Bouloupais
Boulouparis (French pronunciation: [bulupaʁi]) is a commune in the South Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean.
Geography
Climate
Boulouparis has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh), though closely bordering on the tropical savanna climate (Aw) more typical of the west coast of Grande Terre. The average annual temperature in Boulouparis is 24.3 °C (75.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 694.0 mm (27.32 in) with March as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in February, at around 27.7 °C (81.9 °F), and lowest in July, at around 20.9 °C (69.6 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Boulouparis was 39.1 °C (102.4 °F) on 8 January 2002; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 11.7 °C (53.1 °F) on 12 August 2015.
| Climate data for Boulouparis (Bouraké, 1991−2020 normals, extremes 2000−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 39.1 (102.4) |
38.7 (101.7) |
37.4 (99.3) |
34.3 (93.7) |
32.9 (91.2) |
32.2 (90.0) |
32.8 (91.0) |
31.3 (88.3) |
33.9 (93.0) |
34.9 (94.8) |
37.4 (99.3) |
38.2 (100.8) |
39.1 (102.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.7 (89.1) |
31.9 (89.4) |
30.8 (87.4) |
29.1 (84.4) |
27.2 (81.0) |
25.8 (78.4) |
24.9 (76.8) |
25.4 (77.7) |
27.1 (80.8) |
28.8 (83.8) |
30.0 (86.0) |
31.4 (88.5) |
28.7 (83.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.4 (81.3) |
27.7 (81.9) |
26.8 (80.2) |
25.2 (77.4) |
23.2 (73.8) |
21.8 (71.2) |
20.7 (69.3) |
20.9 (69.6) |
22.2 (72.0) |
23.9 (75.0) |
25.2 (77.4) |
26.9 (80.4) |
24.3 (75.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.0 (73.4) |
23.5 (74.3) |
22.9 (73.2) |
21.4 (70.5) |
19.2 (66.6) |
17.8 (64.0) |
16.4 (61.5) |
16.4 (61.5) |
17.1 (62.8) |
19.1 (66.4) |
20.5 (68.9) |
22.3 (72.1) |
20.0 (68.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 18.7 (65.7) |
18.4 (65.1) |
17.8 (64.0) |
16.5 (61.7) |
13.4 (56.1) |
12.1 (53.8) |
11.9 (53.4) |
11.7 (53.1) |
12.8 (55.0) |
13.9 (57.0) |
15.8 (60.4) |
17.7 (63.9) |
11.7 (53.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 92.8 (3.65) |
77.4 (3.05) |
101.3 (3.99) |
63.9 (2.52) |
54.5 (2.15) |
52.1 (2.05) |
48.4 (1.91) |
56.4 (2.22) |
24.8 (0.98) |
22.9 (0.90) |
35.1 (1.38) |
64.4 (2.54) |
694.0 (27.32) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.4 | 7.8 | 8.7 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 66.2 |
| Source: Météo-France | |||||||||||||
Twin towns – sister cities
Boulouparis is twinned with:
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ Population, ménages et logement par commune, en 2019, Institut de la statistique et des études économiques Nouvelle-Calédonie
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF). Météo-France. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
- ^ "Jumelage". boulouparis.nc (in French). Boulouparis. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
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