Papetoai
Papetō'ai  | |
|---|---|
![]() Moʻorea, the island on which Papetō'ai is located  | |
![]() Location within French Polynesia  | |
Location of Papetō'ai  | |
| Coordinates: 17°29′44″S 149°52′22″W / 17.49556°S 149.87278°W | |
| Country | France | 
| Overseas collectivity | French Polynesia | 
| Subdivision | Windward Islands | 
| Commune | Moʻorea-Maiʻao | 
| Population  (2022)[1]  | 2,214 | 
| Time zone | UTC−10:00 | 
| Elevation | 18 m (59 ft) | 
Papetoai (also spelled Papetō'ai) is an associated commune on the island of Mo'orea, in French Polynesia. It is part of the commune Moorea-Maiao. According to the 2022 census, it had a population of 2,214.[1]
Geography
Climate
Papetō'ai has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification Af). The average annual temperature in Papetō'ai is 25.8 °C (78.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 3,108.3 mm (122.37 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in March, at around 27.0 °C (80.6 °F), and lowest in August, at around 24.3 °C (75.7 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Papetō'ai was 37.6 °C (99.7 °F) on 26 March 2022; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 14.5 °C (58.1 °F) on 4 July 1998.
| Climate data for Papetō'ai (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1979−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | 
| Record high °C (°F) | 36.5 (97.7)  | 
36.0 (96.8)  | 
37.6 (99.7)  | 
36.0 (96.8)  | 
36.2 (97.2)  | 
34.0 (93.2)  | 
32.5 (90.5)  | 
34.5 (94.1)  | 
34.5 (94.1)  | 
35.0 (95.0)  | 
34.5 (94.1)  | 
34.7 (94.5)  | 
37.6 (99.7)  | 
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.7 (87.3)  | 
31.1 (88.0)  | 
31.6 (88.9)  | 
31.3 (88.3)  | 
30.3 (86.5)  | 
29.4 (84.9)  | 
29.0 (84.2)  | 
28.9 (84.0)  | 
29.3 (84.7)  | 
29.8 (85.6)  | 
30.3 (86.5)  | 
30.4 (86.7)  | 
30.2 (86.4)  | 
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.6 (79.9)  | 
26.8 (80.2)  | 
27.0 (80.6)  | 
26.8 (80.2)  | 
25.9 (78.6)  | 
24.9 (76.8)  | 
24.5 (76.1)  | 
24.3 (75.7)  | 
24.7 (76.5)  | 
25.3 (77.5)  | 
26.0 (78.8)  | 
26.3 (79.3)  | 
25.8 (78.4)  | 
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.5 (72.5)  | 
22.5 (72.5)  | 
22.4 (72.3)  | 
22.2 (72.0)  | 
21.5 (70.7)  | 
20.5 (68.9)  | 
20.0 (68.0)  | 
19.8 (67.6)  | 
20.2 (68.4)  | 
20.9 (69.6)  | 
21.6 (70.9)  | 
22.3 (72.1)  | 
21.4 (70.5)  | 
| Record low °C (°F) | 18.4 (65.1)  | 
18.7 (65.7)  | 
19.5 (67.1)  | 
18.4 (65.1)  | 
17.4 (63.3)  | 
15.1 (59.2)  | 
14.5 (58.1)  | 
15.0 (59.0)  | 
16.0 (60.8)  | 
16.5 (61.7)  | 
17.4 (63.3)  | 
17.6 (63.7)  | 
14.5 (58.1)  | 
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 410.1 (16.15)  | 
376.2 (14.81)  | 
277.9 (10.94)  | 
228.2 (8.98)  | 
205.5 (8.09)  | 
170.3 (6.70)  | 
139.2 (5.48)  | 
144.4 (5.69)  | 
183.0 (7.20)  | 
226.6 (8.92)  | 
272.6 (10.73)  | 
474.3 (18.67)  | 
3,108.3 (122.37)  | 
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 17.5 | 16.2 | 14.2 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 9.8 | 11.3 | 13.0 | 15.6 | 19.9 | 166.4 | 
| Source: Météo-France[2] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ a b "Les résultats du recensement de la population 2022 de Polynésie française" [Results of the 2022 population census of French Polynesia] (PDF) (in French). Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française. January 2023.
 - ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
 

