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MANDERA
gid
89
Name
MANDERA
station al

Station information

gid 89
Name MANDERA
station al
Date of establishment 1936-01-01
date close
declared r Operational
assessed r Partly operational
station ty Land (fixed)
WIGOS station ID 0-20000-0-63624|primary
wmo region Africa
regional w EAC (Kenya & Tanzania)
country Kenya
latitude 3.9329326
longitude 41.867676
elevation 248.49
geopositio GPS
time zone UTC+3
supervisin Kenyan Meteorological Department
station ur
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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;SUNDUR;TOTRA{021} (see code table A for explanations). These remarks imply the following additional observations
climate zo Desert - Hot arid
predominan Sparse (<15%) vegetation(Surface cover types (GlobCover2009))
surface ro
topography (unknown) at low relative elevation within hollows of low altitude
population
programs/n CLIMAT(C) - deprecated, GBON, GOS General:Operational, GSN:Operational
last updat 2023-07-13
last upd_1 ANNE WANYOIKE