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gid
46
Name
JOMO KENYATTA NTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
station al
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Date of establishment
1958-03-09
date close
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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
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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;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
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topography
(unknown) at middle relative elevation within hills of high altitude
population
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programs/n
CLIMAT(C) - deprecated, GBON:Operational, GOS General:Operational, GSN:Operational
last updat
2024-01-16
last upd_1
Anne Kamau