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It is a group of six <a href="/wiki/Archipelago" title="Archipelago">archipelagos</a> in the South <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a>, about halfway between <a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a> and <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>. Its area is about 4,167 km<sup>2</sup> (around 130 islands),<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of which 3,827 km<sup>2</sup> is land and 340 km<sup>2</sup> is (inland) water. It has a coastline of 2,525 km but no land borders with other countries. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Physical_geography">Physical geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geography_of_French_Polynesia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Physical geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are 118 islands in French Polynesia (and many more islets or <i>motus</i> around <a href="/wiki/Atoll" title="Atoll">atolls</a>). Four of the islands are volcanic and one island is coral. <a href="/wiki/Makatea" title="Makatea">Makatea</a> in French Polynesia is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean – the others are <a href="/wiki/Banaba_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Banaba Island">Banaba</a> (Ocean Island) in <a href="/wiki/Kiribati" title="Kiribati">Kiribati</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru">Nauru</a>. The terrain consists of a mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs. </p><p>It is made up of six archipelagos. The largest and most populated island is Tahiti, in the Society Islands. </p><p>The archipelagos are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marquesas_Islands" title="Marquesas Islands">Marquesas Islands</a> – administratively making the Marquesas Islands subdivision (12 high islands and 1 atoll)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Society_Islands" title="Society Islands">Society Islands</a> – administratively subdivided into the Windward Islands subdivision (5 high islands) and the Leeward Islands District (5 atolls)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuamotus" title="Tuamotus">Tuamotu Archipelago</a> – administratively part of the Tuamotu-Gambier subdivision (80 atolls, grouping over 3,100 islands or islets)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambier_Islands" title="Gambier Islands">Gambier Islands</a> – administratively part of the Tuamotu-Gambier subdivision (2 atolls in genesis)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austral_Islands" title="Austral Islands">Austral Islands</a> – administratively part of the Austral Islands subdivision (5 atolls)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bass_Islands_(French_Polynesia)" title="Bass Islands (French Polynesia)">Bass Islands</a> – administratively part of the Austral Islands subdivision (2 atolls)</li></ul> <p>Aside from Tahiti, some other important atolls, islands, and island groups in French Polynesia are: <a href="/wiki/Ahe" title="Ahe">Ahē</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bora_Bora" title="Bora Bora">Bora Bora</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hiva_Oa" title="Hiva Oa">Hiva 'Oa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Huahine" title="Huahine">Huahine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maiao" class="mw-redirect" title="Maiao">Mai'ao</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maupiti" title="Maupiti">Maupiti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mehetia" class="mw-redirect" title="Mehetia">Meheti'a</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mo%27orea" class="mw-redirect" title="Mo'orea">Mo'orea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nuku_Hiva" title="Nuku Hiva">Nuku Hiva</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raiatea" class="mw-redirect" title="Raiatea">Raiatea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tahaa" class="mw-redirect" title="Tahaa">Taha'a</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tetiaroa" class="mw-redirect" title="Tetiaroa">Tetiaroa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tubuai_(Austral_Islands)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tubuai (Austral Islands)">Tupua'i</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tupai" title="Tupai">Tūpai</a>. The country's highest point is <a href="/wiki/Mont_Orohena" title="Mont Orohena">Mont Orohena</a> on <a href="/wiki/Tahiti" title="Tahiti">Tahiti</a> at 2,241 meters high.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geography_of_French_Polynesia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_the_Pacific_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate change in the Pacific Islands">Climate change in the Pacific Islands</a></div> <p>The country has a tropical, but moderate climate. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for <a href="/wiki/Papeete" title="Papeete">Papeete</a> (Köppen Am/Af) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.0<br />(96.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF3100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.3<br />(93.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF2A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.3<br />(95.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.0<br />(95.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF3000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.5<br />(94.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF3500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.8<br />(92.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.0<br />(91.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF3400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.9<br />(93.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF3400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.9<br />(93.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF3400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.9<br />(93.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.0<br />(93.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF3100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.3<br />(93.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">36.0<br />(96.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF4600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.2<br />(88.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.4<br />(88.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF4200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.9<br />(89.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.8<br />(89.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.1<br />(88.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.3<br />(86.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.0<br />(86.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.0<br />(86.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.3<br />(86.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF4B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.5<br />(86.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.6<br />(87.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF4C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.4<br />(86.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">30.8<br />(87.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.1<br />(80.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.2<br />(81.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.6<br />(81.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.6<br />(81.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.8<br />(80.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.9<br />(78.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.6<br />(78.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.5<br />(77.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.9<br />(78.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.3<br />(79.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.6<br />(79.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.6<br />(79.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">26.6<br />(79.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.0<br />(73.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.1<br />(73.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.4<br />(74.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.3<br />(73.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8205; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.6<br />(72.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF8913; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.6<br />(70.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B18; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.2<br />(70.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.1<br />(70.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8913; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.6<br />(70.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF850C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.1<br />(71.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8205; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.6<br />(72.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF8001; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.9<br />(73.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8308; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">22.4<br />(72.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF9934; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.2<br />(66.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9934; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.2<br />(66.