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 |