Yaté (French pronunciation: [jate]) is a commune in the South Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. The Yaté Dam and Blue River Provincial Park are located within the commune.
Geography
Climate
Yaté has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification Af). The average annual temperature in Yaté is 23.7 °C (74.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 2,604.9 mm (102.56 in) with March as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in February, at around 26.7 °C (80.1 °F), and lowest in August, at around 20.6 °C (69.1 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Yaté was 34.7 °C (94.5 °F) on 28 February 2008; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 12.3 °C (54.1 °F) on 18 August 2004.
| Climate data for Yaté (1991–2020 averages, extremes 1993−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 34.0 (93.2) |
34.7 (94.5) |
34.4 (93.9) |
33.4 (92.1) |
31.7 (89.1) |
30.4 (86.7) |
29.3 (84.7) |
30.0 (86.0) |
31.1 (88.0) |
32.0 (89.6) |
32.9 (91.2) |
33.8 (92.8) |
34.7 (94.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.5 (85.1) |
30.0 (86.0) |
29.3 (84.7) |
28.0 (82.4) |
26.4 (79.5) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.3 (75.7) |
25.4 (77.7) |
26.5 (79.7) |
27.5 (81.5) |
28.7 (83.7) |
27.1 (80.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.2 (79.2) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.2 (79.2) |
24.9 (76.8) |
23.2 (73.8) |
21.8 (71.2) |
20.8 (69.4) |
20.6 (69.1) |
21.6 (70.9) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23.9 (75.0) |
25.3 (77.5) |
23.7 (74.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.9 (73.2) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.1 (73.6) |
21.8 (71.2) |
20.0 (68.0) |
18.5 (65.3) |
17.2 (63.0) |
17.0 (62.6) |
17.8 (64.0) |
19.3 (66.7) |
20.4 (68.7) |
22.0 (71.6) |
20.3 (68.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 19.1 (66.4) |
18.8 (65.8) |
19.3 (66.7) |
16.6 (61.9) |
15.2 (59.4) |
12.8 (55.0) |
12.6 (54.7) |
12.3 (54.1) |
12.9 (55.2) |
14.3 (57.7) |
15.5 (59.9) |
17.1 (62.8) |
12.3 (54.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 293.2 (11.54) |
320.3 (12.61) |
415.8 (16.37) |
306.1 (12.05) |
201.9 (7.95) |
159.2 (6.27) |
172.1 (6.78) |
141.0 (5.55) |
133.2 (5.24) |
115.9 (4.56) |
119.1 (4.69) |
227.1 (8.94) |
2,604.9 (102.56) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 16.6 | 17.0 | 19.7 | 17.4 | 15.5 | 13.3 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 9.5 | 10.7 | 10.3 | 13.7 | 166.7 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 1,843 | — |
| 2009 | 1,881 | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 21,789 | +1058.4% |
| 2021 | 28,351 | +30.1% |
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
- ^ Population, ménages et logement par commune, en 2019, Institut de la statistique et des études économiques Nouvelle-Calédonie
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
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