Climate of Port-Aux-Francais, Kerguelen Islands, French Southern Lands Average Weather

Port-Aux-Francais, kerguelen islands, French Southern Lands is at 49°21'S, 70°14'E, 30 m (98 ft). See map.
Port-Aux-Francais, Kerguelen Islands has a polar tundra climate with no true summer (Köppen-Geiger classification: ET).
According to the Holdridge life zones system of bioclimatic classification Port-Aux-Francais, Kerguelen Islands is situated in or near the boreal rain forest biome.
The annual mean temperature is 4.5 degrees Celsius (40.1 degrees Fahrenheit). See the temperatures page for a monthly breakdown and the fixed scale graph.
Average monthly temperatures vary by 5.5 °C (9.9°F). This indicates that the continentality type is hyperoceanic, subtype truly hyperoceanic.
Total annual Precipitation averages 707.9 mm (27.9 inches) which is equivalent to 707.9 Litres/m² (17.36 Gallons/ft²).
On average there are 1604 hours of sunshine per year. Visit the sunshine and daylight section to check monthly details including how high in the sky the sun reaches each month.
If you were to burrow down through the Earth from Port-Aux-Francais, kerguelen islands you would come out nearest to the climate station at Manyberries, Alberta, Canada where you would find a Humid continental climate (Cool temperate steppe biome).

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Annual

Average Max Temperature °C ( °F)

5 (41)

5 (42)

7 (44)

8 (47)

10 (50)

11 (52)

12 (53)

11 (51)

9 (48)

7 (44)

5 (41)

8 (46)

Average Temperature °C ( °F)

2 (36)

3 (38)

5 (40)

6 (43)

7 (45)

8 (46)

7 (45)

6 (42)

4 (39)

2 (36)

5 (40)

Average Min Temperature °C ( °F)

-1 (31)

0 (33)

2 (35)

3 (38)

4 (39)

4 (40)

4 (39)

3 (37)

1 (34)

0 (31)

2 (35)

Average Precipitation mm (in)

65 (3)

67 (3)

65 (3)

55 (2)

53 (2)

58 (2)

49 (2)

46 (2)

59 (2)

67 (3)

69 (3)

56 (2)

708 (28)

Number of Wet Days (probability of rain on a day)

23 (74%)

22 (73%)

22 (71%)

21 (70%)

19 (61%)

16 (57%)

18 (58%)

19 (63%)

22 (71%)

23 (77%)

247 (68%)

Average Sunlight Hours/ Day

02:46

03:29

04:14

05:09

05:38

05:44

05:50

05:41

04:58

04:02

02:56

02:16

04:23

Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day

08:37

10:02

11:52

13:44

15:21

16:10

15:43

14:22

12:36

10:43

09:06

08:14

12:00

Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours

33 (67)

35 (65)

36 (64)

38 (62)

37 (63)

36 (64)

38 (62)

40 (60)

38 (62)

33 (67)

28 (72)

37 (63)

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