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Name
KISUMU
station al
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Date of establishment
1938-01-01
date close
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declared r
Operational
assessed r
Partly operational
station ty
Land (fixed)
WIGOS station ID
0-20000-0-63708|primary
wmo region
Africa
regional w
EAC (Kenya & Tanzania)
country
Kenya
latitude
-0.086148
longitude
34.73448
elevation
1170.87
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;EVAP{023};RBSN(S);SPECI;SUNDUR;TOTRA{021} (see code table A for explanations). These remarks imply the following additional observations th
climate zo
Equatorial - Monsoon
predominan
Artificial surfaces and associated areas (Urban areas >50%)(Surface cover types (GlobCover2009))
surface ro
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topography
(unknown) at lowest relative elevation within hills of high altitude
population
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programs/n
GBON:Operational, GOS General:Operational
last updat
2023-05-16
last upd_1
JAMES KAIGUA