MLY YRMXMLY
  Month
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Jan        23.3     1.0    29.6  197805    21.0    1962    25.1    1985
   Feb        23.7     1.0    29.0  198325    21.9    1985    25.4    1983
   Mar        24.5      .9    30.0  199116    22.4    1968    26.3    1983
   Apr        24.8      .7    28.0  198319    23.5    1968    26.2    1988
   May        24.8      .7    30.1  196625    23.3    1962    26.1    1983
   Jun        24.3      .6    27.4  199125    23.3    1966    25.8    1983
   Jul        24.2      .9    28.5  198729    22.2    1980    26.2    1987
   Aug        25.7      .7    32.1  197031    24.5    1961    27.0    1987
   Sep        27.4      .8    31.5  198315    26.0    1965    28.9    1984
   Oct        27.7     1.5    37.0  197222    25.1    1982    33.6    1972
   Nov        25.2     1.1    32.0  199026    22.6    1963    28.1    1990
   Dec        23.4     1.0    29.0  198304    20.9    1961    25.5    1987
  Annual      24.9      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA
 Ann-NCDC     24.9      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Element 03:  Minimum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C)
   MEAN (Statistic 01):  Mean Value
STD_DEV (Statistic 03):  Standard Deviation of Mean Value
MIN_DLY (Statistic 13):  Minimum Daily Value
DATEMIN (Statistic 14):  Date (Year/Day) of Occurrence of Minimum Daily Value
MIN_MLY (Statistic 20):  Minimum Monthly Value
YRMIMLY (Statistic 21):  Year of Occurrence of Minimum Monthly Value
MAX_MLY (Statistic 26):  Maximum Monthly Value
YRMXMLY (Statistic 27):  Year of Occurrence of Maximum Monthly Value
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      byr:    1961    1961    1961    1961    1961    1961    1961    1961
      eyr:    1991    1991    1991    1991    1991    1991    1991    1991
Statistic:    MEAN STD_DEV MIN_DLY DATEMIN MIN_MLY YRMIMLY MAX_MLY YRMXMLY
  Month
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Jan        14.7      .4     8.8  196525    13.8    1976    15.3    1983
   Feb        14.8      .4    11.5  198202    14.0    1976    15.6    1983
   Mar        15.0      .4     9.6  197619    14.4    1979    16.1    1983
   Apr        14.7      .4     7.8  198801    13.7    1977    15.7    1969
   May        13.0      .7     8.4  197131    11.4    1965    14.3    1991
   Jun        10.8      .7     5.6  196226     9.6    1971    12.4    1988
   Jul        10.5      .7     5.2  197526     9.3    1964    12.0    1983
   Aug        12.0      .6     6.4  197504    10.5    1975    13.5    1987
   Sep        13.8      .5     9.5  198406    12.5    1974    14.8    1987
   Oct        15.1      .4    10.0  198723    14.2    1975    15.7    1967
   Nov        15.1      .5     6.6  197708    12.9    1977    15.9    1989
   Dec        14.8      .4     7.8  197731    13.9    1971    15.5    1987
  Annual      13.7      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA
 Ann-NCDC     13.7      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Element 05:  Dew Point Temperature (deg C)
   MEAN (Statistic 01):  Mean Value
STD_DEV (Statistic 03):  Standard Deviation of Mean Value
--------------------------
      byr:    1973    1973
      eyr:    1986    1986
Statistic:    MEAN STD_DEV
  Month
--------------------------
   Jan        16.2      NA
   Feb        16.0      NA
   Mar        15.3      .6
   Apr        14.7      .2
   May        12.0      NA
   Jun         8.3      NA
   Jul         6.8     1.5
   Aug         7.1      NA
   Sep         6.4     1.1
   Oct         9.9      NA
   Nov        14.1      NA
   Dec        14.7      NA
  Annual      11.8      NA
 Ann-NCDC     11.8    11.8
--------------------------

