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Name
CHWELE
station al
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Date of establishment
2020-09-21
date close
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declared r
Partly operational
assessed r
Unknown
station ty
Land (fixed)
WIGOS station ID
0-404-300-392181085AS63660|primary,0-404-0-63660
wmo region
Africa
regional w
EAC (Kenya & Tanzania)
country
Kenya
latitude
0.7333
longitude
34.6
elevation
1585.0
geopositio
GPS
time zone
UTC+3
supervisin
Kenyan Meteorological Department
station ur
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other link
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site descr
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climate zo
Equatorial - Monsoon
predominan
Mosaic cropland (50-70%) / vegetation (grassland/shrubland/forest) (20-50%)(Surface cover types (GlobCover2009))
surface ro
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topography
(unknown) at low relative elevation within mountains of high altitude
population
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programs/n
GOS General:Pre-operational
last updat
2023-12-15
last upd_1
Anne Kamau