Poya, New Caledonia
# Poya, New Caledonia

Poya is a commune in New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. The largest part of the commune (including the main settlement of Poya itself) lies in the North Province of New Caledonia, and a smaller part of the commune lies in the South Province, an odd situation resulting from the creation of New Caledonia's provinces in 1989. At the 2019 census, 2,592 of the 2,802 inhabitants of Poya lived on the North Province's side of the commune, while only 210 inhabitants lived on the South Province's side.

## Climate

Poya has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw). The average annual temperature in Poya is 23.8 °C (74.8 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,050.0 mm (41.34 in) with March as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in February, at around 27.3 °C (81.1 °F), and lowest in July, at around 20.0 °C (68.0 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Poya was 38.8 °C (101.8 °F) on 19 November 1968; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 6.1 °C (43.0 °F) on 24 May 1957.

Climate data for Poya (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1955−present) :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Record high °C (°F) | 38.0 (100.4) | 37.6 (99.7) | 37.1 (98.8) | 35.0 (95.0) | 33.6 (92.5) | 32.0 (89.6) | 31.0 (87.8) | 32.0 (89.6) | 33.9 (93.0) | 36.2 (97.2) | 38.8 (101.8) | 38.1 (100.6) | 38.8 (101.8) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 31.6 (88.9) | 31.7 (89.1) | 30.8 (87.4) | 29.6 (85.3) | 27.6 (81.7) | 26.0 (78.8) | 25.2 (77.4) | 25.4 (77.7) | 27.0 (80.6) | 28.7 (83.7) | 30.0 (86.0) | 31.2 (88.2) | 28.7 (83.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.9 (80.4) | 27.3 (81.1) | 26.6 (79.9) | 25.1 (77.2) | 22.8 (73.0) | 21.3 (70.3) | 20.0 (68.0) | 20.1 (68.2) | 21.4 (70.5) | 23.3 (73.9) | 24.7 (76.5) | 26.3 (79.3) | 23.8 (74.8) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 22.3 (72.1) | 23.0 (73.4) | 22.5 (72.5) | 20.6 (69.1) | 17.9 (64.2) | 16.5 (61.7) | 14.9 (58.8) | 14.8 (58.6) | 15.7 (60.3) | 17.8 (64.0) | 19.5 (67.1) | 21.5 (70.7) | 18.9 (66.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 14.9 (58.8) | 14.0 (57.2) | 14.0 (57.2) | 11.0 (51.8) | 6.1 (43.0) | 6.2 (43.2) | 7.0 (44.6) | 7.2 (45.0) | 6.7 (44.1) | 8.2 (46.8) | 9.6 (49.3) | 12.0 (53.6) | 6.1 (43.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 141.4 (5.57) | 163.5 (6.44) | 187.7 (7.39) | 93.9 (3.70) | 68.9 (2.71) | 67.9 (2.67) | 52.5 (2.07) | 57.9 (2.28) | 30.9 (1.22) | 35.4 (1.39) | 53.2 (2.09) | 96.8 (3.81) | 1,050 (41.34) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 10.0 | 11.6 | 12.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 8.2 | 85.5 |
| Source: Météo-France ||||||||||||||
