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PORT HARCOURT, NIGERIA


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Elevation: 59 feet     Latitude: 04 51N     Longitude: 007 01E
Köppen Classification: Tropical Monsoon Climate

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Tropical monsoon climate, occasionally also known as a tropical wet climate or tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate in climate classification, is a relatively rare type of climate. Tropical monsoon climates have monthly mean temperatures above 18°C (64°F) in every month of the year and feature wet and dry seasons, as Tropical savanna climates do. Unlike tropical savanna climates however, a tropical monsoon climate's driest month sees less than 60 mm (2.36 in) of precipitation. Also a tropical monsoon climate tends to see less variance in temperatures during the course of the year than a tropical savanna climate. This climate has a driest month which nearly always occurs at or soon after the "winter" solstice for that side of the equator.

The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Am". (Tropical Monsoon Climate).

The average temperature for the year in Port Harcourt is 80.0°F (26.7°C). The warmest month, on average, is February with an average temperature of 83.0°F (28.3°C). The coolest month on average is July, with an average temperature of 78.0°F (25.6°C).

The highest recorded temperature in Port Harcourt is 106.0°F (41.1°C), which was recorded in July. The lowest recorded temperature in Port Harcourt is 57.0°F (13.9°C), which was recorded in February.

There are an average of 67.0 days of precipitation, with the most precipitation occurring in August with 13.0 days and the least precipitation occurring in January with 1.0 days.

In terms of liquid precipitation, there are an average of 67.0 days of rain, with the most rain occurring in August with 13.0 days of rain, and the least rain occurring in January with 1.0 days of rain.



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