Station Detail
Station Name: LODWAR
| gid | 77 |
|---|---|
| Name | LODWAR |
| station al | -- |
| Date of establishment | 1919-01-01 |
| date close | -- |
| declared r | Operational |
| assessed r | Operational |
| station ty | Land (fixed) |
| WIGOS station ID | 0-20000-0-63612|primary |
| wmo region | Africa |
| regional w | EAC (Kenya & Tanzania) |
| country | Kenya |
| latitude | 3.118498 |
| longitude | 35.590338 |
| elevation | 502.0 |
| 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: CLIMAT(C);EVAP{023};GSN;RBCN;RBSN(S);SUNDUR;TOTRA{021} (see code table A for explanations). These remarks imply the following additional obse |
| climate zo | Desert - Hot arid |
| predominan | Sparse (<15%) vegetation(Surface cover types (GlobCover2009)) |
| surface ro | -- |
| topography | (unknown) at low relative elevation within hills of middle altitude |
| population | -- |
| programs/n | CLIMAT(C) - deprecated, GBON, GOS General:Operational, GSN:Operational |
| last updat | 2024-01-22 |
| last upd_1 | Tim Oakley |