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Wake Island

PEACOCK POINT, WAKE ISLAND


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Elevation: 1 foot     Latitude: 19 16N     Longitude: 166 39E
K�ppen Classification: Tropical Monsoon Climate

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Tropical monsoon climate, occasionally also known as a tropical wet climate or tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate in climate classification, is a relatively rare type of climate. Tropical monsoon climates have monthly mean temperatures above 18�C (64�F) in every month of the year and feature wet and dry seasons, as Tropical savanna climates do. Unlike tropical savanna climates however, a tropical monsoon climate's driest month sees less than 60 mm (2.36 in) of precipitation. Also a tropical monsoon climate tends to see less variance in temperatures during the course of the year than a tropical savanna climate. This climate has a driest month which nearly always occurs at or soon after the "winter" solstice for that side of the equator.

The K�ppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Am". (Tropical Monsoon Climate).

The average temperature for the year in Peacock Point is 80.5°F (26.9°C). The warmest month, on average, is September with an average temperature of 83.0°F (28.3°C). The coolest month on average is February, with an average temperature of 77.4°F (25.2°C).

The highest recorded temperature in Peacock Point is 97.0°F (36.1°C), which was recorded in August. The lowest recorded temperature in Peacock Point is 60.0°F (15.6°C), which was recorded in March.

The average amount of precipitation for the year in Peacock Point is 35.8" (909.3 mm). The month with the most precipitation on average is August with 6.2" (157.5 mm) of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is January with an average of 1.2" (30.5 mm). There are an average of 179.0 days of precipitation, with the most precipitation occurring in July with 19.0 days and the least precipitation occurring in January with 10.0 days.



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