Macouba
Macouba (French pronunciation: [makuba]) is a village and commune in the French overseas department of Martinique.
Geography
Climate
Macouba has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification Af). The average annual temperature in Macouba is 25.4 °C (77.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 2,803.8 mm (110.39 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in September, at around 26.5 °C (79.7 °F), and lowest in January, at around 24.0 °C (75.2 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Macouba was 34.0 °C (93.2 °F) on 19 September 1999; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 16.0 °C (60.8 °F) on 12 March 1974.
Climate data for Macouba (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1974−present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 30.0 (86.0) | 31.0 (87.8) | 32.2 (90.0) | 32.3 (90.1) | 32.5 (90.5) | 32.1 (89.8) | 33.2 (91.8) | 34.0 (93.2) | 34.0 (93.2) | 33.0 (91.4) | 32.0 (89.6) | 30.5 (86.9) | 34.0 (93.2) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 26.9 (80.4) | 27.0 (80.6) | 27.7 (81.9) | 28.5 (83.3) | 29.1 (84.4) | 29.2 (84.6) | 29.3 (84.7) | 29.7 (85.5) | 29.9 (85.8) | 29.3 (84.7) | 28.4 (83.1) | 27.5 (81.5) | 28.5 (83.3) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 24.0 (75.2) | 24.0 (75.2) | 24.4 (75.9) | 25.2 (77.4) | 25.9 (78.6) | 26.2 (79.2) | 26.3 (79.3) | 26.5 (79.7) | 26.5 (79.7) | 26.1 (79.0) | 25.4 (77.7) | 24.6 (76.3) | 25.4 (77.7) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.1 (70.0) | 20.9 (69.6) | 21.2 (70.2) | 21.8 (71.2) | 22.6 (72.7) | 23.3 (73.9) | 23.3 (73.9) | 23.4 (74.1) | 23.2 (73.8) | 22.9 (73.2) | 22.5 (72.5) | 21.7 (71.1) | 22.3 (72.1) |
Record low °C (°F) | 17.5 (63.5) | 16.5 (61.7) | 16.0 (60.8) | 18.0 (64.4) | 19.0 (66.2) | 19.0 (66.2) | 19.0 (66.2) | 19.0 (66.2) | 19.0 (66.2) | 19.0 (66.2) | 19.0 (66.2) | 17.0 (62.6) | 16.0 (60.8) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 173.8 (6.84) | 103.4 (4.07) | 124.1 (4.89) | 199.4 (7.85) | 201.4 (7.93) | 213.7 (8.41) | 265.0 (10.43) | 294.1 (11.58) | 294.3 (11.59) | 311.6 (12.27) | 375.2 (14.77) | 247.8 (9.76) | 2,803.8 (110.39) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 21.3 | 16.6 | 16.1 | 16.9 | 17.1 | 19.3 | 22.2 | 23.2 | 19.7 | 21.3 | 22.2 | 20.9 | 236.7 |
Source: Météo-France[3] |
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
External links
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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