Annex VI. Meteorological Information

Table 27. Meteorological Information of Iraq: Rainfall in millimetre-Normal Average of 50 years (before 1995)

Month	Mosul	Baghdad	Rutba	Basrah	Average
January	63.83	25.83	13.64	26.09	32.35
February	65.16	23.62	15.13	16.08	29.99
March	68.21	24.73	18.57	20.55	33.01
April	48.94	19.34	18.35	16.58	25.80
May	19.74	6.39	11.27	6.28	10.92
June	0.65	0.09	0.08	0.22	0.26
July	0.06	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.02
August	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01
September	0.71	0.16	0.43	0.06	0.34
October	10.9	2.94	6.72	2.11	5.67
November	41.00	15.43	13.09	20.59	22.53
December	62.13	23.63	18.02	29.13	33.23
Total	381.38	142.26	115.32	137.61	194.14

Source: Central Statistical Organization, Annual Abstract of Statistics 1995-1996

Table 28. Meteorological Information of Iraq: Temperature and Humidity- 30 years average (1994 and before)

Months	Temperature			Humidity %
	Max. Temp°C	Min Temp °C	Daily Average °C	Highest	Lowest	Daily Average
January	18.4	6.9	12.2	100	32	72
February	21.1	9.0	14.8	100	29	65
March	25.6	13.2	19.2	100	15	56
April	31.5	18.5	24.8	91	13	50
May	37.3	24.0	30.6	66	9	42
June	40.6	26.5	33.7	55	4	38
July	42.5	28.0	35.2	50	7	36
August	42.6	26.9	34.6	44	5	38
September	40.7	23.5	31.8	82	7	40
October	35.7	19.1	26.4	100	8	48
November	26.7	13.1	19.2	100	12	61
December	20.2	8.2	13.6	100	24	71

Source: Central Statistical Organization, Annual Abstract of Statistics 1995-1996

Table 29. Meteorological Information of Iraq: Weather Phenomena in Iraq-1996

Phenomenon	Basrah	Rutba	Baghdad	Mosul
Cloudy days	22	17	48	33
Partial cloudy days	128	168	150	145
Clear days	215	180	167	187
Dust and sandstorms days	0	2	0	0
Thunder storms days	16	17	20	34
Hail stone days	0	2	3	2
Snow days	0	0	0	0
Rainy days	42	75	73	86

Source: Central Statistical Organization, Annual Abstract of Statistics 1995-1996

Table 30. Meteorological Information of Iraq: Sunshine Duration and Evaporation (Daily Incoming Average)

Station	Sunshine Hours	Evaporation mm
Mosul	8.3	5.6
Baghdad	8.9	8.0
Rutba	8.9	NA
Basrah	9.3	9.4

Source: Central Statistical Organization, Annual Abstract of Statistics 1995-1996