Yaté

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Yaté

|commune status = Commune

|image = Ouinné 02.jpg

|caption = Ouinné, a mining site in the commune of Yaté

|province = Province Sud

|map size = 270px

|adjustable map = Locator map of Yaté 2018.png

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

|INSEE = 98832

|postal code = 98834

|mayor = Victor Gouetcha{{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=4 May 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|coordinates = {{coord|-22.1676|166.9266|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 20

|elevation min m = 0

|elevation max m = 1501

|area km2 = 1338.4

|population = 1667

|population date = 2019

|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 96.16%
Europeans 0.72%
Wallisians and Futunans 0.18%
Mixed 1.68%
Other 1.26%

|ethnic date = 2019 census

|arrondissement=|intercommunality=}}

Yaté ({{IPA|fr|jate}}) is a commune in the South Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. The Yaté Dam and Blue River Provincial Park are located within the commune.

Geography

=Climate=

Yaté has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification Af). The average annual temperature in Yaté is {{cvt|23.7|C}}. The average annual rainfall is {{cvt|2604.9|mm}} with March as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in February, at around {{cvt|26.7|C}}, and lowest in August, at around {{convert|20.6|C}}. The highest temperature ever recorded in Yaté was {{cvt|34.7|C}} on 28 February 2008; the coldest temperature ever recorded was {{cvt|12.3|C}} on 18 August 2004.

{{Weather box

|collapsed=y

|location= Yaté (1991–2020 averages, extremes 1993−present)

|metric first= Y

|single line= Y

|Jan record high C = 34.0

|Feb record high C = 34.7

|Mar record high C = 34.4

|Apr record high C = 33.4

|May record high C = 31.7

|Jun record high C = 30.4

|Jul record high C = 29.3

|Aug record high C = 30.0

|Sep record high C = 31.1

|Oct record high C = 32.0

|Nov record high C = 32.9

|Dec record high C = 33.8

|year record high C = 34.7

|Jan high C = 29.5

|Feb high C = 30.0

|Mar high C = 29.3

|Apr high C = 28.0

|May high C = 26.4

|Jun high C = 25.1

|Jul high C = 24.3

|Aug high C = 24.3

|Sep high C = 25.4

|Oct high C = 26.5

|Nov high C = 27.5

|Dec high C = 28.7

|year high C = 27.1

|Jan mean C = 26.2

|Feb mean C = 26.7

|Mar mean C = 26.2

|Apr mean C = 24.9

|May mean C = 23.2

|Jun mean C = 21.8

|Jul mean C = 20.8

|Aug mean C = 20.6

|Sep mean C = 21.6

|Oct mean C = 22.9

|Nov mean C = 23.9

|Dec mean C = 25.3

|year mean C = 23.7

|Jan low C = 22.9

|Feb low C = 23.5

|Mar low C = 23.1

|Apr low C = 21.8

|May low C = 20.0

|Jun low C = 18.5

|Jul low C = 17.2

|Aug low C = 17.0

|Sep low C = 17.8

|Oct low C = 19.3

|Nov low C = 20.4

|Dec low C = 22.0

|year low C = 20.3

|Jan record low C = 19.1

|Feb record low C = 18.8

|Mar record low C = 19.3

|Apr record low C = 16.6

|May record low C = 15.2

|Jun record low C = 12.8

|Jul record low C = 12.6

|Aug record low C = 12.3

|Sep record low C = 12.9

|Oct record low C = 14.3

|Nov record low C = 15.5

|Dec record low C = 17.1

|year record low C = 12.3

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 293.2

|Feb precipitation mm = 320.3

|Mar precipitation mm = 415.8

|Apr precipitation mm = 306.1

|May precipitation mm = 201.9

|Jun precipitation mm = 159.2

|Jul precipitation mm = 172.1

|Aug precipitation mm = 141.0

|Sep precipitation mm = 133.2

|Oct precipitation mm = 115.9

|Nov precipitation mm = 119.1

|Dec precipitation mm = 227.1

|year precipitation mm = 2604.9

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 16.6

|Feb precipitation days = 17.0

|Mar precipitation days = 19.7

|Apr precipitation days = 17.4

|May precipitation days = 15.5

|Jun precipitation days = 13.3

|Jul precipitation days = 12.0

|Aug precipitation days = 11.0

|Sep precipitation days = 9.5

|Oct precipitation days = 10.7

|Nov precipitation days = 10.3

|Dec precipitation days = 13.7

|year precipitation days = 166.7

|source 1 = Météo-France{{cite web

| url = https://donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr/FichesClim/FICHECLIM_98832002.pdf

| title=Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records

| language = fr

| publisher = Météo-France

| access-date = August 27, 2022}}}}

Population

{{Historical populations

|align=left

|2004|1843

|2009|1881

|2011|21789

|2021|28351

}}

References

Category:Communes of New Caledonia