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gid
171
Name
WILSON
station al
Wilson Airport Meteorological Station
Date of establishment
1951-01-01
date close
—
declared r
Operational
assessed r
Operational
station ty
Land (fixed)
WIGOS station ID
0-20000-0-63742|primary
wmo region
Africa
regional w
EAC (Kenya & Tanzania)
country
Kenya
latitude
-1.320572
longitude
36.815446
elevation
1675.51
geopositio
GPS
time zone
UTC+3
supervisin
Kenyan Meteorological Department
station ur
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other link
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site descr
The station was originally registered based on WMO Pub 9 Vol A information containing these observation remarks: A;SPECI (see code table A for explanations). These remarks imply the following additional observations that could not be registered automatic
climate zo
Warm Temperate - Fully humid - Warm summer
predominan
Artificial surfaces and associated areas (Urban areas >50%)(Surface cover types (GlobCover2009))
surface ro
—
topography
(unknown) at middle relative elevation within hills of high altitude
population
—
programs/n
GBON, GOS General:Operational
last updat
2024-01-11
last upd_1
Anne Kamau