Opoa | |
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 Raiatea, the island on which Opoa is located | |
  Location within French Polynesia | |
Location of Opoa  | |
| Coordinates: 16°50′8″S151°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 |
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 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) | |||||||||||||
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| 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] | |||||||||||||
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