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Annular Solar Eclipse of 2003 May 31

Table 1.16 - Weather Statistics for Annular Solar Eclipse of 2003 May 31

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      Percent Frequency of                  
Location Latitude Longitude Clear Scattered Broken Overcast & Obscured Probability % hours with cloud< 0.3 & vis >2 Monthly pcpn (mm) % observations with precipitation % observations with fog Mean Wind Prevailing direction Tmax (C) Tmin (C)
                               
Greenland                              
Angmagssalik 65.60 -37.63 10.0 18.7 17.3 53.9 0.27 17 58.4 38.0 15.5 11.1 vrbl 3 -2
Danmarkshaun 76.77 -18.67 19.6 26.3 17.7 36.4 0.42 30 5.1 22.1 18.9 10.0 W -4 -9
Egedesminde * 68.70 -52.75 4.8 24.4 32.5 38.2 0.30 11 15.2 20.7 5.2 5.8 W 0 -4
Frederiskshab 62.00 -43.72 6.4 16.4 13.9 63.2 0.21 11   30.9 14.0 6.1 NW 3 -1
Godthab 64.17 -51.75 6.2 19.1 21.8 52.9 0.25 12 43.2 37.4 11.1 10.3 S 2 -2
Holsteinsborg 66.92 -53.67 13.5 21.1 20.7 44.8 0.33 21   24.3 5.4 5.0 ENE 2 -3
Jakobshavn * 69.25 -51.07 11.4 20.0 42.9 25.8 0.37 11   23.4 8.4 4.6 S 0 -4
Julianehab 60.72 -46.05 12.8 20.5 19.1 47.6 0.32 19   28.8 8.8 5.6 calm 6 1
Narssarssuaq 60.18 -45.42 6.7 25.9 28.1 39.2 0.32 19   33.7 2.2 6.7 ENE 8 2
Prins Christian 60.03 -43.12 14.8 20.1 16.7 48.4 0.33 22 177.8 31.1 5.6 12.1 N 3 0
Sonder Stromfjord 67.00 -50.80 7.8 29.6 42.2 20.4 0.40 20 12.7 21.5 0.2 6.9 ENE 6 -2
Upernavik 72.78 -56.17 12.2 25.8 22.9 39.1 0.36 21   18.4 4.4 5.5 calm -2 -6
                               
Iceland                              
Akureyri* 65.68 -18.08 3.0 18.4 29.3 49.3 0.24 20 17.8 12.8 3.3 7.5 SE 9 3
Raufarhofn * 66.45 -15.95 6.8 15.1 22.3 55.9 0.23 11   17.3 19.1 9.1 SW 6 1
Blonduos * 65.67 -20.30 1.1 17 11.6 70.2 0.16 8   22.6 10.3 6.2 calm 7 3
Stykkisholmur * 65.08 -22.73 4.1 15.6 31.1 49.1 0.24 9 35.6 13.8 4.9 9.9 E 7 4
Hjardarnes * 65.25 -15.18 0.5 23.2 24.7 51.6 0.23 8 86.4 25.4 17.5 10.5 E 8 4
Reykjavik * 64.13 -21.54 0.9 26.9 35.2 36.9 0.29 13 43.2 34.3 7.4 9.3 E 8 4
Keflavik * 63.97 -22.60 2.4 20.7 32.3 44.7 0.26 10 76.2 23.1 8.2 10.0 NNE 4 4
Eyrarbakki * 63.87 -21.15 1.1 26.3 28.3 44.3 0.27 15   24.4 9.1 10.1 NE 9 5
Vestmannaeyjar * 63.40 -20.28 2.8 25.2 23.2 48.8 0.26 15 83.8 28.3 8.3 18.3 SE 7 4
                               
Faeroes                              
Thorshaun * 62.02 -6.77 4.6 12.4 28.3 54.6 0.21 7 78.7 32.3 9.9 8.0 calm 8 6
                               
Jan Mayen * 70.93 -8.67 1.1 12.9 37.2 48.7 0.21 5 30.5 25.9 17.4 10.4 N 1 -2
                               
United Kingdom                              
Lerwick, Shetland Is. * 60.13 -1.18 0.6 21.2 39.1 39.1 0.26 9 55.9 27.4 19.1 10.8 N 9 6
Kirkwall, Orkney Is. * 58.95 -2.90 1.9 25.0 41.2 31.8 0.31 10   24.0 20.1 10.4 S 11 6
Wick * 58.45 -3.08 2.4 22.4 47.6 27.6 0.31 9   19.9 17.5 8.2 SE 11 6
Stornoway * 58.22 -6.32 2.3 32.0 36.5 29.2 0.34 17 55.9 27.1 6.7 8.6 vrbl 12 6
Aberdeen 57.20 -2.22 1.8 25.9 40.5 31.8 0.31 11 53.3 24.2 21.5 5.9 vrbl 13 6
Benbecula Island 57.47 -7.37 3.7 32.8 39.3 24.0 0.37 17   25.1 5.2 10.5 vrbl 12 7
Fort William 56.83 -5.10 2.7 26.6 42.3 28.4 0.33 10 99.1 11.9 0.5 4.9 calm 14 8
Invergordon Harbour * 57.68 -4.17 6.7 21.2 32.0 40.1 0.30 12   17.8 6.4 5.8 calm 13 8
Inverness * 57.53 -4.05 1.7 17.8 56.1 24.4 0.30 10 45.7 18.8 7.1 6.0 SW 13 7
Kinloss RAF * 57.65 -3.57 1.6 24.1 52.4 21.8 0.33 14 48.3 24.0 11.0 6.5 SW 13 6
Lossiemouth RAF * 57.72 -3.32 2.5 25.3 51.0 21.1 0.34 13 53.3 21.8 9.7 6.9 SW 13 6
Peterhead Harbour 57.50 -1.77 5.9 23.2 30.8 40.2 0.30 8   18 7.6 7.9 S 11 7
Edinburgh 55.95 -3.21 2.6 27.2 46.0 24.3 0.34 14 50.8 23.6 18.0 5.7 WSW 14 6
Manchester 53.21 -2.27 7.7 27.9 42.6 21.8 0.39 17 63.5 20.5 8.0 6.2 S 15 7
Leeds 53.48 -1.55 12.7 31.7 39.7 15.9 0.45 29   14.3 6.3 3.6 WNW 16 8
Birmingham 52.45 -1.73 7.8 30 36.1 26.1 0.38 19 55.9 21.8 26 5.7 vrbl 16 6
London 51.48 -0.45 15.2 27.1 32.9 24.9 0.43 24 45.7 18.3 9.7 5.2 N 17 8
Glasgow 55.87 -4.43 3.3 27.8 44 24.9 0.35 14   22.2 11.7 6 ENE 15 6
* indicates station is within annular zone           Key to Table 1.16                  

Key to Table 1.16

Table adapted from NASA TP 2002-211618 "Annular and Total Solar Eclipses of 2003."



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