Station Detail
Station Name: KITALE
| gid | 57 |
|---|---|
| Name | KITALE |
| station al | -- |
| Date of establishment | 1950-01-01 |
| date close | -- |
| declared r | Operational |
| assessed r | Operational |
| station ty | Land (fixed) |
| WIGOS station ID | 0-20000-0-63661|primary |
| wmo region | Africa |
| regional w | EAC (Kenya & Tanzania) |
| country | Kenya |
| latitude | 1.002618 |
| longitude | 34.985899 |
| elevation | 1832.0 |
| 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: CLIMAT(C);EVAP{023};GSN;RBCN;RBSN(S);SOILTEMP;SUNDUR;TOTRA{021} (see code table A for explanations). These remarks imply the following additi |
| climate zo | Equatorial - Savannah - dry summer |
| predominan | Mosaic cropland (50-70%) / vegetation (grassland/shrubland/forest) (20-50%)(Surface cover types (GlobCover2009)) |
| surface ro | -- |
| topography | (unknown) at middle relative elevation within valleys of high altitude |
| population | -- |
| programs/n | CLIMAT(C) - deprecated, GBON:Operational, GOS General:Operational, GSN |
| last updat | 2024-01-19 |
| last upd_1 | Anne Kamau |