SAVE, BENIN

Average Temperature

Years on Record: 21

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		81		83		86		85		84		82		80		78		77		78		80		82		82

Average High Temperature

Years on Record: 21

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		89		93		96		95		92		89		86		83		82		84		87		91		92

Average Low Temperature

Years on Record: 21

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		73		72		75		76		75		74		73		72		72		72		73		73		72

Highest Recorded Temperature

Years on Record: 21

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		106		102		106		104		102		100		94		91		91		99		102		102		99

Lowest Recorded Temperature

Years on Record: 21

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		61		61		68		68		68		68		63		62		62		68		68		63		61

Average Number of Days Above 95F/35C

Years on Record: 21

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		75		13		20		18		9		3		---		---		---		---		---		5		6

Average Number of Days Above 86F/30C

Years on Record: 21

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		276		30		27		30		28		26		20		10		8		14		24		29		30

Average Number of Days Below 75F/23C

Years on Record: 21

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		305		27		18		17		19		24		28		30		30		29		29		27		29

Average Number of Days Below 65F/18C

Years on Record: 21

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		3		1		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		1

Average Number of Days With Precipitation

Years on Record: 17

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		71		---		1		4		5		6		9		12		12		12		7		2		1

Average Number of Rainy Days

Years on Record: 17

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		71		---		1		4		5		6		9		12		12		12		7		2		1

Average Number of Days With Thunderstorms

Years on Record: 17

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		84		1		3		9		11		12		13		8		5		9		10		2		1

Average Morning Relative Humidity

Years on Record: 18

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
%		89		75		82		88		91		93		94		93		93		94		94		90		78

Average Evening Relative Humidity

Years on Record: 15

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
%		50		29		30		39		50		57		63		68		70		66		60		43		34

Average Dew Point

Years on Record: 14

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		69		59		64		69		72		72		72		71		71		71		72		69		62

Cooling Degree Days

Years on Record: 21

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		5910.1		542.5		579.1		635.5		555		511.5		435		387.5		372		390		465		510		527

Growing Degree Days

Years on Record: 21

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		11388.9		1007.5		1002.9		1100.5		1005		976.5		885		852.5		837		840		930		960		992

Average Length of Day

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Hours		12.5		12.1		12.2		12.4		12.7		12.9		13		12.9		12.7		12.5		12.3		12.1		12

Average Number of Days With Fog

Years on Record: 17

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		76		8		5		2		3		4		4		5		7		5		10		13		10

Average Number of Days With Smoke/Haze

Years on Record: 17

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		62		20		11		6		1		---		---		---		---		---		1		6		17

Average No. of Days With Vision Obstruction

Years on Record: 17

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		128		24		14		8		4		4		4		6		7		6		10		17		24

Average Wind Speed

Years on Record: 14

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
mph		4		4		4		5		5		5		5		5		4		4		4		4		4

Average No. of Days With Blowing Dust/Sand

Years on Record: 17

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		128		24		14		8		4		4		4		6		7		6		10		17		24

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		5.2		5.6		6		6		5.9		5.6		4.9		4.3		4		4.4		5		5.5		5.6

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		2		1.6		1.7		2		2.2		2.1		2.2		2.2		2.3		2.3		2.1		1.7		1.5

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		5.3		5.9		6.2		6		5.8		5.6		4.9		4.3		4		4.3		5.1		5.8		5.9

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		4.9		6.5		6.4		5.8		5.3		5		4		3		2.5		3		4.4		6.1		6.8

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		5.2		5.6		6		6		5.9		5.6		4.9		4.3		4		4.4		5		5.5		5.6

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		2		1.6		1.9		2.1		2.3		2.3		2.2		2.2		2.3		2.3		2.1		1.8		1.6

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		5.8		6.1		6.5		6.6		6.3		5.8		5.4		4.9		4.8		4.9		5.4		6.2		6.3

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		5.7		7		7.2		6.9		6.1		5.5		4.8		4		3.7		3.8		5		6.9		7.5

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		4.8		5.4		5.6		5.6		5.6		4.8		4.5		3.9		3.7		3.8		4.5		5.1		5.3

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		1.9		1.5		1.6		1.8		2		2.1		2.1		2.2		2.2		2.2		2		1.5		1.3

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		4.9		5.7		5.8		5.6		5.5		4.8		4.5		3.9		3.7		3.8		4.5		5.4		5.6

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		4.2		6.1		5.7		5.1		4.7		3.7		3.3		2.5		2.1		2.2		3.5		5.3		6.1