Opoa is a village on the island of Raiatea, in French Polynesia. According to the 2022 census, it had a population of 1,205.[1]
Opoa | |
|---|---|
 Raiatea, the island on which Opoa is located | |
  Location within French Polynesia | |
Location of Opoa  | |
| Coordinates: 16°50′8″S 151°21′55″W / 16.83556°S 151.36528°W | |
| Country | France |
| Overseas collectivity | French Polynesia |
| Subdivision | Leeward Islands |
| Commune | Taputapuatea |
| Population (2022)[1] | 1,205 |
| Time zone | UTC−10:00 |
| Elevation | 8 m (26 ft) |
Geography
editClimate
editOpoa has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification Af). The average annual temperature in Opoa is 26.6 °C (79.9 °F). The average annual rainfall is 3,686.8 mm (145.15 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in March, at around 27.7 °C (81.9 °F), and lowest in August, at around 25.4 °C (77.7 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Opoa was 35.2 °C (95.4 °F) on 12 January 1998; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 16.5 °C (61.7 °F) on 13 September 2002.
| Climate data for Opoa (1991–2020 averages, extremes 1991−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 35.2 (95.4) |
34.5 (94.1) |
35.0 (95.0) |
35.0 (95.0) |
33.8 (92.8) |
33.7 (92.7) |
32.5 (90.5) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.4 (90.3) |
33.0 (91.4) |
34.0 (93.2) |
34.5 (94.1) |
35.2 (95.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.4 (88.5) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.9 (89.4) |
31.6 (88.9) |
30.8 (87.4) |
29.9 (85.8) |
29.5 (85.1) |
29.3 (84.7) |
29.6 (85.3) |
30.1 (86.2) |
30.8 (87.4) |
31.0 (87.8) |
30.6 (87.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.3 (81.1) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.7 (81.9) |
27.5 (81.5) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.0 (78.8) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.4 (77.7) |
25.7 (78.3) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.9 (80.4) |
27.1 (80.8) |
26.6 (79.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.2 (73.8) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.3 (73.9) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.1 (71.8) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.8 (71.2) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23.1 (73.6) |
22.6 (72.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 20.0 (68.0) |
19.5 (67.1) |
20.5 (68.9) |
19.5 (67.1) |
17.1 (62.8) |
16.5 (61.7) |
16.7 (62.1) |
16.5 (61.7) |
16.5 (61.7) |
17.8 (64.0) |
18.1 (64.6) |
20.4 (68.7) |
16.5 (61.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 408.9 (16.10) |
351.2 (13.83) |
279.3 (11.00) |
323.4 (12.73) |
319.6 (12.58) |
232.8 (9.17) |
195.4 (7.69) |
191.5 (7.54) |
249.5 (9.82) |
328.6 (12.94) |
337.2 (13.28) |
469.4 (18.48) |
3,686.8 (145.15) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 21.1 | 19.1 | 19.2 | 17.1 | 17.0 | 15.6 | 15.5 | 13.9 | 15.4 | 17.6 | 18.1 | 21.3 | 210.9 |
| Source: Météo-France[2] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b "Les résultats du recensement de la population 2022 de Polynésie française" [Results of the 2022 population census of French Polynesia] (PDF) (in French). Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française. January 2023.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
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