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Station Name: KABWE
gid 28
station KABWE
station alias --
date established 1925-01-01
date closed --
declared reporting status Operational
assessed reporting status Partly operational
station type Land (fixed)
wigos station identifier(s) 0-894-2-CEKB002|primary,0-20000-0-67663,0-894-1-CEKB001,0-894-1-KBWE008,0-894-1-kbw0008
wmo region Africa
regional wigos center Southern Africa
country Zambia
elevation 1209
geopositioning method From map
time zone UTC+2
supervising organization Zambia Meteorological Department (ZMD)
station url --
other link (url) --
site description The station was originally registered based on WMO Pub 9 Vol A information containing these observation remarks: CLIMAT(C);EVAP;RBCN;RBSN(S);SEISMO;SOILTEMP;SUNDUR (see code table A for explanations). These remarks imply the following additional observations that could not be registered automatically: Seismological observations.
climate zone Warm Temperate - Dry winter - Hot summer
predominant surface cover Artificial surfaces and associated areas (Urban areas >50%)(Surface cover types (GlobCover2009))
surface roughness --
topography or bathymetry (unknown) at high relative elevation within rises of high altitude
population in 10km/50km --
programs/network affiliation CLIMAT(C) - deprecated:Closed, GOS General:Operational, RBCN - deprecated:Closed, RBON:Operational, RBSN(S) - deprecated:Closed
program/network approval status CLIMAT(C) - deprecated:Approved,GOS General:Approved,RBCN - deprecated:Approved,RBON:Approved,RBSN(S) - deprecated:Approved
last updated date 2025-02-04
last updated by Naomi MUCHIPU