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B-. Generally wetter, hotter and more humid than I would like, but not too bad. Summers offer good beach weather while still being relatively mild. Their winters are like my ideal summers.
This is a pretty good indication of the climate of the tropical South Pacific in general. Compared to Southeast Asia and the Carribean it tends to be much cooler, wetter and cloudier.
B-. Generally wetter, hotter and more humid than I would like, but not too bad. Summers offer good beach weather while still being relatively mild. Their winters are like my ideal summers.
This is a pretty good indication of the climate of the tropical South Pacific in general. Compared to Southeast Asia and the Carribean it tends to be much cooler, wetter and cloudier.
NIWA summaries used to quote Port Vila numbers for a while - I'm pretty sure the totals were not that high (not going to check, as it costs money to get that data now).
NIWA summaries used to quote Port Vila numbers for a while - I'm pretty sure the totals were not that high (not going to check, as it costs money to get that data now).
This is a pretty good indication of the climate of the tropical South Pacific in general. Compared to Southeast Asia and the Carribean it tends to be much cooler, wetter and cloudier.
I think you're describing the higher latitudes of the South Pacific (Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga etc), once you get above Samoa, it becomes very equatorial (record lows above 60*F/16*C).
At least the absurd money-grubbing that NIWA had imposed on them by the government came to an end in 2007, as far as NZ locations were concerned - getting any kind of summary information was very expensive before then. I should know, because getting information out of them from 1988 to 2006 cost me plenty.
I think you're describing the higher latitudes of the South Pacific (Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga etc), once you get above Samoa, it becomes very equatorial (record lows above 60*F/16*C).
True. Even Samoa (14 S) could be properly described as equatorial since every month hardly deviates from 75 F lows and 85 F highs. It's under the influence of the intertropical convergence zone year-round as well as the South Pacific Gyre (which keeps SSTs in the 82-85 F range year-round).
However, there is significant rainfall seasonality despite the lack of a true dry season -- the wettest month averages about 17'' of rain versus 5'' in the dryest month ("dry" being considered fewer than 2-3'').
I think you would really be interested in the climate of Papua New Guinea (particularly the highland regions thereof), so check that out as well.
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