  Element 06:  Precipitation (mm)
STD_DEV (Statistic 03):  Standard Deviation of Mean Value
MEANMLY (Statistic 15):  Mean Monthly Value
MIN_MLY (Statistic 20):  Minimum Monthly Value
YRMIMLY (Statistic 21):  Year of Occurrence of Minimum Monthly Value
MAX_MLY (Statistic 26):  Maximum Monthly Value
YRMXMLY (Statistic 27):  Year of Occurrence of Maximum Monthly Value
----------------------------------------------------------
      byr:    1961    1961    1961    1961    1961    1961
      eyr:    1991    1991    1991    1991    1991    1991
Statistic: STD_DEV MEANMLY MIN_MLY YRMIMLY MAX_MLY YRMXMLY
  Month
----------------------------------------------------------
   Jan        83.8   237.0      .0    1988   410.7    1962
   Feb        67.0   209.5   113.3    1974   349.6    1979
   Mar        78.5   233.3    88.2    1973   499.9    1991
   Apr        70.1   126.0    37.5    1988   346.3    1989
   May        29.0    16.6      .0    1970   142.9    1974
   Jun         4.3     1.8      .0    1963    16.5    1968
   Jul          .9      .2      .0    1961     5.1    1967
   Aug         1.5      .5      .0    1961     7.7    1983
   Sep         9.9     4.7      .0    1961    32.5    1965
   Oct        15.9    20.1      .0    1976    54.8    1978
   Nov        81.3   137.3      .0    1983   304.5    1961
   Dec        84.9   252.1      .0    1987   422.9    1961
  Annual        NA  1239.0      NA      NA      NA      NA
 Ann-NCDC       NA  1239.1      NA      NA      NA      NA
----------------------------------------------------------

  Element 08:  Maximum 24-Hour Precipitation (mm)
MAX_DLY (Statistic 11):  Maximum Daily Value
DATEMAX (Statistic 12):  Date (Year/Day) of Occurrence of Maximum Daily Value
MIN_DLY (Statistic 13):  Minimum Daily Value
DATEMIN (Statistic 14):  Date (Year/Day) of Occurrence of Minimum Daily Value
------------------------------------------
      byr:    1961    1961    1961    1961
      eyr:    1991    1991    1991    1991
Statistic: MAX_DLY DATEMAX MIN_DLY DATEMIN
  Month
------------------------------------------
   Jan        90.0  198129      .0  196209
   Feb        96.7  198616      .0  196210
   Mar        78.7  197112      .0  196207
   Apr       115.4  198901      .0  196205
   May        68.4  197314      .0  196201
   Jun        12.4  196502      .0  196201
   Jul         5.1  196716      .0  196101
   Aug         5.7  198309      .0  196101
   Sep        30.0  197112      .0  196101
   Oct        31.8  198917      .0  196101
   Nov        59.2  197027      .0  196101
   Dec        77.0  196431      .0  196121
  Annual        NA      NA      NA      NA
 Ann-NCDC       NA      NA      NA      NA
------------------------------------------

  Element 11:  Relative Humidity (%)
   MEAN (Statistic 01):  Mean Value
STD_DEV (Statistic 03):  Standard Deviation of Mean Value
MAX_DLY (Statistic 11):  Maximum Daily Value
DATEMAX (Statistic 12):  Date (Year/Day) of Occurrence of Maximum Daily Value
MIN_DLY (Statistic 13):  Minimum Daily Value
DATEMIN (Statistic 14):  Date (Year/Day) of Occurrence of Minimum Daily Value
MIN_MLY (Statistic 20):  Minimum Monthly Value
YRMIMLY (Statistic 21):  Year of Occurrence of Minimum Monthly Value
MAX_MLY (Statistic 26):  Maximum Monthly Value
YRMXMLY (Statistic 27):  Year of Occurrence of Maximum Monthly Value
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      byr:    1973    1973    1973    1973    1973    1973    1973    1973    1973
1973
      eyr:    1988    1988    1988    1988    1988    1988    1988    1988    1988
1988
Statistic:    MEAN STD_DEV MAX_DLY DATEMAX MIN_DLY DATEMIN MIN_MLY YRMIMLY MAX_MLY
YRMXMLY
  Month
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Jan        83.7      NA    96.0  197307     60.  197314     84.    1973    83.7
   1973
   Feb        79.0      NA   100.0  197317     57.  197308     79.    1973    79.0
   1973
   Mar        77.5      .4    91.0  198821     59.  198810     77.    1973    77.8
   1988
   Apr        71.1     1.6    88.0  197312     58.  198810     70.    1988    72.7
   1973
   May        57.1      NA    69.0  198801     48.  198819     57.    1988    57.1
   1988
   Jun        56.7      NA    77.0  197310     48.  197312     57.    1973    56.7
   1973
   Jul        48.9      .3    65.0  197330     36.  197307     49.    1973    49.3
   1988
   Aug        46.9      NA    56.0  197315     37.  197331     47.    1973    46.9
   1973
   Sep          NA      NA      NA  198908      NA  198427      NA    1973      NA
   1982
   Oct          NA      NA      NA  198617      NA  198304      NA    1990      NA
   1990
   Nov        70.0      NA    96.0  197323     50.  197301     70.    1973    70.0
   1973
   Dec          NA      NA      NA  198519      NA  199001      NA    1990      NA
   1990
  Annual      65.6      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA
  Annual        NA
 Ann-NCDC       NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA
 Ann-NCDC       NA
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Element 13:  Station Pressure (hPa)
   MEAN (Statistic 01):  Mean Value
STD_DEV (Statistic 03):  Standard Deviation of Mean Value
--------------------------
      byr:    1973    1973
      eyr:    1991    1991
Statistic:    MEAN STD_DEV
  Month
--------------------------
   Jan       836.4      .8
   Feb       836.2     1.4
   Mar       836.3      .5
   Apr       836.3      .6
   May       837.2      .7
   Jun       838.4      .6
   Jul       838.1      .6
   Aug       837.7      .7
   Sep       836.9      .7
   Oct       836.5      .8
   Nov       836.2      .6
   Dec       836.4      .9
  Annual     836.9      NA
 Ann-NCDC    836.9      NA
--------------------------

