Touho
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Coat of arms of Touho Coat of arms | |
| Location of the commune (in red) within New Caledonia Location of the commune (in red) within New Caledonia | |
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| Country | France |
| Sui generis collectivity | New Caledonia |
| Province | North Province |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Alphonse Poinine[1] |
Area 1 | 283.0 km2 (109.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2019 census)[2] | 2,380 |
| • Density | 8.41/km2 (21.8/sq mi) |
| Ethnic distribution | |
| • 2019 census | Kanaks 81.01% Europeans 6.47% Wallisians and Futunans 0.17% Mixed 9.37% Other 2.98% |
| Time zone | UTC+11:00 |
| INSEE/Postal code | 98830 /98831 |
| Elevation | 0–1,069 m (0–3,507 ft) (avg. 10 m or 33 ft) |
| 1 New Caledonia Land Register (DITTT) data, which exclude lakes and ponds larger than 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) as well as the estuaries of rivers. | |
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Touho (French: [tu.o] <phonos file="LL-Q150 (fra)-Noaius Paticus-Touho.wav"></phonos>, Cemuhî: Tuo Cèmuhî) is a commune in the North Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. Touho lies on the east coast of the main island (Grande Terre) and is served by a road and an airfield.
The vocational school, Lycée Professionnel Augustin Ty,[3] was officially opened in 1994. It is located directly opposite the airport.
Geography
[edit | edit source]Climate
[edit | edit source]Touho has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification Af). The average annual temperature in Touho is 24.3 °C (75.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 2,368.1 mm (93.23 in) with March as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in February, at around 27.0 °C (80.6 °F), and lowest in August, at around 21.5 °C (70.7 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Touho was 34.1 °C (93.4 °F) on 27 February 2025; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 10.2 °C (50.4 °F) on 23 September 1994.
| Climate data for Touho (Touho Airport, 1991−2020 normals, extremes 1993−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 33.1 (91.6) |
34.1 (93.4) |
33.4 (92.1) |
32.1 (89.8) |
30.6 (87.1) |
29.7 (85.5) |
29.4 (84.9) |
28.9 (84.0) |
30.5 (86.9) |
30.3 (86.5) |
31.9 (89.4) |
33.0 (91.4) |
34.1 (93.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.2 (84.6) |
29.6 (85.3) |
29.2 (84.6) |
28.0 (82.4) |
26.5 (79.7) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.3 (75.7) |
25.2 (77.4) |
26.3 (79.3) |
27.3 (81.1) |
28.4 (83.1) |
27.0 (80.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.6 (79.9) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.7 (80.1) |
25.5 (77.9) |
23.9 (75.0) |
22.6 (72.7) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.5 (70.7) |
22.4 (72.3) |
23.6 (74.5) |
24.7 (76.5) |
25.8 (78.4) |
24.3 (75.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 24.1 (75.4) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.1 (75.4) |
23.0 (73.4) |
21.4 (70.5) |
20.0 (68.0) |
18.7 (65.7) |
18.6 (65.5) |
19.6 (67.3) |
20.9 (69.6) |
22.0 (71.6) |
23.3 (73.9) |
21.7 (71.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 17.5 (63.5) |
18.9 (66.0) |
19.0 (66.2) |
16.6 (61.9) |
14.3 (57.7) |
10.3 (50.5) |
11.4 (52.5) |
12.0 (53.6) |
10.2 (50.4) |
14.4 (57.9) |
16.0 (60.8) |
13.3 (55.9) |
10.2 (50.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 298.4 (11.75) |
333.7 (13.14) |
377.0 (14.84) |
256.1 (10.08) |
187.5 (7.38) |
138.5 (5.45) |
102.8 (4.05) |
110.5 (4.35) |
96.8 (3.81) |
106.3 (4.19) |
143.2 (5.64) |
217.3 (8.56) |
2,368.1 (93.23) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 16.2 | 17.7 | 19.3 | 16.2 | 13.9 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 7.9 | 10.1 | 11.3 | 15.9 | 156.4 |
| Source: Météo-France[4] | |||||||||||||
References
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- ^ Population, ménages et logement par commune, en 2019, Institut de la statistique et des études économiques Nouvelle-Calédonie
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