Native name: トゥガイフィガイ (Tugaifigai) | |
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![]() Tokashiki Island | |
![]() Map of Kerama Islands; Tokashiki is largest in the center | |
Geography | |
Location | Pacific Ocean |
Coordinates | 26°11′52″N127°21′52″E / 26.19778°N 127.36444°E Coordinates: 26°11′52″N127°21′52″E / 26.19778°N 127.36444°E |
Archipelago | Kerama Islands |
Administration | |
Japan | |
Prefecture | Okinawa Prefecture |
Largest settlement | Tokashiki |
Demographics | |
Ethnic groups | Ryukyuan, Japanese |
Tokashiki Island (渡嘉敷島, Tokashiki-jima, Okinawan: トゥガイフィガイTugaifigai) [1] is the largest of the Kerama Islands, a group of Japanese islands southwest of Okinawa in the Pacific Ocean. The island is administered as the village of Tokashiki in Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
Tokashiki is a hilly island of about 15.29 square kilometers with sheer cliffs which descend down to the seas. [2]
The climate is warm year-round with a daily mean of 21 Celsius. It has 1,938 hours of sunshine per year, but it can get cloudy in December through February.
Climate data for Tokashiki (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1977−present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 24.1 (75.4) | 24.6 (76.3) | 25.7 (78.3) | 26.7 (80.1) | 29.0 (84.2) | 30.7 (87.3) | 32.1 (89.8) | 32.5 (90.5) | 31.6 (88.9) | 30.1 (86.2) | 28.4 (83.1) | 26.8 (80.2) | 32.5 (90.5) |
Average high °C (°F) | 17.8 (64.0) | 18.1 (64.6) | 19.7 (67.5) | 22.0 (71.6) | 24.6 (76.3) | 27.5 (81.5) | 29.3 (84.7) | 29.3 (84.7) | 28.3 (82.9) | 25.8 (78.4) | 22.8 (73.0) | 19.5 (67.1) | 23.7 (74.7) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 15.6 (60.1) | 15.7 (60.3) | 17.2 (63.0) | 19.5 (67.1) | 22.2 (72.0) | 25.1 (77.2) | 26.9 (80.4) | 26.8 (80.2) | 25.8 (78.4) | 23.5 (74.3) | 20.7 (69.3) | 17.4 (63.3) | 21.4 (70.5) |
Average low °C (°F) | 13.8 (56.8) | 13.8 (56.8) | 15.2 (59.4) | 17.6 (63.7) | 20.4 (68.7) | 23.4 (74.1) | 25.2 (77.4) | 25.1 (77.2) | 24.1 (75.4) | 21.9 (71.4) | 19.1 (66.4) | 15.7 (60.3) | 19.6 (67.3) |
Record low °C (°F) | 3.7 (38.7) | 6.0 (42.8) | 5.5 (41.9) | 10.4 (50.7) | 14.0 (57.2) | 15.3 (59.5) | 19.9 (67.8) | 21.6 (70.9) | 17.7 (63.9) | 16.1 (61.0) | 9.5 (49.1) | 7.6 (45.7) | 3.7 (38.7) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 134.2 (5.28) | 129.2 (5.09) | 170.3 (6.70) | 194.9 (7.67) | 269.1 (10.59) | 284.8 (11.21) | 154.7 (6.09) | 208.8 (8.22) | 234.6 (9.24) | 157.4 (6.20) | 120.9 (4.76) | 135.8 (5.35) | 2,200.5 (86.63) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 12.1 | 11.3 | 13.0 | 11.8 | 12.4 | 11.7 | 8.4 | 11.0 | 11.7 | 8.6 | 9.1 | 10.9 | 132 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 89.9 | 97.6 | 124.0 | 135.6 | 163.7 | 188.8 | 274.0 | 248.2 | 207.1 | 180.0 | 126.1 | 105.8 | 1,938.4 |
Source: Japan Meteorological Agency [3] [4] |
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