Weather Stats: compare key data on China & South Africa
Definitions
- Precipitation: Average annual precipitation (rain or snow fall) in million cubic metres.
- Precipitation per capita: Average annual precipitation (rain or snow fall) in million cubic metres. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
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Temperature > Highest temperature ever recorded:
Temperature.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
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Temperature > Highest temperature ever recorded > Location:
Town/Location.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
- Temperature > Lowest temperature ever recorded: Temperature.
- Temperature > Lowest temperature ever recorded > Location: Town/Location.
SOURCES: http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=ENV&f=variableID%3a6, Precipitation; http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=ENV&f=variableID%3a6, Precipitation. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: List of weather records (Highest temperatures ever recorded); Wikipedia: List of weather records (Cold) ("Marble Bar heatwave, 1923–1924" . Australian Climate Extremes . Bureau of Meteorology . Retrieved 2008-09-21 ., )