Commune in Martinique, France
Basse-Pointe (French pronunciation: [bɑs pwɛ̃t]; Martinican Creole: Baspwent) is a town and commune in the French overseas department and region, and island of Martinique.
Geography
Climate
Basse-Pointe has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification Af). The average annual temperature in Basse-Pointe is 26.5 °C (79.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 2,636.0 mm (103.78 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.6 °C (81.7 °F), and lowest in February, at around 24.1 °C (75.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Basse-Pointe was 36.3 °C (97.3 °F) on 1 October 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 16.3 °C (61.3 °F) on 21 September 1978.
| Climate data for Basse-Pointe (1991–2020 averages, extremes 1971−present)
|
| Month
|
Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
May
|
Jun
|
Jul
|
Aug
|
Sep
|
Oct
|
Nov
|
Dec
|
Year
|
| Record high °C (°F)
|
32.4
(90.3)
|
33.2
(91.8)
|
33.1
(91.6)
|
35.2
(95.4)
|
34.0
(93.2)
|
33.5
(92.3)
|
34.6
(94.3)
|
34.1
(93.4)
|
35.6
(96.1)
|
36.3
(97.3)
|
33.1
(91.6)
|
32.4
(90.3)
|
36.3
(97.3)
|
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
28.7
(83.7)
|
28.8
(83.8)
|
29.2
(84.6)
|
29.8
(85.6)
|
30.5
(86.9)
|
30.6
(87.1)
|
30.8
(87.4)
|
31.2
(88.2)
|
31.4
(88.5)
|
31.1
(88.0)
|
30.3
(86.5)
|
29.4
(84.9)
|
30.1
(86.2)
|
| Daily mean °C (°F)
|
25.2
(77.4)
|
25.1
(77.2)
|
25.4
(77.7)
|
26.1
(79.0)
|
26.9
(80.4)
|
27.4
(81.3)
|
27.5
(81.5)
|
27.6
(81.7)
|
27.4
(81.3)
|
27.2
(81.0)
|
26.6
(79.9)
|
25.8
(78.4)
|
26.5
(79.7)
|
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
21.7
(71.1)
|
21.4
(70.5)
|
21.6
(70.9)
|
22.3
(72.1)
|
23.3
(73.9)
|
24.1
(75.4)
|
24.1
(75.4)
|
24.0
(75.2)
|
23.4
(74.1)
|
23.2
(73.8)
|
22.9
(73.2)
|
22.2
(72.0)
|
22.9
(73.2)
|
| Record low °C (°F)
|
17.2
(63.0)
|
16.7
(62.1)
|
16.8
(62.2)
|
16.5
(61.7)
|
18.2
(64.8)
|
20.9
(69.6)
|
20.2
(68.4)
|
20.8
(69.4)
|
16.3
(61.3)
|
20.0
(68.0)
|
18.2
(64.8)
|
17.0
(62.6)
|
16.3
(61.3)
|
| Average precipitation mm (inches)
|
158.2
(6.23)
|
94.9
(3.74)
|
111.4
(4.39)
|
192.9
(7.59)
|
199.6
(7.86)
|
195.0
(7.68)
|
238.5
(9.39)
|
279.5
(11.00)
|
269.1
(10.59)
|
313.2
(12.33)
|
363.0
(14.29)
|
220.7
(8.69)
|
2,636
(103.78)
|
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)
|
20.8
|
15.6
|
14.8
|
15.8
|
16.1
|
18.4
|
21.5
|
22.3
|
20.0
|
21.8
|
22.0
|
20.2
|
229.3
|
| Source: Météo-France[3]
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