Climate in brief. Rainfall was above average in throughout the country except for Ha'apai which was just a little below
Climate Summary September 2017 METEOROLOGY DIVISION Ministry of Meteorology, Energy, Information, Disaster Management, Environment, Climate Change and Communications
Climate in brief. Rainfall was above average in throughout the country except for Ha’apai which was just a little below average. Refer to Graph 1. Overall, September rainfall was above average, this amount is a relief for most places since the previous months below average rainfall were experienced throughout the country. Warmer than average temperatures were experienced across the country except in Niuatoputapu where it was 0.3oC cooler than average. The average temperature in September was 24.2°C which was 0.3°C warmer than average from Tonga’s 6 station). Refer Table 1. Highest maximum temperature was 33.0oC recorded in Niuafo’ou on the 2nd and the lowest minimum temperature was 12.8°C in Fua’amotu on the 30th. Refer Table 2.
Graph 1: Shows September 2017 rainfall Vs average for Tonga.
Summary of Temperatures (oC) Table 1. Summary of 2017 Temperatures Stations
