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The climate of Pohnpei (Micronesia)
Pohnpei is a federal state in Micronesia and consists of 162 islands. The capital of this federal state, Kolonia is located on the main island of Pohnpei. Palikir, which is the capital of the federal states of Micronesia is also situated on this island. The international airport of the federal state is situated on the small island of Deketik, which is connected to the main island by a bridge. Most of the islands that are part of Pohnpei are uninhabited. However, on a large number of islands small communities with a maximum population of 500 have formed. Most people live on the main island of Pohnpei. Pohnpei has a tropical rainforest climate and is among the wettest places in the world. The main island gets about 5,000-8,000 millimeters of annual precipitation. The temperature of the sea is pleasantly warm all year round and very suitable for swimming. Daytime temperatures are 30 degrees Celsius on average. The trade winds offer cooling. From July till December there is a risk of tropical storms and hurricanes.

Climate information
The figures below are based on long term weather and climate records. They are an average for Pohnpei
Please, bear in mind that local deviations may occur

	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	30	24	5	21		28
February	30	24	5	19		28
March	30	24	6	20		28
April	30	23	6	20		29
May	30	23	5	21		29
June	30	23	5	19		29
July	30	22	5	22		29
August	31	22	6	22		29
September	31	22	6	20		29
October	31	22	5	21		29
November	31	22	5	20		29
December	30	23	5	21		29
= 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:

	chance of (very) hot weather	chance of (very) cool weather	chance of long-term precipitation	chance of hurricanes (cyclones)	chance of sunny days	UV-index
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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