Table 17b. Meteorological Data for Southern Africa,
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
                                         
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

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