2012 ,urwvcnim unuhevErWv iaWtugwv WviawfIdivwa uhwmcswmikea : 1.1 clwvWt Table 1.1 : SUNSHINE AND RAINFALL, BY MONTH, 2012
wlcmujwlcmuj Irwaunej Irwaunej cbef cbef cCWm cCWm clIrcPEa clIrcPEa EmEmEm Em cnUj cnUj iawluj iawluj cswgOa cswgOa ޓ ޕ ސ ޓ ޕ ސ OTckoaOTckoa cmevon cmevon cmesiD cmesiD Locality cnwtcnwt Total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
DURATION OF SUNSHINE (in hours) (cniDwg) utugwv WviawfIdivwa
Male' 2,796.8 272.8 230.9 303.5 268.0 254.8 200.2 242.5 222.1 205.8 203.0 209.2 184.0 elWm
S.Gan 2,922.1 303.7 219.8 280.6 283.8 224.5 243.9 246.0 271.1 214.7 169.9 249.4 214.7 cnwg .s
HDh.Hanimaadhoo 2,743.0 260.0 261.2 295.2 230.4 287.4 150.0 250.0 180.5 238.4 184.3 230.6 175.0 UdWminwh .dh
RAINFALL (in mm) (cnurwTImilim) urwvcnim unuhevErWv
Male' 1,664.1 68.0 90.8 17.9 110.3 147.6 62.7 77.3 210.8 261.1 297.0 114.5 206.1 elWm
HDh.Hanimaadhoo 1,434.8 56.8 33.2 13.5 42.1 57.3 162.0 111.4 231.5 92.2 500.3 8.9 125.6 UdWminwh .dh
L.Kadhdhoo 2,318.7 33.1 269.7 88.4 137.6 237.4 21.2 133.6 157.8 235.0 510.3 321.3 173.3 Udcawk .l
GDh.Kaadedhdhoo 1,815.5 7.7 165.4 41.8 51.6 181.5 73.0 150.3 121.4 313.9 336.5 250.2 122.2 UdcaeDWk.dg
S.Gan 1,950.6 33.8 99.5 22.5 32.1 180.0 70.3 142.6 135.0 356.4 523.5 254.7 100.2 cnwg .s Source: Maldives Meteorological Service csivrws clwkijoloroaiTIm cscviDclOm :ctWrwf ivcaed utWmUluAwm
Figure 1.1: Sunshine & rainfall for Male' by month, 2011 - 2012 Rainfall in Millimeters Sunshine in Hrs 350 350
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Rainfall 2011 Rainfall 2012 sunshine 2011 sunshine 2012 2012 ,urwvcnim Wviawfcsog cSwSwd idwa cSwCcawm emcneaea cnimunUhcnimunUh uhwmcswmikeauhwmcswmikea :: 1.21.2 clwvWtclwvWt Table 1.2 : AVERAGE OF DAILY MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURE , BY MONTH, 2012
cjercvea eg ރ ހ އ ރ ހ އ IrwaunejIrwaunej cbefcbefcbefcbef cCWmcCWmcCWmcCWm clIrcPEaclIrcPEa EmEmEmEm cnUjcnUjcnUjcnUj iawlujiawluj cswgOacswgOa ޓ ޕ ސ ޓ ޕ ސ OTckoaOTckoa cmevoncmevon cmesiDcmesiD Locality cnwtcnwtcnwtcnwt Yearly average Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
o AVERAGE OF DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE ( C) (cniacswaiscles IrcgiD) cjercvea egurwvcnim Wviawfcsog cSwCcawm cnimunUh Male' 31.2 30.4 31.1 31.2 32.0 31.6 31.4 30.8 31.3 31.2 31.1 31.1 30.9 elWm HDh.Hanimaadhoo 31.4 30.5 31.1 31.6 32.5 32.6 31.3 31.1 31.0 31.3 30.8 31.5 30.9 UdWminwh .dh L.Kadhdhoo 31.6 30.6 31.1 32.0 32.4 32.2 32.1 32.3 31.5 31.4 31.0 31.2 31.1 Udcawk .l GDh.Kaadedhdhoo 31.2 30.9 30.8 31.7 31.7 31.4 31.9 31.5 31.3 31.0 30.4 30.7 30.9 UdcaeDWk .dg S.Gan 31.3 31.0 31.2 31.4 32.1 31.7 31.7 31.3 31.3 31.1 30.5 31.0 31.1 cnwg .s o AVERAGE OF DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ( C) (cnia cswaiscles IrcgiD) cjercvea egurwvcnim Wviawfcsogwfcsog cSwSwdcSwSwd cnimunUhcnimunUh Male' 26.4 26.0 26.5 26.6 27.1 27.1 27.1 26.4 26.4 26.1 25.5 26.0 26.0 elWm HDh.Hanimaadhoo 25.8 24.2 24.5 25.5 26.6 27.4 26.3 26.6 25.8 26.1 25.5 25.5 25.6 UdWminwh .dh L.Kadhdhoo 25.7 24.3 24.3 25.5 26.5 26.0 26.5 26.3 26.3 25.9 25.2 25.4 25.5 Udcawk .l GDh.Kaadedhdhoo 24.8 25.2 24.5 25.1 25.8 24.9 24.8 24.6 25.3 24.6 23.7 24.6 24.4 UdcaeDWk .dg S.Gan 25.6 25.9 25.6 26.2 26.0 25.5 25.6 25.1 25.7 25.3 24.4 25.7 25.7 cnwg .s Source: Maldives Meteorological Service csivrws clwkijoloroaiTIm cscviDclOm :ctWrwf ivcaed utWmUluAwm
