Wé, New Caledonia climate

Am Tropical monsoon

Wé has a mildly seasonal warm-temperate climate (Tropical monsoon, Köppen Am). The hottest month is February with an average daily high near 86°F, while the coldest is August averaging around 59°F at night. Around 50 inches of precipitation falls each year, peaking in March (7.9 inches) and easing off in September (2.2 inches).

☀️ All year

Warm

Daytime highs near 86°F most of the year.

🌙 Nights

Stays warm

Even the coolest nights stay near 59°F.

🌧️ Rain

Wet

About 50 in of rain a year.

Wettest in March

⛅ Sky & trend

Partly cloudy

A roughly even mix of sun and cloud.

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Hours of sunshine per day

Estimated sunny hours each month — daylight length × clear-sky fraction · 1991–2020 monthly cloud cover (NASA POWER)

Wé climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	85	86	84	82	79	77	76	76	77	79	81	84
Avg temp (°F)	79	79	78	76	72	70	67	67	69	72	74	77
Avg low (°F)	72	73	73	70	65	63	59	59	61	64	67	70
Precipitation (in)	5.0	5.6	7.9	6.1	4.9	4.2	2.9	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.7	4.2

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°F)	85	86	84	82	79	77
Avg temp (°F)	79	79	78	76	72	70
Avg low (°F)	72	73	73	70	65	63
Precipitation (in)	5.0	5.6	7.9	6.1	4.9	4.2

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	76	76	77	79	81	84
Avg temp (°F)	67	67	69	72	74	77
Avg low (°F)	59	59	61	64	67	70
Precipitation (in)	2.9	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.7	4.2

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	58	62	66	64	65	66	61	58	55	54	55	55
Relative humidity (%)	79	80	81	79	77	77	74	74	75	76	77	78
Wind speed (mph)	12.6	12.3	12.7	13.3	12.8	12.8	12.4	12.2	11.8	12.3	12.2	11.9

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	58	62	66	64	65	66
Relative humidity (%)	79	80	81	79	77	77
Wind speed (mph)	12.6	12.3	12.7	13.3	12.8	12.8

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	61	58	55	54	55	55
Relative humidity (%)	74	74	75	76	77	78
Wind speed (mph)	12.4	12.2	11.8	12.3	12.2	11.9

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 27 years of daily observations at Lifou Ouanaham, a weather station, about 16 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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