Basse-Pointe
# Basse-Pointe

Basse-Pointe (French pronunciation: ​; Martinican Creole: Baspwent) is a town and commune in the French overseas department and region, and island of Martinique.

## Geography

### Climate

Basse-Pointe has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification Af). The average annual temperature in Basse-Pointe is 26.5 °C (79.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 2,636.0 mm (103.78 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.6 °C (81.7 °F), and lowest in February, at around 24.1 °C (75.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Basse-Pointe was 36.3 °C (97.3 °F) on 1 October 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 16.3 °C (61.3 °F) on 21 September 1978.

Climate data for Basse-Pointe (1991–2020 averages, extremes 1971−present) :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Record high °C (°F) | 32.4 (90.3) | 33.2 (91.8) | 33.1 (91.6) | 35.2 (95.4) | 34.0 (93.2) | 33.5 (92.3) | 34.6 (94.3) | 34.1 (93.4) | 35.6 (96.1) | 36.3 (97.3) | 33.1 (91.6) | 32.4 (90.3) | 36.3 (97.3) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 28.7 (83.7) | 28.8 (83.8) | 29.2 (84.6) | 29.8 (85.6) | 30.5 (86.9) | 30.6 (87.1) | 30.8 (87.4) | 31.2 (88.2) | 31.4 (88.5) | 31.1 (88.0) | 30.3 (86.5) | 29.4 (84.9) | 30.1 (86.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.2 (77.4) | 25.1 (77.2) | 25.4 (77.7) | 26.1 (79.0) | 26.9 (80.4) | 27.4 (81.3) | 27.5 (81.5) | 27.6 (81.7) | 27.4 (81.3) | 27.2 (81.0) | 26.6 (79.9) | 25.8 (78.4) | 26.5 (79.7) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 21.7 (71.1) | 21.4 (70.5) | 21.6 (70.9) | 22.3 (72.1) | 23.3 (73.9) | 24.1 (75.4) | 24.1 (75.4) | 24.0 (75.2) | 23.4 (74.1) | 23.2 (73.8) | 22.9 (73.2) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.9 (73.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 17.2 (63.0) | 16.7 (62.1) | 16.8 (62.2) | 16.5 (61.7) | 18.2 (64.8) | 20.9 (69.6) | 20.2 (68.4) | 20.8 (69.4) | 16.3 (61.3) | 20.0 (68.0) | 18.2 (64.8) | 17.0 (62.6) | 16.3 (61.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 158.2 (6.23) | 94.9 (3.74) | 111.4 (4.39) | 192.9 (7.59) | 199.6 (7.86) | 195.0 (7.68) | 238.5 (9.39) | 279.5 (11.00) | 269.1 (10.59) | 313.2 (12.33) | 363.0 (14.29) | 220.7 (8.69) | 2,636 (103.78) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 20.8 | 15.6 | 14.8 | 15.8 | 16.1 | 18.4 | 21.5 | 22.3 | 20.0 | 21.8 | 22.0 | 20.2 | 229.3 |
| Source: Météo-France ||||||||||||||
