Island within Ryukyu Islands
Tokashiki Island (渡嘉敷島, Tokashiki-jima, Okinawan: トゥガイフィガイ Tugaifigai)[1] is the largest of the Kerama Islands, a group of Japanese islands southwest of Okinawa in the Pacific Ocean. The island is administered as the village of Tokashiki in Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
Geography
Tokashiki is a hilly island of about 15.29 square kilometers with sheer cliffs which descend down to the seas.[2]
Climate
The climate is warm year-round with a daily mean of 21 Celsius. It has 1,938 hours of sunshine per year, but it can get cloudy in December through February.
| Climate data for Tokashiki (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1977−present)
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| Month
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Jan
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Feb
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Mar
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
|
Dec
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Year
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| Record high °C (°F)
|
24.1
(75.4)
|
24.6
(76.3)
|
25.7
(78.3)
|
26.7
(80.1)
|
29.0
(84.2)
|
30.7
(87.3)
|
32.1
(89.8)
|
32.5
(90.5)
|
31.6
(88.9)
|
30.4
(86.7)
|
28.4
(83.1)
|
26.8
(80.2)
|
32.5
(90.5)
|
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
17.8
(64.0)
|
18.1
(64.6)
|
19.7
(67.5)
|
22.0
(71.6)
|
24.6
(76.3)
|
27.5
(81.5)
|
29.3
(84.7)
|
29.3
(84.7)
|
28.3
(82.9)
|
25.8
(78.4)
|
22.8
(73.0)
|
19.5
(67.1)
|
23.7
(74.7)
|
| Daily mean °C (°F)
|
15.6
(60.1)
|
15.7
(60.3)
|
17.2
(63.0)
|
19.5
(67.1)
|
22.2
(72.0)
|
25.1
(77.2)
|
26.9
(80.4)
|
26.8
(80.2)
|
25.8
(78.4)
|
23.5
(74.3)
|
20.7
(69.3)
|
17.4
(63.3)
|
21.4
(70.5)
|
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
13.8
(56.8)
|
13.8
(56.8)
|
15.2
(59.4)
|
17.6
(63.7)
|
20.4
(68.7)
|
23.4
(74.1)
|
25.2
(77.4)
|
25.1
(77.2)
|
24.1
(75.4)
|
21.9
(71.4)
|
19.1
(66.4)
|
15.7
(60.3)
|
19.6
(67.3)
|
| Record low °C (°F)
|
3.7
(38.7)
|
6.0
(42.8)
|
5.5
(41.9)
|
10.4
(50.7)
|
14.0
(57.2)
|
15.3
(59.5)
|
19.9
(67.8)
|
21.6
(70.9)
|
17.7
(63.9)
|
16.1
(61.0)
|
9.5
(49.1)
|
7.6
(45.7)
|
3.7
(38.7)
|
| Average precipitation mm (inches)
|
134.2
(5.28)
|
129.2
(5.09)
|
170.3
(6.70)
|
194.9
(7.67)
|
269.1
(10.59)
|
284.8
(11.21)
|
154.7
(6.09)
|
208.8
(8.22)
|
234.6
(9.24)
|
157.4
(6.20)
|
120.9
(4.76)
|
135.8
(5.35)
|
2,200.5
(86.63)
|
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)
|
12.1
|
11.3
|
13.0
|
11.8
|
12.4
|
11.7
|
8.4
|
11.0
|
11.7
|
8.6
|
9.1
|
10.9
|
132
|
| Mean monthly sunshine hours
|
89.9
|
97.6
|
124.0
|
135.6
|
163.7
|
188.8
|
274.0
|
248.2
|
207.1
|
180.0
|
126.1
|
105.8
|
1,938.4
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| Source: Japan Meteorological Agency[3][4]
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