Station Detail
Station Name: JOMO KENYATTA NTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
| gid | 46 |
|---|---|
| Name | JOMO KENYATTA NTERNATIONAL AIRPORT |
| station al | -- |
| Date of establishment | 1958-03-09 |
| date close | -- |
| declared r | Operational |
| assessed r | Partly operational |
| station ty | Land (fixed) |
| WIGOS station ID | 0-20000-0-63740|primary |
| wmo region | Africa |
| regional w | EAC (Kenya & Tanzania) |
| country | Kenya |
| latitude | -1.334453 |
| longitude | 36.917322 |
| elevation | 1624.0 |
| geopositio | GPS |
| time zone | UTC+3 |
| supervisin | Kenyan Meteorological Department |
| station ur | -- |
| other link | -- |
| site descr | The station was originally registered based on WMO Pub 9 Vol A information containing these observation remarks: A;CLIMAT(C);EVAP{023};GSN;RBCN;SPECI;SUNDUR;TOTRA{021} (see code table A for explanations). These remarks imply the following additional obse |
| climate zo | Warm Temperate - Dry winter - 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 | CLIMAT(C) - deprecated, GBON:Operational, GOS General:Operational, GSN:Operational |
| last updat | 2024-01-16 |
| last upd_1 | Anne Kamau |