| 3.09 AVERAGE ANNUAL TEMPERATURES |
| Data ID |
| Description: | Average annual temperatures |
| Chapter: | 3 Climate |
| File name: | Average annual temperatures |
| File type: | ArcView shapefile |
| Geographical area: | Namibia |
| Keywords: | temperature |
| Notes on data, analysis and | The averages for each year are calculated from the average of every day’s maximum and minimum temperature. These |
| compilation: | data were obtained from the Namibia Meteorological Services and other sources (agro-ecological zone data; FAO |
| | ClimWAT- see excel file Fig 3.13). The polygons making up the shapefile were created from hand drawn contours on a |
| | hard copy map. This manual interpolation approach was done by Peter Hutchinson using point data from all available |
| | stations. Because the number of stations was small an automatic interpolation produced nonsense results. |
| Data quality and organisation |
| Positional Accuracy: | Low |
| Vector/Raster: | Vector |
| Spatial reference |
| Projection: | Geographic |
| Fields |
| Field name | Field description |
| TEMP | Average annual temperature, in 8 classes ranging from <16 to >22 |
| Source/Distribution |
| Data Source: | Namibia Meteorological Services |
| Contact: |
| Online/Offline Address: |
| Distribution notes: | Unrestricted |