Table 17. Meteorological Data for Southern Africa in June,
Total Solar Eclipse of 2001 June 21

Percent Frequency of
(at nearest hour to eclipse) 		Percent of Observations at Eclipse
Time in June with
          Percent Frequency of (at nearest hour to eclipse)             Percent of Observations at Eclipse Time in June with
Station Latitude (S) Longitude (E) mean daily sunshine hours Percent of possible sunshine clear sky scattered cloud broken cloud overcast cloud obscured sky Monthly Pcpn (mm) Mean Tmax (°C) Mean Tmin (°C) Prevailing Wind (knots) Percent hours in June with less than 3/10th cloud and visibility > 4 km Mean Monthly cloud amount Fog TRW Rain Smoke or Haze Blowing Sand or Dust
                                         
St Helena                                        
St Helena -15.93 -5.67     0.2 19.6 74.4 4.2 1.6 0.7 18.9 17.2 ESE14 4   13.5 0 54.9 2.2 0.2
Namibia                                        
Grootfontein -19.60 18.12     67.2 25.4 7.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 22 7 E 8 84   0 0 0 7.3 1.2
Rundu -17.92 19.77     73.0 19.8 6.9 0.0 0.2 0.0 24 8 E 9 81   0 0 0 1.0 1.0
Congo                                        
Pointe-Noire -4.82 11.90     0.3 36.8 38.6 24.3 0.0 0.0 26 21 SW 7 6   0 0 0.3 0 0
Brazzaville -4.25 15.25     6.5 23.1 41.1 29.3 0.0 5.1 27 21 W 4 13   3.1 0 0.5 5.7 0.3
Angola                                        
Nova Lisboa (Huambo) -12.80 15.75 9.0 0.79           0.0 24 8 E 6 92 0.13          
Silva Porto (Bie) -12.38 16.95               0.0 23 7   67            
Luanda New -8.85 13.23               1.3 25 20   63            
Lubango -14.93 13.57 9.5 0.84           1 24 8 E 6   0.13          
Zambia                                        
Lusaka -15.32 28.45 8.9 0.79 18.8 43.1 36.7 1.4 0.0 0 23 10 ESE 9 37 0.25 0 0 0.2 29.1 0
Kasama -10.22 31.13 9.9 0.86           0.4 25 10 ESE 12   0.30          
Mongu -15.25 23.17 9.9 0.88           0.7 27 10 E 12   0.14          
Kabwe -14.45 28.45 9.3 0.82           0.1 24 9     0.28          
Kasempa -13.45 25.83 9.3 0.82           0 25 6 E 5   0.25          
Livingstone -17.82 29.82 9.7 0.88           0.6 26 7 E 6   0.19   0      
Chipata -13.57 32.58 8.6 0.76           1.1 25 12 SE 9   0.33          
Ndola -13.00 28.65 9.2 0.81           0.7 25 8 ESE 7   0.26     0    
Zimbabwe                                        
Beitbridge -22.22 -30.00 8.1 0.75           3.1 25.5 8.3     0.25          
Bualwayo -20.15 -28.62 8.6 0.83 29.4 49.2 21.4 0.0 0.0 1.9 21.4 7.3 E 9 55 0.24 0 0.4 1.2 1.6 0
Chipinge -20.20 -32.62 7.6 0.70           16.7 20.2 10.3     0.35          
Mount Darwin -16.78 -31.58 8.2 0.74           0.9 24.2 6.8     0.31          
Gokwe -18.22 -28.93 9.2 0.83           1.2 22.6 8.9     0.21          
Gweru Thornhill -19.45 -29.85 8.7 0.80 32.3 46.5 19.7 1.6 0.0 1.9 20.4 4.8 ESE 9 59 0.28 0 0 0.4 1.2 0
Harare Kutsaga -17.92 -31.13 8.9 0.80 23.0 46.0 30.6 0.4 0.0 2.2 21.4 5.4 E 6 49 0.25 0 0.4 2.0 7.5 0.4
Kadoma -18.32 -29.88 9.1 0.82           1.6 24.0 8.8     0.23          
