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Station Name: KERICHO
gid 52
Name KERICHO
station al --
Date of establishment 1973-01-01
date close --
declared r Operational
assessed r Operational
station ty Land (fixed)
WIGOS station ID 0-20000-0-63710|primary
wmo region Africa
regional w EAC (Kenya & Tanzania)
country Kenya
latitude -0.3628611
longitude 35.27323
elevation 1991.53
geopositio GPS
time zone UTC+3
supervisin Kenyan Meteorological Department
station ur --
other link --
site descr The station was originally registered based on WMO Pub 9 Vol A information containing these observation remarks: EVAP{023};SUNDUR (see code table A for explanations). These remarks imply the following additional observations that could not be registered
climate zo Equatorial - Monsoon
predominan Mosaic vegetation (grassland/shrubland/forest) (50-70%) / cropland (20-50%) (Surface cover types (GlobCover2009))
surface ro --
topography (unknown) at middle relative elevation within rises of high altitude
population --
programs/n GBON, GOS General:Operational
last updat 2023-05-16
last upd_1 JAMES KAIGUA