Touho ( French pronunciation: [tu.o] ) is a commune in the North Province of New Caledonia , an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean . Touho lies on the east coast of the main island ( Grande Terre ) and is served by a road and an airfield .
6-776: The vocational school, Lycée Professionnel Augustin Ty, was officially opened in 1994. It is located directly opposite the airport. Touho has a tropical rainforest climate ( Köppen climate classification Af ). The average annual temperature in Touho is 24.3 °C (75.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 2,368.1 mm (93.23 in) with March as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in February, at around 27.0 °C (80.6 °F), and lowest in August, at around 21.5 °C (70.7 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Touho
12-434: Is typically hot, very humid, and wet with no dry season . Tropical rainforests have a type of tropical climate (at least 18 C or 64.4 F in their coldest month) in which there is no dry season —all months have an average precipitation value of at least 60 mm (2.4 in). There are no distinct wet or dry seasons as rainfall is high throughout the months. One day in a tropical rainforest climate can be very similar to
18-485: The equator . There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southeast Florida, United States, and Okinawa, Japan that fall into the tropical rainforest climate category. They experience high mean annual temperatures, small temperature ranges, and rain that falls throughout the year. Regions with this climate are typically designated Af by the Köppen climate classification . A tropical rainforest climate
24-483: The next, while the change in temperature between day and night may be larger than the average change in temperature during the year. When tropical rainforest climates are more dominated by the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) than the trade winds (and with no or rare cyclones), so usually located near the equator, they are also called equatorial climates. Otherwise, when they are more dominated by
30-446: The trade winds than the ITCZ, they are called tropical trade-wind climates. In pure equatorial climates, the atmospheric pressure is almost constantly low so the horizontal pressure gradient is low. Consequently, the winds are rare and usually weak (except sea and land breezes in coastal areas) while in tropical trade-wind climates, often located at higher latitudes than the equatorial climates,
36-422: Was 33.4 °C (92.1 °F) on 22 March 2016; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 10.2 °C (50.4 °F) on 23 September 1994. This New Caledonian location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of
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