Pouembout
Commune in New Caledonia, France
Location of Pouembout
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(2019 census)[2]
Europeans 26.34%
Wallisians and Futunans 1.82%
Mixed 18.13%
Other 17.3%
98825 /98825
(avg. 10 m or 33 ft)
Pouembout is a commune in the North Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean.
Geography
Climate
Pouembout has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw). The average annual temperature in Pouembout is 23.5 °C (74.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,002.6 mm (39.47 in) with January as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in February, at around 27.0 °C (80.6 °F), and lowest in July, at around 19.6 °C (67.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Pouembout was 37.9 °C (100.2 °F) on 19 November 1968; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 6.0 °C (42.8 °F) on 26 July 1970.
| Climate data for Pouembout (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1962−2009) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 37.3 (99.1) | 37.3 (99.1) | 35.5 (95.9) | 34.0 (93.2) | 34.1 (93.4) | 32.9 (91.2) | 31.1 (88.0) | 32.0 (89.6) | 34.3 (93.7) | 34.6 (94.3) | 37.9 (100.2) | 37.1 (98.8) | 37.9 (100.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.9 (89.4) | 31.8 (89.2) | 31.1 (88.0) | 29.8 (85.6) | 28.0 (82.4) | 26.2 (79.2) | 25.2 (77.4) | 25.6 (78.1) | 27.3 (81.1) | 29.1 (84.4) | 30.3 (86.5) | 31.4 (88.5) | 29.0 (84.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.8 (80.2) | 27.0 (80.6) | 26.2 (79.2) | 24.7 (76.5) | 22.7 (72.9) | 20.9 (69.6) | 19.6 (67.3) | 19.8 (67.6) | 21.1 (70.0) | 23.0 (73.4) | 24.5 (76.1) | 25.9 (78.6) | 23.5 (74.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.7 (71.1) | 22.1 (71.8) | 21.4 (70.5) | 19.5 (67.1) | 17.5 (63.5) | 15.7 (60.3) | 14.0 (57.2) | 14.0 (57.2) | 14.8 (58.6) | 16.8 (62.2) | 18.8 (65.8) | 20.4 (68.7) | 18.0 (64.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 14.0 (57.2) | 13.6 (56.5) | 12.0 (53.6) | 10.1 (50.2) | 8.5 (47.3) | 6.5 (43.7) | 6.0 (42.8) | 6.5 (43.7) | 7.5 (45.5) | 6.2 (43.2) | 11.0 (51.8) | 11.0 (51.8) | 6.0 (42.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 158.4 (6.24) | 156.9 (6.18) | 157.4 (6.20) | 68.7 (2.70) | 72.1 (2.84) | 67.8 (2.67) | 48.7 (1.92) | 44.2 (1.74) | 29.3 (1.15) | 32.3 (1.27) | 58.1 (2.29) | 108.7 (4.28) | 1,002.6 (39.47) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 9.2 | 10.7 | 11.0 | 6.6 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 7.8 | 80.3 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ Population, ménages et logement par commune, en 2019, Institut de la statistique et des études économiques Nouvelle-Calédonie
- ^ "Normales et records pour Pouembout (988)". Meteociel. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
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