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Appendix 5-1 Monthly Meteological Data of Oman APPENDIX 5-1 MONTHLY METEOLOGICAL DATA OF OMAN APPENDIX 5-1 MONTHLY METEOROLGICAL DATA OF OMAN Station Items Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual 1. Khasab 1 Total Rainfall (mm) 67.2 48.3 45.1 3.7 0.1 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 2.1 11.8 51.8 230.9 2 Mean Humidity (%) 62 62 60 55 54 60 64 65 66 60 60 62 61 3 Absolute max. Temp. (℃) 27.8 28.4 32.5 38.8 42.8 44.5 44.1 42.2 40.5 38.1 33.5 29.2 36.9 4 Mean Temperature (℃) 19.3 21.6 23.7 28.0 32.0 34.0 34.7 34.5 32.8 30.4 26.2 22.9 28.3 5 Absolute min. Temp. (℃) 12.9 12.9 16.6 20.4 24.9 28.4 30.1 29.8 28.2 23.7 18.9 15.4 21.8 Prevailing wind direction 164 171 163 164 97 111 205 182 164 159 152 155 157 6 Mean speed (Knots) 6.2 6.2 5.6 5.5 5.2 5.1 5.4 6.4 5.4 4.2 4.7 5.5 5.4 Max. gust direction 241 255 248 248 230 248 161 138 203 155 281 285 224 7 Max. gust speed (Knots) 42.8 42.5 40.1 37.1 33.2 31.9 31.6 33.3 27.8 30.7 29.7 34.2 34.6 2. 1 Total Rainfall (mm) 13.2 16.8 17.1 3.9 0.6 1.2 24.3 1.4 1.3 0.2 0.0 12.9 93.0 Buraimi 2 Mean Humidity (%) 64 59 46 32 26 28 35 34 37 38 50 60 42 3 Absolute max. Temp. (℃) 28.3 31.8 36.6 41.7 45.1 47.2 47.1 46.3 45.7 40.2 35.0 31.7 39.7 4 Mean Temperature (℃) 16.7 19.4 23.6 28.7 33.1 35.9 36.5 37.0 33.8 29.9 24.2 20.3 28.3 5 Absolute min. Temp. (℃) 6.4 7.0 9.2 12.4 16.7 20.9 22.8 24.9 22.3 16.3 11.1 8.2 14.8 Prevailing wind direction 240 168 217 200 179 174 126 131 139 276 232 229 193 6 Mean speed (Knots) 5.3 5.8 6.2 6.0 6.1 5.9 6.2 6.4 6.3 5.2 4.7 4.6 5.7 Max. gust direction 197 170 129 173 189 185 153 147 197 225 229 238 186 7 Max. gust speed (Knots) 27.7 28.7 30.8 28.3 30.6 34.5 39.1 33.4 35.1 29.6 22.5 24.7 30.4 3. Sohar 1 Total Rainfall (mm) 23.7 22.4 21.4 4.8 0.0 0.0 3.5 0.5 0.2 10.9 5.0 18.2 110.4 2 Mean Humidity (%) 71 72 71 66 63 70 75 80 77 71 69 72 71 3 Absolute max. Temp. (℃) 28.0 29.9 33.6 40.5 42.7 42.9 42.3 39.8 37.6 35.9 33.1 30.0 36.4 4 Mean Temperature (℃) 19.9 20.5 22.6 26.8 31.0 32.9 33.1 31.9 30.3 27.8 24.3 21.4 26.9 5 Absolute min. Temp. (℃) 9.7 9.3 11.1 15.2 19.7 24.1 26.1 25.7 21.6 17.0 14.0 11.4 17.1 Prevailing wind direction 247 261 156 94 85 95 102 106 97 102 231 219 150 6 Mean speed (Knots) 5.6 5.5 5.2 5.1 4.9 4.6 5.2 5.5 4.7 4.2 4.8 5.0 5.0 Max. gust direction 202 242 227 288 202 221 102 101 115 261 163 216 195 7 Max. gust speed (Knots) 30.9 31.8 31.0 33.2 29.8 23.3 20.8 18.8 18.8 20.8 26.4 27.0 26.1 A5-1-1 Station Items Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual 4. Rustaq 1 Total Rainfall (mm) 11.0 7.9 4.5 9.8 4.9 1.2 4.2 2.2 1.2 6.6 7.5 0.4 61.4 2 Mean Humidity (%) 63 55 45 27 25 32 39 41 49 40 56 62 45 3 Absolute