Tabular Data | Graphs: Temperature, Rainfall, Wind
CLIMATIC NORMALS, MEANS, AND EXTREMES FOR KWAJALEIN |
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RAINFALL (in) |
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JAN |
FEB |
MAR |
APR |
MAY |
JUN |
JUL |
AUG |
SEP |
OCT |
NOV |
DEC |
|
| NORMAL* | 5.12 |
3.73 |
3.82 |
7.63 |
8.62 |
8.86 |
10.24 |
10.42 |
11.82 |
11.46 |
10.74 |
7.94 |
| MEAN** | 4.38 |
3.06 |
4.83 |
6.77 |
9.10 |
9.31 |
10.16 |
10.33 |
11.17 |
11.77 |
10.99 |
8.49 |
| MAX | 15.66 |
10.21 |
24.33 |
20.09 |
26.86 |
19.61 |
22.29 |
23.61 |
21.16 |
20.05 |
19.51 |
30.38 |
| YEAR | 1951 |
1996 |
1951 |
1971 |
1980 |
1955 |
2002 |
2004 |
1972 |
1964 |
1957 |
1950 |
| MIN | 0.48 |
0.04 |
0.16 |
0.20 |
0.53 |
3.56 |
3.53 |
5.38 |
3.77 |
5.04 |
3.51 |
1.90 |
| YEAR | 1977 |
1977 |
1975 |
1983 |
1984 |
1984 |
1984 |
1981 |
2001 |
1969 |
1973 |
1971 |
| 24 HR MAX | 6.46 |
4.60 |
3.81 |
5.41 |
8.35 |
8.86 |
5.68 |
5.35 |
4.69 |
6.53 |
7.24 |
17.15 |
| YEAR | 1979 |
1985 |
1990 |
1971 |
1980 |
1995 |
1983 |
1979 |
1972 |
1968 |
1975 |
1972 |
TEMPERATURE (°F) |
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JAN |
FEB |
MAR |
APR |
MAY |
JUN |
JUL |
AUG |
SEP |
OCT |
NOV |
DEC |
|
| NORMAL MAX* | 85.6 |
86.1 |
86.7 |
86.5 |
86.7 |
86.5 |
86.6 |
86.9 |
87.0 |
86.9 |
86.5 |
86.8 |
| NORMAL MIN* | 77.5 |
77.5 |
77.9 |
77.8 |
78.0 |
77.8 |
77.6 |
77.6 |
77.5 |
77.8 |
77.7 |
77.9 |
| HIGHEST | 91 |
92 |
91 |
92 |
93 |
92 |
94 |
95 |
93 |
97 |
92 |
90 |
| YEAR | 1953 |
1954 |
1954 |
1953 |
1953 |
1958 |
1953 |
1958 |
1958 |
1958 |
1953 |
1955 |
| LOWEST | 68 |
71 |
70 |
71 |
71 |
71 |
70 |
71 |
68 |
71 |
70 |
69 |
| YEAR | 1979 |
1963 |
1985 |
1964 |
1968 |
1976 |
1954 |
1971 |
1984 |
1967 |
1975 |
1963 |
WIND |
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JAN |
FEB |
MAR |
APR |
MAY |
JUN |
JUL |
AUG |
SEP |
OCT |
NOV |
DEC |
|
| PREVAILING DIRECTION | ENE |
ENE |
ENE |
ENE |
ENE |
ENE |
ENE |
ENE |
ENE |
ENE |
ENE |
ENE |
| MEAN SPEED (MPH) | 17.6 |
17.3 |
16.9 |
15.8 |
14.9 |
14.0 |
11.6 |
9.9 |
9.0 |
9.6 |
12.7 |
16.8 |
| FASTEST 2-MIN (MPH) | 55 |
35 |
39 |
37 |
44 |
41 |
41 |
44 |
44 |
40 |
60 |
45 |
| DIRECTION | NNE |
NNE |
S |
SSE |
NNE |
NNE |
SE |
ENE |
S |
NNE |
S |
E |
| YEAR | 1969 |
1963 |
1999 |
1964 |
1967 |
1986 |
1962 |
2000 |
1995 |
1999 |
1991 |
1997 |
| PEAK GUST (MPH) | 66 |
48 |
44 |
47 |
51 |
69 |
46 |
67 |
48 |
53 |
82 |
64 |
| DIRECTION | E |
E |
E |
E |
E |
NE |
SE |
E |
E |
NE |
NE |
E |
| YEAR | 1988 |
1997 |
1999 |
2002 |
2003 |
2002 |
1988 |
2000 |
1995 |
1985 |
1991 |
2000 |
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%) |
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JAN |
FEB |
MAR |
APR |
MAY |
JUN |
JUL |
AUG |
SEP |
OCT |
NOV |
DEC |
|
| HOUR 06 LST | 80 |
79 |
80 |
82 |
85 |
84 |
84 |
84 |
83 |
83 |
83 |
81 |
| HOUR 12 LST | 80 |
80 |
81 |
83 |
85 |
85 |
85 |
84 |
84 |
84 |
84 |
81 |
| HOUR 18 LST | 71 |
70 |
71 |
74 |
78 |
78 |
78 |
77 |
77 |
77 |
76 |
74 |
| HOUR 24 LST | 75 |
74 |
75 |
78 |
81 |
80 |
80 |
78 |
79 |
80 |
80 |
78 |
* NORMAL INDICATES 30 YEAR PERIOD OF RECORD (1971-2000)
** MEAN INDICATES ENTIRE PERIOD OF RECORD FOR WHICH DATA ARE AVAILABLE