Nama or Nema is an island and municipality in the state of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia. [1]
It is a 1.5 km long and 0.5 km wide island part of the Eastern Islands or Upper Mortlock Islands group, located about 60 km to the ESE of Chuuk and 13 km NW of Losap. [2] Nama is densely populated despite its small size. It had 995 inhabitants in the 2000 census. [3]
Nama has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen climate classification: Aw) that borders on a hot desert climate.
| Climate data for Nama | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 32 (90) | 34 (93) | 36 (97) | 37 (99) | 38 (100) | 39 (102) | 40 (104) | 39 (102) | 38 (100) | 36 (97) | 35 (95) | 33 (91) | 36.42 (97.56) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) | 34 (93) | 34 (93) | 35 (95) | 38 (100) | 38 (100) | 37 (99) | 36 (97) | 33 (91) | 32 (90) | 29 (84) | 33.75 (92.75) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 26 (79) | 28 (82) | 31 (88) | 32 (90) | 34 (93) | 36 (97) | 36 (97) | 35 (95) | 33 (91) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 27 (81) | 31.42 (88.56) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 0 (0) | 0.12 (0.00) | 1 (0.0) | 0.65 (0.03) | 55 (2.2) | 218 (8.6) | 320 (12.6) | 165 (6.5) | 25 (1.0) | 2 (0.1) | 0.33 (0.01) | 0.15 (0.01) | 787.25 (30.99) |
| Source: Micronesian National Institute of Meteorology | |||||||||||||
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