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 / 20.9496°S 165.3293°E | |
| Country | France |
| Sui generis collectivity | New Caledonia |
| Province | North Province |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Paul Néaoutyine[1] |
| Area 1 | 673.1 km2 (259.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2019 census)[2] | 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 (1991−2020 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) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.5 (85.1) | 29.9 (85.8) | 29.5 (85.1) | 28.4 (83.1) | 26.9 (80.4) | 25.5 (77.9) | 24.8 (76.6) | 24.7 (76.5) | 25.6 (78.1) | 26.5 (79.7) | 27.5 (81.5) | 28.6 (83.5) | 27.3 (81.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.4 (79.5) | 26.8 (80.2) | 26.5 (79.7) | 25.3 (77.5) | 23.6 (74.5) | 22.2 (72.0) | 21.2 (70.2) | 21.1 (70.0) | 22.0 (71.6) | 23.1 (73.6) | 24.2 (75.6) | 25.5 (77.9) | 24.0 (75.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.3 (73.9) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.4 (74.1) | 22.1 (71.8) | 20.3 (68.5) | 18.9 (66.0) | 17.6 (63.7) | 17.5 (63.5) | 18.4 (65.1) | 19.7 (67.5) | 21.0 (69.8) | 22.4 (72.3) | 20.7 (69.3) |
| 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) | 313.2 (12.33) | 326.2 (12.84) | 395.8 (15.58) | 258.5 (10.18) | 194.6 (7.66) | 155.6 (6.13) | 116.0 (4.57) | 101.4 (3.99) | 102.7 (4.04) | 96.8 (3.81) | 144.7 (5.70) | 221.1 (8.70) | 2,426.6 (95.54) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 17.9 | 18.6 | 19.9 | 16.6 | 13.9 | 11.0 | 9.2 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 11.0 | 12.1 | 16.3 | 163.4 |
| 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 1: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Service de la météorologie de la Nouvelle-Calédonie[4] | |||||||||||||
References
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