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Climate - Tuvalu


Average weather, temperature, rainfall, sunshine

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Tuvalu (formerly Ellice Islands), an archipelago located in the Pacific Ocean to the south of the Equator, has an equatorial climate, ie hot, humid and rainy throughout the year. The rains, occurring in the form of downpours of thunderstorms, can be intense, but usually do not last long, and do not greatly reduce the hours of sunshine.
Temperatures are very stable, around 25/26 °C (77/79 °F) at night and 31/32 °C (88/90 °F) during the day. The trade winds blow all year round, but especially in the period from April to October, tempering a little the heat. At night it never gets cold, and the temperature never drops below 20 °C (68 °F). On warmer days, temperatures rarely exceed 34 °C (93 °F).
Precipitation is abundant, ranging from 2,600 millimeters (102 inches) per year in the northern atolls to 3,500 mm (138 in) in the central-southern ones.

Funafuti

Climate chart - Funafuti
Here are the average temperatures of the capital, Funafuti, located at 8 degrees south latitude.
Funafuti - Average temperatures (1991-2020)
MonthMin (°C)Max (°C)Mean (°C)Min (°F)Max (°F)Mean (°F)
January263128.6788883.4
February263128.4788883.2
March263128.5788883.4
April263228.9798983.9
May263228.9798984
June263128.8798983.8
July263128.6798883.5
August263128.5798883.4
September263128.7798883.7
October263228.7798983.7
November263228.8798983.9
December263228.7798983.7
Year2631.428.6578.788.683.5

In Funafuti, 3,500 mm (138 in) of rain fall per year, with a peak between December and March, when rainfall is equal to or greater than 300 mm (12 in) per month, and a minimum (very relative...) between April and October, when it drops below 275 mm (10.8 in) per month. In 2011, a year of La Niña, only 1,700 mm (67 in) of rain fell, and there was a long period with little rain, from February to October.
Here is the average precipitation in Funafuti.
Funafuti - Average precipitation
MonthMillimetersInchesDays
January41516.320
February36014.219
March32512.820
April2551019
May26010.218
June2158.519
July2551019
August27510.818
September2208.716
October26510.418
November27510.817
December39515.619
Year3515138.4223

The amount of sunshine at Tuvalu is decent but not exceptional, as clouds that can give rise to rain showers are frequent, but as mentioned, they do not last long. Here are the average sunshine hours per day.
Funafuti - Sunshine hours
MonthAverageTotal
January6180
February5.5160
March6185
April6.5200
May6.5195
June6.5200
July6.5195
August7220
September7210
October7.5230
November6.5190
December5.5175
Year6.42350

Funafuti

The sea in Tuvalu is warm enough to swim in all year round, as we can see in the following table.
Funafuti - Sea temperature
MonthCelsius (°C)Fahrenheit (°F)
January3085
February3085
March3085
April3085
May3085
June2985
July2984
August2984
September2985
October3085
November3085
December3086
Year29.585.1

Tropical cyclones



Tuvalu is affected by the tropical cyclones of the South Pacific. Cyclones are usually formed from November to mid-May, though they are most likely from late December to early April. Sometimes, however, they have affected the archipelago outside of this period, as happened with Bebe in late October 1972 and Keli in June 1997 (both El Niño periods, in which cyclones are more likely).
Being not far from the Equator, the islands are generally affected by cyclones at the beginning of their formation, but considering that Tuvalu is one of the flattest countries in the world, it may be affected by flooding and storm surges, even when cyclones are not are very strong or if they pass at a certain distance. The northernmost islands (Nanumea, Niutao, Nanumanga), closer to the Equator, are located at the edge of the area, where cyclones are more rare, while the most affected islands are the southernmost ones (Nukulaelae and Niulakita).

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