Table 3 Annual weather data of all the cities.

From: Performance evaluation and financial viability analysis of grid associated 10 MWP solar photovoltaic power plant at UP India

Cities

Air temperature1 (°C)

Relative humidity2 (%)

Wind speed3 (m/s)

Earth temperature4 (°C)

Daily solar radiation- horizontal5 (kWh/m2/d)

Lucknow

24.9

67.1

2.0

26.5

4.96

Agra

26.5

40.0

3.0

26.8

4.91

Meerut

25.1

61.1

2.4

25.9

5.25

Gorakhpur

26.1

48.7

2.9

26.3

5.31

Kanpur

24.9

67.1

2.0

26.5

4.96

Allahabad

25.9

59.2

3.0

26.9

5.79

Varanasi

26.4

48.4

3.0

26.8

5.04

  1. Superscript1, 2-Ground data & 3, 4, 5- NASA data.