Kariba -16.52 -28.88 9.1 0.82 17.0 59.4 23.6 0.0 0.0 1.0 26.5 11.5 W 6 48 0.24 0 0 0.9 4.6 0
Karoi -16.83 -29.62 8.5 0.76 15.5 50.1 33.5 0.8 0.0 1.7 22.2 8.7 E 5 46 0.28 0 0 1.1 6.2 0
Marondera -18.18 -31.47 8.4 0.76           5.4 19.5 6.1     0.30          
Masvingo -20.07 -30.87 8.0 0.73           5.7 21.7 6.0     0.30          
Nyanga -18.28 -32.75 8.0 0.72           17.4 16.4 5.4     0.33          
Victoria Falls -18.10 -25.85 9.7 0.88           0.6 24.7 6.0     0.15          
Mutare (Umtali) -18.97 32.67 9.1 0.83           9.0 21 9 ESE 5   0.25          
Malawi                                        
Blantyre -15.68 34.97 7.1 0.63           4.0 24 13 SSE3   0.38          
Lilongwe -13.78 33.77 7.7 0.68 5.3 30.7 63.6 0.4 0.0 1.0 22 10 E 8 18 0.38 0 0 0.4 4.2 0
Zomba -15.38 35.32 5.3 0.47           13.0 22 13 E4   0.50          
Mlanje -16.08 35.63 5.9 0.53           64.0 24 12 SE4   0.50          
Mozambique                                        
Quelimane -17.88 36.88     4.3 45.7 46.2 3.8 0.0 64.5 26 18 S 7 15   0 0 8.9 4.1 0.5
Cuamba (Nova Freixo) -14.80 36.87               2.0 28 12     0.38          
Beira -19.80 34.90 7.4 0.68 10.1 65.2 20.5 4.1 0.0 40.6 24 19 S 9 33 0.13 0 0 4.4 14.3 0.8
Maputo -25.92 32.57 8.2 0.78 31.0 42.8 24.0 2.2 0.0 17.8 24 15 N 7 46 0.25 0 0 3.1 20.9 1.4
Nampula -15.10 39.28     1.7 27.4 63.8 7.1 0.0 20.3 24 18 S 7 5   0 0 4.0 9.0 0.2
Tete -16.18 38.58 6.5 0.58           3.0 30 15 SE5   0.38          
Fingoe -15.17 31.88               8.0 26 12 SE   0.38          
Madagascar                                        
Antalaha -15.00 50.33 8.1 0.72           162 26 19 SSE 12   0.63          
Antananarivo -18.80 47.48 7.1 0.64 0.8 49.1 50.1 0.0 0.0 7.6 20 12 E 7 14 0.50 0 0 3.6 0 0
Taolagnaro (Fort Dauphin) -25.03 46.95 7.0 0.66 0.7 52.8 44.1 2.4 0.0 122 24 18 E 11 22 0.50 0.2 0.7 9.4 0 0.2
Antsir -12.35 49.30     0.0 59.8 38.6 1.6 0.0 - 28 22 SE 14 16   0 0 3.4 0.2 0
Mahanoro -19.83 48.80     0.5 42.9 50.4 6.1 0.0 - 24 19 SW 6 14   0.3 0 12.8 0.5 0
Mahajanga -15.67 46.33 9.9 0.88           3.0 31 19 ESE 12   0.25          
Maintirano -18.05 44.03 9.8 0.89           4.0 27 18 SW 13   0.25          
Nossi Be -13.33 48.28 9.4 0.83           49.0 29 19 NE 5   0.38          
Sambava Sud -14.28 50.17     0.0 42.1 51.7 6.3 0.0 - 26 21 S 11 14   0.6 0.2 10.9 0 0.2
Toliara (Tulear) -23.38 43.73 9.2 0.86           11.0 27 15 SSW 13   0.25          
Reunion                                        
Europa Island -22.32 40.33     7.6 74.4 17.4 0.6 0.0   25 21 SE 10 34   0.2 0 1.1 0 0.4
Saint Denis, Reunion Is. -20.88 55.52     0.0 53.6 41.6 1.9 0.2   26 19 SE 10 13   0.0 0.3 8.7 0.2 0
Mayotte                                        
Dzaoudzi -12.80 45.28     0.2 78.0 21.0 0.9 0.0 8.9 28 24 SSE 10 10   0.2 0 2.4 0 0

Explanations

Per cent of possible sunshine:mean hours of sunshine/mean hours of sunshine in June
Scattered cloud:four tenths or less
Broken cloud:five to nine tenths
Tmax:maximum temperature
Tminminimum temperature
TRWthundershowers
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