The climate of Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe)
The town of Basse-Terre is the administrative centre of the French
overseas department of Guadeloupe. Officially Paris is the capital of
Guadeloupe and in the administrative field Basse-Terre has only a
restricted role. As far as the number of inhabitants is concerned
Basse-Terre is the second town of Guadeloupe, the town lies in the
south-west of the Isle with the same name of Basse-Terre. With no more
than eighteen hundred millimeters of precipitation Basse-Terre belongs
to the drier parts of Guadeloupe. Due to the prevailing north-eastern
trade-wind Basse-Terre lies on the weather-side of the volcano La
Soufrière. With a maximum temperature of 27 to 33 degrees throughout
the year it is always warm in Basse-Terre. In the second half of the
year, when it is the rainy season, the relative air humidity increases
to values over eighty percent, through which it feels damp and sultry.
Climate information
The data below is based on registered weather data and applies to
Basse-Terre:
average maximum
temperature (°C)
average
minimum
temperature (°C)
average
hours of sunshine
per day
average days with
precipitation
per month
average
mm precipitation
per month
average
sea
temperature (°C)
January
28
24
7
16
27
February
28
24
7
11
26
March
28
25
8
11
26
April
29
26
8
12
27
May
30
27
8
14
27
June
31
27
8
15
28
July
31
27
8
16
28
August
31
27
8
17
28
September
31
27
7
18
29
October
30
27
7
19
29
November
29
26
7
18
28
December
28
25
7
18
27
= 0-5 mm ●
= 6-30 mm ●
= 31-60 mm ●
= 61-100 mm ●
= 101-200 mm ●
=
over 200 mm = 0-0.2 inches ● = 0.2-1.2 inches ● = 1.2-2.4 inches ● = 2.5-4 inches ● = 4.1-8 inches ● = over 8 inches
More climate information
Climate figures are very useful but don’t present a general impression
of the climate and the eventual weather circumstances within a certain
period. The figures don’t always reflect the chance of wintry weather,
extreme heat or hurricanes. That is why we offer useful extra climate
information for each month of the year:
Disclaimer
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