Tokelau, Tuvalu
Tokelau, Tuvalu is a village on the island of Nanumanga, Tuvalu.
Population
Tokelau's population is 281. It is the smaller of Nanumanga's two villages.
Linguistic background
For disambiguation purposes, it may be noted that "Tokelau" is also the name of a neighbouring territory administered by New Zealand, with its own language.
Tokelauan-speakers and Tuvaluan-speakers share linguistic intelligibility. Hence also the occurrence of the identical place name.
Climate
Tokelau has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy rainfall year-round.
| Climate data for Tokelau | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.4 (88.5) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.2 (88.2) |
30.9 (87.6) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30.7 (87.3) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.2 (88.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 28.4 (83.1) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.0 (82.4) |
28.0 (82.4) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.3 (82.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 25.4 (77.7) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.4 (77.7) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.4 (77.7) |
25.4 (77.7) |
25.5 (77.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 330 (13.0) |
261 (10.3) |
313 (12.3) |
236 (9.3) |
192 (7.6) |
177 (7.0) |
196 (7.7) |
214 (8.4) |
175 (6.9) |
193 (7.6) |
216 (8.5) |
339 (13.3) |
2,842 (111.9) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[1] | |||||||||||||
See also
6°17′28″S 176°19′23″E / 6.291°S 176.323°E
References
- ^ "Climate: Tokelau". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
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