Goro is a major mining settlement in South Province, New Caledonia. The Goro mine is one of the world's biggest nickel mines.
Climate
Goro has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification Af). The average annual temperature in Goro is 21.4 °C (70.5 °F). The average annual rainfall is 2,856.4 mm (112.46 in) with March as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in February, at around 24.7 °C (76.5 °F), and lowest in August, at around 18.3 °C (64.9 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Goro was 32.1 °C (89.8 °F) on 1 March 2020; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 10.7 °C (51.3 °F) on 4 September 2017.
| Climate data for Goro (1991−2020 normals, extremes 2010−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 30.8 (87.4) | 31.6 (88.9) | 32.1 (89.8) | 30.0 (86.0) | 28.5 (83.3) | 27.3 (81.1) | 27.4 (81.3) | 26.8 (80.2) | 27.2 (81.0) | 27.7 (81.9) | 30.4 (86.7) | 31.9 (89.4) | 32.1 (89.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27.0 (80.6) | 27.2 (81.0) | 26.7 (80.1) | 25.1 (77.2) | 23.4 (74.1) | 22.0 (71.6) | 21.0 (69.8) | 21.3 (70.3) | 22.2 (72.0) | 23.5 (74.3) | 25.0 (77.0) | 26.1 (79.0) | 24.2 (75.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 24.1 (75.4) | 24.7 (76.5) | 24.1 (75.4) | 22.7 (72.9) | 20.9 (69.6) | 19.4 (66.9) | 18.3 (64.9) | 18.3 (64.9) | 19.0 (66.2) | 20.5 (68.9) | 21.9 (71.4) | 23.3 (73.9) | 21.4 (70.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.2 (70.2) | 22.1 (71.8) | 21.6 (70.9) | 20.2 (68.4) | 18.4 (65.1) | 16.9 (62.4) | 15.6 (60.1) | 15.3 (59.5) | 15.8 (60.4) | 17.5 (63.5) | 18.8 (65.8) | 20.4 (68.7) | 18.7 (65.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 15.6 (60.1) | 16.3 (61.3) | 17.4 (63.3) | 16.2 (61.2) | 13.8 (56.8) | 12.0 (53.6) | 10.9 (51.6) | 10.8 (51.4) | 10.7 (51.3) | 12.6 (54.7) | 13.2 (55.8) | 15.3 (59.5) | 10.7 (51.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 364.5 (14.35) | 355.6 (14.00) | 439.4 (17.30) | 287.7 (11.33) | 209.9 (8.26) | 177.1 (6.97) | 216.4 (8.52) | 131.2 (5.17) | 128.7 (5.07) | 118.6 (4.67) | 137.5 (5.41) | 289.8 (11.41) | 2,856.4 (112.46) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 17.6 | 19.4 | 21.6 | 19.3 | 17.9 | 14.9 | 15.9 | 11.6 | 9.6 | 11.3 | 10.7 | 14.7 | 184.4 |
| Source: Météo-France[1] | |||||||||||||