Jamestown Climate & Temperature
- Jamestown, Saint Helena is at 15°55'S, 5°43'W, 12 m (39 ft). See map.
- Jamestown has a subtropical desert / low-latitude arid hot climate (Köppen-Geiger classification: BWh)
- The mean temperature is 21.8 degrees Celsius (71.3 degrees Fahrenheit). See the temperatures page for a monthly breakdown and the fixed scale graph.
- Average monthly temperatures vary by 4 °C (7.2°F). This indicates that the continentality type is hyperoceanic, subtype truly hyperoceanic.
- Total annual Precipitation averages 137 mm (5.4 inches) which is equivalent to 137 Litres/m² (3.36 Gallons/ft²).
- Were you to burrow down through the centre of the Earth from Jamestown you would pop up nearest to the climate station at Wake Island, Usa where you would find a Tropical wet and dry/ savanna climate.
Jamestown Climate Table
| Climate Variable | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Annual | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Max Temperature °C ( °F) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 27 (81) | 27 (81) | 28 (82) | 27 (81) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 24 (76) | ||
| Average Temperature °C ( °F) | 20 (68) | 20 (68) | 20 (68) | 20 (68) | 21 (70) | 22 (72) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 22 (72) | 21 (70) | 22 (71) | ||
| Average Min Temperature °C ( °F) | 17 (63) | 17 (63) | 17 (63) | 18 (64) | 18 (64) | 19 (66) | 21 (70) | 21 (70) | 22 (72) | 21 (70) | 19 (66) | 18 (64) | 19 (66) | ||
| Average Precipitation mm (in) | 33 (1) | 10 (0) | 5 (0) | 2 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (0) | 8 (0) | 10 (0) | 20 (1) | 10 (0) | 18 (1) | 18 (1) | 137 (5) | ||
| Number of Wet Days (probability of rain on a day %) | 8 (26) | 3 (10) | 2 (7) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | 4 (13) | 4 (14) | 5 (16) | 3 (10) | 4 (13) | 6 (20) | 41 (11) | ||
| Average Daylight Hours/ Day | 11h 16' | 11h 35' | 12h 02' | 12h 29' | 12h 51' | 13h 02' | 12h 57' | 12h 38' | 12h 12' | 11h 45' | 11h 22' | 11h 11' | 12h 00' | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 53.6 | 62 | 73.4 | 83.6 | 84.7 | 82.5 | 85.2 | 83.6 | 73.7 | 62.2 | 53.9 | 50.7 | 70.8 |
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