Sainte-Marie, Martinique
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Sainte-Marie (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t maʁi] ⓘ; Martinican Creole: Sentmawi) is a town and the fifth-largest commune in the French overseas department of Martinique. It is located on the northeast (Atlantic Ocean) side of the island of Martinique.
Geography
Climate
Sainte-Marie has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification Af). The average annual temperature in Sainte-Marie is 26.5 °C (79.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 2,781.3 mm (109.50 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.5 °C (81.5 °F), and lowest in January, at around 25.1 °C (77.2 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Sainte-Marie was 35.0 °C (95.0 °F) on 23 September 2005; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 16.5 °C (61.7 °F) on 8 March 1987.
Climate data for Sainte-Marie (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1979−2009) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 31.5 (88.7) | 33.0 (91.4) | 32.0 (89.6) | 34.5 (94.1) | 34.5 (94.1) | 34.0 (93.2) | 34.0 (93.2) | 35.0 (95.0) | 35.0 (95.0) | 34.5 (94.1) | 34.0 (93.2) | 32.0 (89.6) | 35.0 (95.0) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28.9 (84.0) | 29.0 (84.2) | 29.5 (85.1) | 30.3 (86.5) | 31.0 (87.8) | 30.9 (87.6) | 31.1 (88.0) | 31.6 (88.9) | 31.7 (89.1) | 31.4 (88.5) | 30.4 (86.7) | 29.6 (85.3) | 30.4 (86.7) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.1 (77.2) | 25.1 (77.2) | 25.4 (77.7) | 26.2 (79.2) | 27.0 (80.6) | 27.3 (81.1) | 27.3 (81.1) | 27.5 (81.5) | 27.5 (81.5) | 27.2 (81.0) | 26.4 (79.5) | 25.7 (78.3) | 26.5 (79.7) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.3 (70.3) | 21.2 (70.2) | 21.4 (70.5) | 22.1 (71.8) | 22.9 (73.2) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.6 (74.5) | 23.4 (74.1) | 23.2 (73.8) | 23.1 (73.6) | 22.5 (72.5) | 21.8 (71.2) | 25.5 (77.9) |
Record low °C (°F) | 18.0 (64.4) | 16.5 (61.7) | 16.5 (61.7) | 18.0 (64.4) | 19.5 (67.1) | 20.0 (68.0) | 19.0 (66.2) | 18.0 (64.4) | 19.0 (66.2) | 19.0 (66.2) | 17.0 (62.6) | 17.5 (63.5) | 16.5 (61.7) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 167.4 (6.59) | 103.2 (4.06) | 125.9 (4.96) | 213.6 (8.41) | 215.1 (8.47) | 196.2 (7.72) | 248.4 (9.78) | 275.0 (10.83) | 283.5 (11.16) | 346.9 (13.66) | 374.9 (14.76) | 231.2 (9.10) | 2,781.3 (109.50) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 21.6 | 16.6 | 17.0 | 16.3 | 17.4 | 19.4 | 23.2 | 23.0 | 20.7 | 22.7 | 23.6 | 21.2 | 242.7 |
Source: Météo-France[3] |
Population
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Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1967 | 19,515 | — |
1974 | 20,128 | +0.44% |
1982 | 18,526 | −1.03% |
1990 | 19,682 | +0.76% |
1999 | 20,098 | +0.23% |
2007 | 19,249 | −0.54% |
2012 | 17,342 | −2.06% |
2017 | 15,932 | −1.68% |
Source: INSEE[4] |
See also
- Communes of Martinique
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
- Official website (in French)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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