Degrees Celsius Figure 1.2: Yearly Average of daily maximum and minimum temperature, 2012
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Maximum Minimum 2012 ,cnimurWb egiawv iaWbWrcsim egiawv cnutog eguhwmcswM : 1.3 clwvWt Table 1.3 : WIND DIRECTION AND SPEED BY MONTH , 2012
cjercvea eg ރ ހ އ ރ ހ އ ޓ ޕ ސ ޓ ޕ ސ Locality IrwaunejIrwaunej cbefcbef cCWmcCWm clIrcPEaclIrcPEa EmEmEmEm cnUjcnUj iawlujiawluj cswgOacswgOa OTckoaOTckoa cmevoncmevon cmesiDcmesiD Yearly average Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec cnwtcnwt
WIND SPEED (MILES/HOUR) (cnimurWb ulEm ukwaiDwg ) cnimurWb egiawv Male' 9 9 10 6 8 10 11 10 9 8 9 7 10 elWM HDh.Hanimaadhoo 7 6 6 5 6 7 10 11 8 7 6 3 6 UdWminwh .dh L.Kadhdhoo 6 665765666865 Udcawk .l GDh.Kaadedhdhoo 6 556765566986 UdcaeDWk .dg S.Gan 6 336865377986 cnwg .s WIND DIRECTION cbWrcsimcbWrcsim egiawvegiawv Male' ENE ENE NW W W W W WNW W W W E elWM HDh.Hanimaadhoo N N NW WNW WNW W W/WNW W W NW VRB E UdWminwh .dh L.Kadhdhoo NNE NNE E WSW W WSW/W W SSE WSW W W VRB Udcawk .l GDh.Kaadedhdhoo N N WNW W W W W SSW W W W WNW UdcaeDWk .dg S.Gan NNW NNE W W SSW SSW SSE SSE SE W W W cnwg .s Source: Maldives Meteorological Service csivrws clwkijoloroaiTIm cscviDclOm :ctWrwf ivcaed utWmUluAwm Note: : cTOn NNE N - North NNE - North-North-East WNW - West-North-West urutua ugnwLuh ugnwLuh - WNW urutua uria urutua - urutua N S - South NE - North-East SW - South-West unuked ugnwLuh - SW urutua uria - NE unuked - S E - East ENE - East-North-East WSW - West-South-West unuked ugnwLuh ugnwLuh - WSW urutua uria uria - ENE itwmuria - E W - West NW - North-West SSE- South-South-East unuked itwmuria unuked - SSE urutua ugnwLuh - NW ugnwLuh - W NNW - North-North-West SSW - South-South-West unuked ugnwLuh unuked - SSW urutua ugnwLuh urutua - NNW
2012 ,cnujETcneswp ,cnwkctet egiawv cnutogeguhwmcswm : 1.4 clwvWt Table 1.4 : RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN PERCENTAGE BY MONTH , 2012
cjercvea eg ރ ހ އ ރ ހ އ IrwaunejIrwaunej cbef cbef cCWm cCWm clIrcPEa clIrcPEa EmEmEm Em cnUj cnUj iawluj iawluj cswgOa cswgOa ޓ ޕ ސ ޓ ޕ ސ OTckoaOTckoa cmevon cmevon cmesiD cmesiD Locality cnwtcnwt Yearly average Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Male' 77 73 76 73 75 75 79 79 76 78 78 79 82 elWM HDh.Hanimaadhoo 80 77 79 77 77 74 81 81 82 80 83 81 81 UdWminwh .dh L.Kadhdhoo 79 75 80 76 79 80 78 78 78 80 82 83 81 Udcawk .l GDh.Kaadedhdhoo 81 76 83 78 79 82 80 81 80 83 84 84 85 UdcaeDWk .dg S.Gan 79 75 79 76 77 81 79 80 80 81 84 82 82 cnwg .s Source: Maldives Meteorological Service csivrws clwkijoloroaiTIm cscviDclOm :ctWrwf ivcaedutWmUluAwm ތ ވ ލ 1.5 : ރ ށ ރ ށ ގ އ ބ ދ ، އ ބ ދ ބ އ ބ މ ނ ބ އ ބ މ ނ ބ އ ބ މ ނ ބ އ ބ މ ނ އ ދ އ ދ އ ދ އ ދ މ ލ މ ލ މ ލ މ ލ އ އ އ އ އ އ އ އ އ ތ ޅ ގ އ ތ ޅ ގ އ ތ ޅ ގ އ ތ ޅ ގ ވ ރ ކ ނ ކ ރ ވ ރ ކ ނ ކ ރ ވ ރ ކ ނ ކ ރ ވ ރ ކ ނ ކ ރ ރ ށ އ ރ ށ އ ރ ށ އ ރ ށ އ ހ ރ ހ ރ ހ ރ ހ ރ ދ ރ މ ނ ދ ރ މ ނ ދ ރ މ ނ ދ ރ މ ނ Table 1.5 : AREA, POPULATION DENSITY AND DISTANCE TO MALE' AND ATOLL CAPITALS, BY LOCALITY