max. Temp. (℃) 29.4 33.3 34.4 39.4 42.1 42.5 42.2 42.8 40.1 37.0 31.3 28.4 36.9 4 Mean Temperature (℃) 19.5 20.7 25.1 30.7 35.1 36.5 36.2 35.0 32.6 29.7 24.9 21.6 29.0 5 Absolute min. Temp. (℃) 10.6 10.5 14.1 18.3 24.6 26.5 26.2 25.5 24.2 20.2 15.8 12.7 19.1 Prevailing wind direction 360 360 360 360 360 360 360 360 360 360 360 360 360 6 Mean speed (Knots) 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.3 4.0 4.0 3.2 3.0 3.0 3.7 Max. gust direction 198 148 200 103 100 220 190 210 234 124 164 164 171 7 Max. gust speed (Knots) 22.0 22.0 24.8 29.8 28.0 47.2 47.8 36.2 28.4 28.6 24.4 17.2 29.7 5. Mina 1 Total Rainfall (mm) 18.3 8.6 3.6 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 0.0 32.5 Sultan 2 Mean Humidity (%) 94 95 95 94 95 95 94 93 93 92 93 93 94 Qaboos 3 Absolute max. Temp. (℃) 29.4 27.5 34.0 38.8 43.4 43.9 43.8 39.7 39.4 37.9 33.2 30.7 36.8 4 Mean Temperature (℃) 22.4 23.0 25.5 29.8 34.2 35.1 34.0 30.7 31.1 30.8 27.3 25.0 29.1 5 Absolute min. Temp. (℃) 15.8 17.4 19.6 23.2 28.4 28.7 27.6 25.9 26.0 25.4 22.2 19.6 23.3 Prevailing wind direction 265 245 245 188 135 135 98 105 90 144 264 204 176 6 Mean speed (Knots) 5.8 6.7 5.7 5.3 5.3 5.0 5.8 5.8 3.7 3.5 3.3 4.2 5.0 Max. gust direction 232 274 286 235 265 190 160 110 90 248 178 242 209 7 Max. gust speed (Knots) 28.7 33.3 22.8 29.3 26.0 21.5 25.3 26.0 20.4 23.2 22.6 21.3 25.0 6. Saiq 1 Total Rainfall (mm) 33.4 32.0 46.8 35.7 31.5 17.8 58.4 60.5 32.0 21.1 9.6 7.6 386.4 2 Mean Humidity (%) 54 45 40 32 25 24 34 37 34 33 45 50 38 3 Absolute max. Temp. (℃) 20.6 21.9 23.1 28.1 32.1 33.8 34.0 32.5 30.8 27.2 23.0 21.4 27.4 4 Mean Temperature (℃) 10.1 12.1 14.7 18.3 22.8 25.0 25.4 24.6 22.2 18.4 14.0 11.8 18.3 5 Absolute min. Temp. (℃) -0.6 2.8 3.5 7.7 12.8 15.7 15.4 14.4 13.0 9.2 4.1 1.2 8.3 Prevailing wind direction 171 219 233 263 316 312 319 321 309 277 155 155 254 6 Mean speed (Knots) 4.9 6.0 6.5 6.5 6.6 6.3 6.0 6.3 6.7 5.5 4.2 4.2 5.8 Max. gust direction 234 250 244 203 218 181 190 150 140 140 164 166 190 7 Max. gust speed (Knots) 30.5 35.6 37.0 37.3 36.3 34.7 37.9 37.6 33.1 30.4 28.5 29.1 34.0 7. Nizwa 1 Total Rainfall (mm) 9.4 10.4 23.7 5.4 7.3 1.3 12.3 9.0 0.9 5.0 1.0 1.4 87.0 2 Mean Humidity (%) 59 54 52 44 38 42 47 51 49 43 54 62 49 3 Absolute max. Temp. (℃) 30.9 33.1 37.6 41.7 46.0 47.4 48.2 46.1 43.7 40.4 34.9 31.7 40.1 4 Mean Temperature (℃) 19.0 21.1 24.6 29.1 33.9 35.8 35.5 34.1 31.9 29.7 23.8 20.8 28.3 5 Absolute min. Temp. (℃) 6.6 9.1 10.7 14.7 20.6 23.7 23.7 21.8 20.7 15.4 12.2 9.4 15.7 Prevailing wind direction 232 274 207 202 298 225 161 227 94 77 242 199 203 6 Mean speed (Knots) 27.8 28.2 31.3 36.3 36.1 44.0 51.7 51.4 45.0 34.0 24.8 27.0 36.5 Max.
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