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9123; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.4<br />(68.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9327; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.1<br />(68.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9730; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.5<br />(67.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFA954; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.9<br />(62.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF60; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.0<br />(60.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.0<br />(62.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.0<br />(62.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF60; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.0<br />(60.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.0<br />(66.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9831; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.4<br />(66.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF60; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">16.0<br />(60.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">317.5<br />(12.50) </td> <td style="background: #003700; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">277.7<br />(10.93) </td> <td style="background: #009800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">240.2<br />(9.46) </td> <td style="background: #22FF22; color:#000000;" class="notheme">143.1<br />(5.63) </td> <td style="background: #20FF20; color:#000000;" class="notheme">149.5<br />(5.89) </td> <td style="background: #82FF82; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.8<br />(3.18) </td> <td style="background: #A1FFA1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.7<br />(2.47) </td> <td style="background: #AAFFAA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.4<br />(2.22) </td> <td style="background: #9BFF9B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.3<br />(2.53) </td> <td style="background: #4AFF4A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">120.9<br />(4.76) </td> <td style="background: #10FF10; color:#000000;" class="notheme">155.2<br />(6.11) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">396.8<br />(15.62) </td> <td style="background: #00F800; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,065.1<br />(81.30) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #4A4AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.6 </td> <td style="background: #4949FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.4 </td> <td style="background: #7373FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.3 </td> <td style="background: #8989FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.2 </td> <td style="background: #9696FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5 </td> <td style="background: #B2B2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0 </td> <td style="background: #B8B8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.7 </td> <td style="background: #BEBEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.2 </td> <td style="background: #BCBCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.2 </td> <td style="background: #9E9EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.8 </td> <td style="background: #8080FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.9 </td> <td style="background: #4242FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.3 </td> <td style="background: #8989FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">112.1 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #DBDB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">215.5 </td> <td style="background: #DBDB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">199.2 </td> <td style="background: #DDDD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">226.0 </td> <td style="background: #E0E000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">230.3 </td> <td style="background: #DEDE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">228.6 </td> <td style="background: #DDDD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">220.0 </td> <td style="background: #DFDF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">235.2 </td> <td style="background: #E3E300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">251.1 </td> <td style="background: #E3E300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">241.6 </td> <td style="background: #DFDF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">232.1 </td> <td style="background: #DBDB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">208.7 </td> <td style="background: #D6D600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">196.6 </td> <td style="background: #DEDE00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,684.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: Meteociel<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: NOAA (sun 1961–1990)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for <a href="/wiki/Atuona" title="Atuona">Atuona</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30<br />(86) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31<br />(87) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31<br />(87) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31<br />(87) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29<br />(85) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29<br />(84) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28<br />(83) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28<br />(83) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29<br />(84) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29<br />(85) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30<br />(86) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30<br />(86) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">29<br />(85) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27<br />(81) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27<br />(81) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28<br />(82) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28<br />(82) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27<br />(80) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26<br />(79) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26<br />(78) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26<br />(78) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26<br />(79) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26<br />(79) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27<br />(80) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27<br />(81) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">27<br />(80) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(74) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24<br />(75) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24<br />(76) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24<br />(76) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24<br />(75) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(74) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(74) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(73) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(73) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(73) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(74) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(74) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">23<br />(74) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #5BFF5B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">110<br />(4.5) </td> <td style="background: #6AFF6A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91<br />(3.6) </td> <td style="background: #2EFF2E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">140<br />(5.4) </td> <td style="background: #46FF46; color:#000000;" class="notheme">120<br />(4.6) </td> <td style="background: #4CFF4C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">120<br />(4.8) </td> <td style="background: #00E800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">180<br />(6.9) </td> <td style="background: #4CFF4C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">120<br />(4.8) </td> <td style="background: #69FF69; color:#000000;" class="notheme">100<br />(4) </td> <td style="background: #82FF82; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81<br />(3.2) </td> <td style="background: #89FF89; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79<br />(3.1) </td> <td style="background: #99FF99; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66<br />(2.6) </td> <td style="background: #7AFF7A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89<br />(3.5) </td> <td style="background: #5BFF5B; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,290<br />(50.9) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: Weatherbase<sup id="cite_ref-Weatherbaseatuona_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weatherbaseatuona-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for <a href="/wiki/Tubuai" title="Tubuai">Tubuai</a> (Köppen Af) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.0<br />(89.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.0<br />(89.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF3C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.7<br />(90.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF3F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.3<br />(90.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.0<br />(89.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.0<br />(87.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.0<br />(86.