Climate Data for Latitude -28.25 Longitude 24.75

Köppen climate classification: BSh (Climate: arid; Precipitation: steppe; Temperature: hot arid)
 

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Spitskop Dam

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TypeUnitsJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPeriod
Min TempF°62.962.457.750.340.933.933.237.645.052.356.860.8109 years
Mean TempF°77.075.471.164.756.750.450.454.961.767.971.975.5109 years
Max TempF°91.388.584.579.272.666.967.772.478.583.587.190.3109 years
FrostDays4.71.93.04.617.329.330.421.39.42.46.45.533 years
WetDays7.17.36.74.11.30.80.40.71.33.74.96.0109 years
Precipitationin2.42.62.91.40.50.20.20.20.31.11.61.9106 years
Potential Evapotranspirationin7.75.85.33.93.12.52.94.15.36.67.48.1109 years
Yearly Average Temperatures 2010 - 2009 (English) Latitude -28.25 Longitude 24.75
Monthly Mean Temperatures 1901 - 2009 (English) Latitude -28.25 Longitude 24.75
Yearly Total Frost Days 1902 - 2009 Latitude -28.25 Longitude 24.75
Yearly Total Precipitation 1901 - 2009 (English) Latitude -28.25 Longitude 24.75
Yearly Total Wet Days 1901 - 2009 Latitude -28.25 Longitude 24.75
Yearly Total Potential Evapotranspiration 1901 - 2009 (English) Latitude -28.25 Longitude 24.75

Climate data provided by CRU TS 3.1 - University of East Anglia Climate Research Unit (CRU). [Phil Jones, Ian Harris]. CRU Time Series (TS) high resolution gridded datasets, [Internet]. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, 2008, Accessed: 28-July-2011
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Köppen climate classification provided by Kottek, M., J. Grieser, C. Beck, B. Rudolf, and F. Rubel, 2006: World Map of Köppen-Geiger Climate Classification updated. Meteorol. Z., 15, 259-263
The calculation method for the potential evapotranspiration is the FAO grass reference equation (Ekstrom et al., 2007, which is based on Allen et al., 1994). It is a variant of the Penman Monteith method using TMP, TMN, TMX, VAP, CLD.