  Element 15:  Sunshine
   Qualifier:    NCDC: Mean Monthly Value Computed by NCDC from Mean
                       Daily Values Provided by Member
MN_#HRS (Statistic 44):  Mean Number of Hours
------------------
      byr:    1967
      eyr:    1987
  Month
------------------
   Jan       130.2
   Feb       134.4
   Mar       170.5
   Apr       213.0
   May       285.2
   Jun       300.0
   Jul       306.9
   Aug       303.8
   Sep       273.0
   Oct       235.6
   Nov       189.0
   Dec       142.6
  Annual    2684.2
 Ann-NCDC   2684.2
------------------

  Element 16:  Wind Speed (m/sec)
Statistic 01:  Mean Value
   Qualifier:        
   Qualifier:      30: Maximum Gust
   Qualifier:      PM: Nighttime Average
----------------------------------
      byr:    1967    1972    1967
      eyr:    1991    1986    1986
Qualifier:              30      PM
  Month
----------------------------------
   Jan         2.5   -99.0     1.9
   Feb         2.6   -99.0     2.2
   Mar         3.2   -99.0     3.6
   Apr         4.3   -99.0     5.5
   May         5.0   -99.0     5.9
   Jun         5.1   -99.0     6.0
   Jul         5.5   -99.0     6.0
   Aug         5.4   -99.0     5.6
   Sep         4.8   -99.0     5.3
   Oct         4.5    21.0     4.3
   Nov         3.3   -99.0     2.9
   Dec         2.6   -99.0     1.9
  Annual       4.1    21.0      NA
 Ann-NCDC      4.1      NA     4.3
----------------------------------

  Element 19:  Soil Temperature (deg C)
Statistic 01:  Mean Value
   Qualifier:     0.0 cm depth          
   Qualifier:     5.0 cm depth          
   Qualifier:    10.0 cm depth          
   Qualifier:    20.0 cm depth          
   Qualifier:    30.0 cm depth          
   Qualifier:   120.0 cm depth          
----------------------------------------------------------
      byr:    1967    1973    1973    1973    1973    1973
      eyr:    1991    1991    1991    1991    1991    1991
Qualifier:     0.0     5.0    10.0    20.0    30.0   120.0
  Month
----------------------------------------------------------
   Jan        13.5    18.8    18.6    20.3    21.7    22.1
   Feb        13.4    18.8    19.0    20.9    22.0    22.2
   Mar        13.8    18.9    18.8    20.6    22.0    22.3
   Apr        13.5    18.5    18.6    20.8    22.0    22.3
   May        11.5    17.6    18.3    21.2    22.2    22.6
   Jun         9.0    15.8    17.4    20.7    21.8    22.4
   Jul         8.4    15.4    16.8    20.3    21.6    22.2
   Aug        10.0    17.4    18.5    21.8    22.5    22.6
   Sep        11.7    19.3    20.8    23.8    24.4    23.8
   Oct        12.9    20.7    21.4    24.1    25.3    24.7
   Nov        13.2    20.4    20.7    22.3    24.3    24.0
   Dec        13.4    19.0    19.3    20.6    22.3    23.0
  Annual      12.0    18.4    19.0    21.5    22.7    22.9
 Ann-NCDC       NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA
----------------------------------------------------------

  Element 20:  Sky Cover (Cloud Cover) (okta)
   MEAN (Statistic 01):  Mean Value
------------------
      byr:    1967
      eyr:    1986
  Month
------------------
   Jan         3.5
   Feb         3.3
   Mar         3.1
   Apr         3.6
   May         2.6
   Jun          .9
   Jul          .7
   Aug          .6
   Sep          .9
   Oct         1.3
   Nov         2.4
   Dec         3.3
  Annual       2.2
 Ann-NCDC      2.2
------------------