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.0<br />(86.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.0<br />(84.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.0<br />(86.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.0<br />(86.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.0<br />(89.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF3C00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">32.7<br />(90.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.0<br />(82.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.6<br />(83.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.6<br />(83.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.4<br />(81.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.8<br />(78.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.4<br />(75.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.9<br />(75.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.7<br />(74.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.9<br />(75.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.7<br />(76.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.9<br />(78.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.9<br />(80.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">26.0<br />(78.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.7<br />(78.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.2<br />(79.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.0<br />(78.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.9<br />(76.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.2<br />(73.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8811; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.7<br />(71.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B18; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.2<br />(70.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.0<br />(69.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.1<br />(70.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF850C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.1<br />(71.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.4<br />(74.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.5<br />(76.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">23.4<br />(74.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF7D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.3<br />(73.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.7<br />(74.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.4<br />(74.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8409; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.3<br />(72.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8F1F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.7<br />(69.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.0<br />(66.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.6<br />(65.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F40; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.3<br />(64.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.4<br />(65.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9730; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.5<br />(67.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8E1E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.8<br />(69.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.0<br />(71.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF8E1E; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">20.8<br />(69.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFBA75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.5<br />(58.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB367; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.5<br />(59.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFB163; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.8<br />(60.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFB973; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.6<br />(58.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0<br />(50.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0<br />(50.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0<br />(50.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFDEBE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.2<br />(48.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7AF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.3<br />(50.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4A9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7<br />(51.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.0<br />(53.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB77; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.3<br />(57.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFDEBE; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">9.2<br />(48.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #00DC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">194.4<br />(7.65) </td> <td style="background: #00C300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">192.4<br />(7.57) </td> <td style="background: #00F700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">176.3<br />(6.94) </td> <td style="background: #00FF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">165.3<br />(6.51) </td> <td style="background: #1AFF1A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">153.3<br />(6.04) </td> <td style="background: #47FF47; color:#000000;" class="notheme">119.0<br />(4.69) </td> <td style="background: #34FF34; color:#000000;" class="notheme">136.0<br />(5.35) </td> <td style="background: #38FF38; color:#000000;" class="notheme">133.4<br />(5.25) </td> <td style="background: #5DFF5D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">104.8<br />(4.13) </td> <td style="background: #51FF51; color:#000000;" class="notheme">116.5<br />(4.59) </td> <td style="background: #30FF30; color:#000000;" class="notheme">133.9<br />(5.27) </td> <td style="background: #00D300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">200.4<br />(7.89) </td> <td style="background: #18FF18; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,825.7<br />(71.88) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #5C5CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.2 </td> <td style="background: #5050FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.9 </td> <td style="background: #5A5AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.3 </td> <td style="background: #5F5FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.5 </td> <td style="background: #6666FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.4 </td> <td style="background: #6D6DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.4 </td> <td style="background: #7474FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2 </td> <td style="background: #7373FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.3 </td> <td style="background: #8484FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.6 </td> <td style="background: #8484FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.9 </td> <td style="background: #7C7CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2 </td> <td style="background: #5C5CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.2 </td> <td style="background: #6B6BFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">141.1 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">— </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">— </td> <td style="background: #D8D800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">204.9 </td> <td style="background: #D2D200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">175.6 </td> <td style="background: #C7C700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">158.6 </td> <td style="background: #C2C217; color:#000000;" class="notheme">141.6 </td> <td style="background: #CBCB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">165.5 </td> <td style="background: #CACA00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">165.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">— </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">— </td> <td style="background: #D9D900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">199.9 </td> <td style="background: #D0D000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">177.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">— </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9t%C3%A9o-France" title="Météo-France">Météo-France</a><sup id="cite_ref-Météo-France-Tubuai_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Météo-France-Tubuai-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statistics">Statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geography_of_French_Polynesia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Maritime claims</dt> <dd> <ul><li>Territorial sea: 12 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nautical miles</a></li> <li>Exclusive economic zone: 200 nautical miles</li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Natural resources</dt> <dd>Timber, fish, <a href="/wiki/Cobalt" title="Cobalt">cobalt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hydropower" title="Hydropower">hydropower</a><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hatiheu_Bay,_Nuku_Hiva_(French_Polynesia).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Hatiheu_Bay%2C_Nuku_Hiva_%28French_Polynesia%29.jpg/220px-Hatiheu_Bay%2C_Nuku_Hiva_%28French_Polynesia%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Hatiheu_Bay%2C_Nuku_Hiva_%28French_Polynesia%29.jpg/330px-Hatiheu_Bay%2C_Nuku_Hiva_%28French_Polynesia%29.jpg 1.5x, 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