Pouébo

{{For|the genus of flies|Pouebo symmetricauda}}

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Pouébo

|commune status = Commune

|province = North Province

|image = Cascade colnett nc.jpg

|caption = The Cascade de Colnett

|map size = 270px

|adjustable map = Locator map of Pouébo 2018.png

|map caption = Location of the commune (in red) within New Caledonia

|INSEE = 98824

|postal code = 98824

|mayor = Florentin Dedane{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|coordinates = {{coord|-20.3975|164.5689|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 10

|elevation min m = 0

|elevation max m = 1406

|area km2 = 202.8

|population = 2144

|population date = 2019 census

|population footnotes = [https://www.isee.nc/component/phocadownload/category/193-recensement?download=1979:rp-2019-population-logement-menages-communes Population, ménages et logement par commune, en 2019], Institut de la statistique et des études économiques Nouvelle-Calédonie

|ethnic = Kanaks 93.89%
Europeans 2.29%
Wallisians and Futunans 0.19%
Mixed 1.07%
Other 2.57%

|ethnic date = 2019 census

}}

Pouébo ({{IPA|fr|pwebo|audio|LL-Q150 (fra)-Noaius Paticus-Pouébo.wav}}) is a commune in the North Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean.

Geography

=Climate=

Pouébo has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af), closely bordering upon a tropical monsoon climate (Am). The average annual temperature in Pouébo is {{cvt|24.5|C}}. The average annual rainfall is {{cvt|1996.0|mm}} with March as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in February, at around {{cvt|27.1|C}}, and lowest in August, at around {{convert|21.7|C}}. The highest temperature ever recorded in Pouébo was {{cvt|35.0|C}} on 7 February 2016; the coldest temperature ever recorded was {{cvt|13.0|C}} on 24 July 2004.

{{Weather box

|location= Pouébo (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1992−present)

|metric first= Y

|single line= Y

|temperature colour = pastel

|Jan record high C = 34.3

|Feb record high C = 35.0

|Mar record high C = 34.1

|Apr record high C = 32.5

|May record high C = 32.1

|Jun record high C = 29.9

|Jul record high C = 29.7

|Aug record high C = 30.9

|Sep record high C = 31.7

|Oct record high C = 31.6

|Nov record high C = 32.4

|Dec record high C = 34.4

|year record high C = 35.0

|Jan high C = 30.0

|Feb high C = 30.4

|Mar high C = 30.1

|Apr high C = 29.1

|May high C = 27.4

|Jun high C = 26.0

|Jul high C = 25.3

|Aug high C = 25.2

|Sep high C = 26.4

|Oct high C = 27.2

|Nov high C = 28.2

|Dec high C = 29.4

|year high C = 27.9

|Jan mean C = 26.8

|Feb mean C = 27.1

|Mar mean C = 26.9

|Apr mean C = 25.8

|May mean C = 24.2

|Jun mean C = 22.7

|Jul mean C = 21.8

|Aug mean C = 21.7

|Sep mean C = 22.8

|Oct mean C = 23.8

|Nov mean C = 24.8

|Dec mean C = 26.0

|year mean C = 24.5

|Jan low C = 23.5

|Feb low C = 23.9

|Mar low C = 23.7

|Apr low C = 22.5

|May low C = 20.9

|Jun low C = 19.5

|Jul low C = 18.4

|Aug low C = 18.2

|Sep low C = 19.1

|Oct low C = 20.3

|Nov low C = 21.4

|Dec low C = 22.6

|year low C = 21.2

|Jan record low C = 19.5

|Feb record low C = 20.0

|Mar record low C = 19.4

|Apr record low C = 17.3

|May record low C = 15.1

|Jun record low C = 14.5

|Jul record low C = 13.0

|Aug record low C = 13.7

|Sep record low C = 14.3

|Oct record low C = 15.5

|Nov record low C = 16.7

|Dec record low C = 18.1

|year record low C = 13.0

|rain colour = green

|Jan rain mm = 305.1

|Feb rain mm = 297.8

|Mar rain mm = 327.0

|Apr rain mm = 178.3

|May rain mm = 158.7

|Jun rain mm = 124.5

|Jul rain mm = 75.3

|Aug rain mm = 67.0

|Sep rain mm = 62.2

|Oct rain mm = 72.1

|Nov rain mm = 132.2

|Dec rain mm = 195.8

|year rain mm = 1996.0

|unit rain days = 1.0 mm

|Jan rain days = 17.4

|Feb rain days = 16.7

|Mar rain days = 16.4

|Apr rain days = 11.7

|May rain days = 10.1

|Jun rain days = 8.6

|Jul rain days = 6.2

|Aug rain days = 6.8

|Sep rain days = 6.2

|Oct rain days = 8.5

|Nov rain days = 10.8

|Dec rain days = 14.7

|year rain days = 134.1

|source 1 = Meteociel{{cite web|url=https://www.meteociel.fr/obs/clim/normales_records.php?code=98824001|title=Normales et records pour Pouebo (988)|publisher=Meteociel|access-date=3 June 2022}}}}

References

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{{Administrative divisions of New Caledonia}}

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Category:Communes of New Caledonia

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