  Element 21:  Pan Evaporation (mm)
MEANDLY (Statistic 06):  Mean Daily Value
MEANMLY (Statistic 15):  Mean Monthly Value
--------------------------
      byr:    1967    1967
      eyr:    1989    1989
Statistic: MEANDLY MEANMLY
  Month
--------------------------
   Jan         2.5    77.5
   Feb         2.6    72.8
   Mar         2.9    89.9
   Apr         3.6   108.0
   May         3.9   120.9
   Jun         4.0   120.0
   Jul         4.2   130.2
   Aug         5.1   158.1
   Sep         5.7   171.0
   Oct         5.4   167.4
   Nov         3.2    96.0
   Dec         2.7    83.7
  Annual        NA  1395.5
 Ann-NCDC     45.8  1395.5
--------------------------

  Element 51:  Number Days with Thunder (count)
MEANMLY (Statistic 15):  Mean Monthly Value
------------------
      byr:    1967
      eyr:    1986
  Month
------------------
   Jan         1.2
   Feb         1.3
   Mar         1.1
   Apr          .8
   May          .2
   Jun          .0
   Jul          .0
   Aug          .0
   Sep          .1
   Oct          .4
   Nov         1.0
   Dec         1.2
  Annual        NA
 Ann-NCDC      7.3
------------------

  Element 52:  Number Days with Lightning (count)
MEANMLY (Statistic 15):  Mean Monthly Value
------------------
      byr:    1967
      eyr:    1986
  Month
------------------
   Jan         1.0
   Feb          .9
   Mar          .8
   Apr          .7
   May          .2
   Jun          .0
   Jul          .0
   Aug          .0
   Sep          .1
   Oct          .3
   Nov         1.0
   Dec          .9
  Annual        NA
 Ann-NCDC      5.9
------------------

  Element 53:  Number Days with Hail (count)
MEANMLY (Statistic 15):  Mean Monthly Value
------------------
      byr:    1967
      eyr:    1986
  Month
------------------
   Jan          .1
   Feb          .0
   Mar          .0
   Apr          .0
   May          .0
   Jun          .0
   Jul          .0
   Aug          .0
   Sep          .0
   Oct          .0
   Nov          .0
   Dec          .0
  Annual        NA
 Ann-NCDC      0.1
------------------

  Element 58:  Number Days with Fog/Ice Fog (count)
MEANMLY (Statistic 15):  Mean Monthly Value
------------------
      byr:    1967
      eyr:    1986
  Month
------------------
   Jan          .6
   Feb          .6
   Mar          .3
   Apr          .1
   May          .0
   Jun          .0
   Jul          .0
   Aug          .0
   Sep          .0
   Oct          .1
   Nov          .3
   Dec          .7
  Annual        NA
 Ann-NCDC      2.7
------------------

  Element 95:  Number Days with Precipitation GE Threshold (count)
Statistic 15:  Mean Monthly Value
   Qualifier:     1.0 mm                
   Qualifier:     5.0 mm                
   Qualifier:    10.0 mm                
----------------------------------
      byr:    1961    1961    1961
      eyr:    1991    1991    1991
Qualifier:     1.0     5.0    10.0
  Month
----------------------------------
   Jan          20      19      18
   Feb          18      17      15
   Mar          20      19      18
   Apr          13      12      10
   May           2       2       1
   Jun           0       0       0
   Jul           0       0       0
   Aug           0       0       0
   Sep           0       0       0
   Oct           4       3       3
   Nov          13      13      12
   Dec          21      20      18
  Annual       111     105      95
 Ann-NCDC    111.0   105.0    95.0
----------------------------------

  Element BT:  Number Days with Occurrence of Rain (count)
MIN_MLY (Statistic 20):  Minimum Monthly Value
MAX_MLY (Statistic 26):  Maximum Monthly Value
--------------------------
      byr:    1967    1967
      eyr:    1986    1986
Statistic: MIN_MLY MAX_MLY
  Month
--------------------------
   Jan         1.2     3.3
   Feb          .7     3.4
   Mar         1.2     3.5
   Apr          .5     3.4
   May          .0     1.7
   Jun          .0      .7
   Jul          .0      .2
   Aug          .0      .1
   Sep          .0      .8
   Oct          .3     1.6
   Nov          .0     2.5
   Dec         1.1     3.6
  Annual        NA      NA
 Ann-NCDC      5.0    24.8
--------------------------