Namlea
Town in Maluku, Indonesia
3°15′S 127°5′E / 3.250°S 127.083°E / -3.250; 127.083[1]
(mid 2022 estimate)[2]
Namlea[3] is a town and district (kecamatan) situated on the north side of Kayeli Bay on the northeastern coast of the Indonesian island of Buru.[4] It is the capital of the Buru Regency.
Climate
Namlea has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) with moderate to heavy rainfall from December to July and moderate to little rainfall from August to November. Due to a strong rainshadow effect, it has the lowest rainfall on Buru Island.
Climate data for Namlea | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.8 (87.4) | 30.8 (87.4) | 30.8 (87.4) | 30.4 (86.7) | 29.6 (85.3) | 29.1 (84.4) | 28.1 (82.6) | 28.4 (83.1) | 29.4 (84.9) | 30.1 (86.2) | 31.4 (88.5) | 31.0 (87.8) | 30.0 (86.0) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.3 (81.1) | 27.2 (81.0) | 27.3 (81.1) | 27.1 (80.8) | 26.6 (79.9) | 26.4 (79.5) | 25.6 (78.1) | 25.7 (78.3) | 26.2 (79.2) | 26.5 (79.7) | 27.7 (81.9) | 27.4 (81.3) | 26.7 (80.2) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.8 (74.8) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.8 (74.8) | 23.8 (74.8) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.2 (73.8) | 23.0 (73.4) | 23.0 (73.4) | 22.9 (73.2) | 24.0 (75.2) | 23.8 (74.8) | 23.5 (74.4) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 194 (7.6) | 145 (5.7) | 141 (5.6) | 84 (3.3) | 100 (3.9) | 124 (4.9) | 149 (5.9) | 33 (1.3) | 36 (1.4) | 29 (1.1) | 86 (3.4) | 136 (5.4) | 1,257 (49.5) |
Source: Climate-Data.org[5] |