Touho
Touho is a municipality (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.
Touho | |
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 Location of the commune (in red) within New Caledonia | |
Location of Touho | |
| Coordinates: 20°47′S 165°14′E | |
| Country | France |
| Sui generis collectivity | New Caledonia |
| Province | North Province |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Alphonse Poinine[1] |
| Area 1 | 283.0 km2 (109.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2019 census)[2] | 2,380 |
| • Density | 8.4/km2 (22/sq mi) |
| Ethnic distribution | |
| • 2019 census | Kanaks 81.01% Europeans 6.47% Wallisians and Futunans 0.17% Mixed 9.37% Other 2.98% |
| Time zone | UTC+11:00 |
| INSEE/Postal code | 98830 /98831 |
| Elevation | 0–1,069 m (0–3,507 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. | |
The vocational school, Lycée Professionnel Augustin Ty,[3] was officially opened in 1994. It is located directly opposite the airport.
Geography
Climate
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 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.
| Climate data for Touho (Touho Airport, 1991−2020 normals, extremes 1993−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 33.1 (91.6) |
33.1 (91.6) |
33.4 (92.1) |
32.1 (89.8) |
30.6 (87.1) |
29.7 (85.5) |
29.4 (84.9) |
28.6 (83.5) |
30.5 (86.9) |
30.3 (86.5) |
31.9 (89.4) |
31.6 (88.9) |
33.4 (92.1) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 29.2 (84.6) |
29.6 (85.3) |
29.2 (84.6) |
28.0 (82.4) |
26.5 (79.7) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.3 (75.7) |
25.2 (77.4) |
26.3 (79.3) |
27.3 (81.1) |
28.4 (83.1) |
27.0 (80.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.6 (79.9) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.7 (80.1) |
25.5 (77.9) |
23.9 (75.0) |
22.6 (72.7) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.5 (70.7) |
22.4 (72.3) |
23.6 (74.5) |
24.7 (76.5) |
25.8 (78.4) |
24.3 (75.7) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 24.1 (75.4) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.1 (75.4) |
23.0 (73.4) |
21.4 (70.5) |
20.0 (68.0) |
18.7 (65.7) |
18.6 (65.5) |
19.6 (67.3) |
20.9 (69.6) |
22.0 (71.6) |
23.3 (73.9) |
21.7 (71.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 17.5 (63.5) |
18.9 (66.0) |
19.0 (66.2) |
16.6 (61.9) |
14.3 (57.7) |
10.3 (50.5) |
11.4 (52.5) |
12.0 (53.6) |
10.2 (50.4) |
14.4 (57.9) |
16.0 (60.8) |
13.3 (55.9) |
10.2 (50.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 298.4 (11.75) |
333.7 (13.14) |
377.0 (14.84) |
256.1 (10.08) |
187.5 (7.38) |
138.5 (5.45) |
102.8 (4.05) |
110.5 (4.35) |
96.8 (3.81) |
106.3 (4.19) |
143.2 (5.64) |
217.3 (8.56) |
2,368.1 (93.23) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 16.2 | 17.7 | 19.3 | 16.2 | 13.9 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 7.9 | 10.1 | 11.3 | 15.9 | 156.4 |
| Source: Météo-France[4] | |||||||||||||
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- Population, ménages et logement par commune, en 2019, Institut de la statistique et des études économiques Nouvelle-Calédonie
- "Lycée Augustin Ty - Touho". Ac-noumea.nc. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
- "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
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