Poindimié
Poindimié is a commune in the North Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. The Poindimié Islands, a group of seven tiny islets where seabirds and sea turtles nest, lies off the coast of the commune.
Poindimié | |
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 Poindimié Beach | |
 Location of the commune (in red) within New Caledonia | |
Location of Poindimié  | |
| Coordinates: 20°56′59″S 165°19′45″E | |
| Country | France |
| Sui generis collectivity | New Caledonia |
| Province | North Province |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Paul Néaoutyine |
| Area 1 | 673.1 km2 (259.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2019 census)[1] | 5,006 |
| • Density | 7.4/km2 (19/sq mi) |
| Ethnic distribution | |
| • 2019 census | Kanaks 77.73% Europeans 7.93% Wallisians and Futunans 0.34% Mixed 9.17% Other 4.83% |
| Time zone | UTC+11:00 |
| INSEE/Postal code | 98822 /98822 |
| Elevation | 0–1,385 m (0–4,544 ft) (avg. 10 m or 33 ft) |
| 1 New Caledonia Land Register (DITTT) data, which exclude lakes and ponds larger than 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) as well as the estuaries of rivers. | |
Climate
Poindimié has a trade-wind tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Although there is no dry season, rainfall does show a strong peak in the late southern summer, and a minimum from August to October.
| Climate data for Poindimié (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1964−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 33.8 (92.8) |
34.2 (93.6) |
34.4 (93.9) |
32.8 (91.0) |
31.2 (88.2) |
30.2 (86.4) |
29.0 (84.2) |
30.3 (86.5) |
32.1 (89.8) |
31.0 (87.8) |
33.0 (91.4) |
33.3 (91.9) |
34.4 (93.9) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 29.2 (84.6) |
29.6 (85.3) |
29.3 (84.7) |
28.3 (82.9) |
26.7 (80.1) |
25.4 (77.7) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.6 (76.3) |
25.3 (77.5) |
26.2 (79.2) |
27.2 (81.0) |
28.4 (83.1) |
27.1 (80.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.2 (79.2) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.3 (79.3) |
25.2 (77.4) |
23.5 (74.3) |
22.1 (71.8) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.8 (71.2) |
22.9 (73.2) |
24.1 (75.4) |
25.3 (77.5) |
23.8 (74.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 23.2 (73.8) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.2 (73.8) |
22.0 (71.6) |
20.3 (68.5) |
18.8 (65.8) |
17.5 (63.5) |
17.4 (63.3) |
18.3 (64.9) |
19.6 (67.3) |
20.9 (69.6) |
22.2 (72.0) |
20.6 (69.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 17.6 (63.7) |
17.9 (64.2) |
16.2 (61.2) |
15.8 (60.4) |
13.5 (56.3) |
12.5 (54.5) |
11.2 (52.2) |
11.0 (51.8) |
12.5 (54.5) |
12.5 (54.5) |
13.1 (55.6) |
14.8 (58.6) |
11.0 (51.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 351.7 (13.85) |
371.8 (14.64) |
421.3 (16.59) |
232.2 (9.14) |
216.7 (8.53) |
170.5 (6.71) |
119.4 (4.70) |
104.4 (4.11) |
102.2 (4.02) |
123.8 (4.87) |
184.8 (7.28) |
231.6 (9.12) |
2,630.4 (103.56) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 18.3 | 18.9 | 19.5 | 16.4 | 14.1 | 11.3 | 9.0 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 11.1 | 12.7 | 15.7 | 163.7 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 186.9 | 158.8 | 163.5 | 165.3 | 153.1 | 148.2 | 174.3 | 186.6 | 195.5 | 207.9 | 186.3 | 192.0 | 2,118.2 |
| Source: Service de la météorologie de la Nouvelle-Calédonie[2] | |||||||||||||
References
- Population, ménages et logement par commune, en 2019, Institut de la statistique et des études économiques Nouvelle-Calédonie
- "Climate of Poindimié 1981-2010" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
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