==========+=====================+========== Island or| Coldest Month |Difference Place +---------+-----------+ | Name | Mean | | |Temperature| | +----+------+----+----- | | F. | ~C.~ | F. | ~C.~ ----------+---------+----+------+----+----- Kauai | January |66·5|~19·2~| 9·9|~5·5~ Honolulu | January |69·5|~20·8~| 7·5|~4·4~ Hilo | January |71·5|~21·9~| 2·9|~1·6~ Jaluit | June |80·5|~26·9~| 0·7|~0·4~ Apia | July |75·5|~24·2~| 3·2|~1·8~ Papiti | July |73·5|~23·1~| 4·8|~2·7~ Vanua Levu|July-Aug.|76·0|~24·4~| 4·3|~2·4~ Levuka | July |74·5|~23·6~| 5·2|~2·9~ Tana | July |69·0|~20·6~|10·8|~6·0~ Tongatabu | August |68·5|~20·3~|10·4|~5·8~ Noumea | August |68·0|~20·0~|11·4|~6·7~ Oparu |September|65·3|~18·5~| 7·2|~4·0~ ==========+=========+====+======+====+===== The places have also been selected so as to illustrate the changes in season we met with in passing from North to South, and indicate much the same sequence that has already been noticed in the case of the Malay Archipelago, but the temperatures are several degrees lower in the case of each corresponding latitude, so that, while the Malay Islands are stormy and trying, the Polynesian groups are amongst the most pleasant of the warm climates of the world. Except in the Marshall groups, and in some of the Fijis, the rainfall is moderate for localities situated so near the equator. TABLE OF RAINFALL OF PACIFIC ISLANDS. =========+=============+==============+==============+ Month | Honolulu, | Marshall | Apia, | | Hawaii | Group | Samoa | | | | | +-----+-------+------+-------+------+-------+ | Ins.| ~Mm.~ | Ins. | ~Mm.~ | Ins. | ~Mm.~ | ---------+-----+-------+------+-------+------+-------+ January | 4·03| ~102~| 11·46| ~291~| 16·42| ~417~| February | 4·58| ~116~| 11·90| ~300~| 20·23| ~514~| March | 3·77| ~96~| 17·92| ~455~| 12·68| ~321~| April | 3·14| ~79~| 14·15| ~359~| 8·66| ~220~| May | 3·15| ~80~| 20·20| ~513~| 6·97| ~177~| June | 1·82| ~46~| 15·58| ~396~| 5·39| ~137~| July | 2·53| ~64~| 15·44| ~392~| 3·32| ~84~| August | 2·28| ~58~| 13·58| ~345~| 6·18| ~157~| September| 1·85| ~47~| 13·45| ~342~| 8·54| ~217~| October | 2·28| ~58~| 15·47| ~293~| 6·97| ~177~| November | 5·16| ~131~| 11·30| ~387~| 12·20| ~310~| December | 4·93| ~125~| 17·48| ~444~| 17·63| ~447~| ---------+-----+-------+------+-------+------+-------+ Year |39·45|~1,002~|177·87|~4,517~|125·15|~3,178~| =========+=====+=======+======+=======+======+=======+