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          
                    Table 17a                    
                    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
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          

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