Location PANJIM, GOA

Latitude N 15' 28"

Longitude E 73' 49"
Altitude 60m
Climate Type WARM AND HUMID
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Sunshine hoursa 263.5 304.1 289.79 265.75 221.9 95 51.2 81.3 153.3 195.9 268.6 271.9 205.19
Cloud cover (%)c 41.3 12.1 38.6 42.2 61.4 87.4 91 90.4 79.8 67.6 28.9 35 56.308
Solar irradiation daily avg. (Wh/m2)a
global 5356 6232 6798 7038 6702 4933 4039 4717 5622 5594 5514 5203 5646
diffuse 1383 1190 1557 1958 2349 3055 3019 3113 2660 2175 1339 1220 2085
Relative Humidity (%)
Maxm. 95 96 97 100 95 98 98 99 100 100 97 99 97.8
Minm. 17 19 32 45 47 50 71 74 66 39 30 27 43.1
Air Temperature oC
mean max. 30.4 30.9 31 31.8 33.1 29.4 27.9 27.8 29.5 30.1 32.2 31.4 30.5
mean min. 21.2 22 24.3 25.9 27.3 26.5 25.8 25.3 24.9 24.6 23.3 21.3 24.4
Diurnal range 9.2 8.9 6.7 5.9 5.8 2.9 2.1 2.5 4.6 5.5 8.9 10.1 6.1
mean 25.8 26.5 27.7 28.9 30.2 28.0 26.9 26.6 27.2 27.4 27.8 26.4 27.4
Thermal Neutrality 25.8 26.0 26.4 26.7 27.2 26.5 26.1 26.0 26.2 26.3 26.4 26.0 26.3
Upper limit 28.3 28.5 28.9 29.2 29.7 29.0 28.6 28.5 28.7 28.8 28.9 28.5 28.8
Lower limit 23.298 23.5 23.872 24.244 24.662 23.965 23.624 23.531 23.732 23.779 23.903 23.469 23.8
Precipitation (mm)b 2 2.3 2.8 2.9 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.1 3 2.4 2.2 33.4
Wind Speed (m/s) 0.76 1.24 1.76 2.16 1.68 1.41 1.16 1.28 1.32 0.68 0.9 0.67 1.3

300
Sunshine

Average diurnal range of temperature (oK)

Hours

200 6.1
100 Annual mean range of temprature (oK) 11.9
0
8
global
(kWh/sqm)
Radiation

6
Solar

4
diffuse
2
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100 morning
80
RH (%)

60
evening
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20
0
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Temperature

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mean min.
10
0
5
Rainfall (mm)

0
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a
Source of data: ISHRAE (2014) http://www.wmo.int/datastat/wmodata_en.htm
b
Indian Meteorological Department
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