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Climate
The climate is tropical,
it is warm and humid, with two pronounced monsoon seasons. Daily temperature
vary little throughout the year. The annual mean temperature is 28oC with
a maximum average of 32oC and a minimum of 25oC. The relative humidity
ranges between 73% to 85%.
Duration of Sunshine
by month, 1992 - 1996
|
Month
|
1992
|
1993
|
1994
|
1995
|
1996
|
5
yearly
average
|
|
Total
|
2708.5
|
2825.9
|
2536.8
|
2824.1
|
2857.6
|
2752.6
|
|
January
|
232.9
|
223.2
|
266
|
245.1
|
251.5
|
243.7
|
|
February
|
292
|
287.7
|
253.4
|
233.2
|
268.8
|
267
|
|
March
|
308.7
|
282.6
|
256.7
|
301.1
|
288.7
|
287.6
|
|
April
|
275.2
|
278.9
|
256.8
|
251.8
|
227.4
|
258
|
|
May
|
193.3
|
209.2
|
138.5
|
203.5
|
262.9
|
201.5
|
|
June
|
178.4
|
218
|
188.6
|
185.8
|
159.7
|
186.1
|
|
July
|
131.8
|
195.4
|
232.1
|
229.8
|
171.8
|
192.2
|
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August
|
204.4
|
282.8
|
199.1
|
220.2
|
258.7
|
233
|
|
September
|
212.9
|
216
|
196.3
|
242
|
211.1
|
215.7
|
|
October
|
271.4
|
269
|
166.6
|
231.7
|
230.8
|
233.9
|
|
November
|
196
|
158.4
|
173.9
|
244.3
|
239.6
|
202.4
|
|
December
|
211.5
|
204.7
|
208.8
|
245.6
|
286.6
|
231.4
|
|
(In
Hours)
Source
: Department of Meteorology, Maldives.
|
Rainfall by month,
1992 - 1996
|
|
Month
|
1992
|
1993
|
1994
|
1995
|
1996
|
5
yearly
average
|
|
|
Total
|
1654.3
|
2396.9
|
2141.1
|
1407.0
|
1950.5
|
1910.0
|
|
|
January
|
26.1
|
23.6
|
70.9
|
32.3
|
158
|
62.2
|
|
|
February
|
0.4
|
0.4
|
1.2
|
65.4
|
47
|
22.9
|
|
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March
|
6.5
|
36.1
|
99.7
|
10.8
|
51
|
40.8
|
|
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April
|
117.2
|
88.7
|
78.2
|
73.9
|
324.2
|
136.4
|
|
|
May
|
188.1
|
453
|
306.4
|
240.7
|
172.8
|
272.2
|
|
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June
|
179.7
|
138.1
|
120.8
|
69.9
|
258.5
|
153.4
|
|
|
July
|
310.9
|
358.6
|
84.4
|
162.7
|
173
|
217.9
|
|
|
August
|
174.8
|
145.8
|
167.8
|
171.9
|
154.1
|
162.9
|
|
|
September
|
151.7
|
322.3
|
213.3
|
126.4
|
250.4
|
212.8
|
|
|
October
|
80
|
196.9
|
587.6
|
271.4
|
135.1
|
254.2
|
|
|
November
|
308.4
|
428.9
|
353
|
107.7
|
161.3
|
271.9
|
|
|
December
|
110.5
|
204.5
|
57.8
|
73.9
|
65.1
|
102.4
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(In millimetres)
Source : Department of Meteorology,
Maldives. |