Editing Geography of Fiji (section)

== Climate ==

Fiji has a [[tropical rainforest climate]] and a [[tropical monsoon climate]] (Af and Am according to the [[Köppen climate classification]]). Suva, the capital city, receives more rainfall than [[Nadi]] or the other side of [[Viti Levu]]. El Niño and La Niña events have significant impacts on rainfall.<ref>{{cite report|title=Fiji Sugarcane Climate Outlook from May 2021 Planting & Harvesting Season |url=https://www.met.gov.fj/aifs_prods/Climate_Products/April%202021sugarOut2021.04.23%2015.47.57.pdf |publisher=Fiji Meteorological Service |access-date=18 August 2022 |page=5}}</ref> Tropical cyclones can impact Fiji and in some cases they can cause severe damage and many deaths.<ref>{{Cite report|title=Republic of Fiji: Third National Communication Report to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |url=https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/Fiji_TNC%20Report.pdf |publisher=United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |page=62|date=April 27, 2020|access-date=August 18, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title=Fiji's worst natural disaster: the 1931 hurricane and flood|volume=34|issue=3|pages=657–683|author=Yeo, Stephen W|journal=Disasters|author2=Blong, Russell J|year=2010 |doi=10.1111/j.1467-7717.2010.01163.x|pmid=20298265 }}</ref> In 2016, [[Cyclone Winston]] caused widespread destruction and affected hundreds of thousands of people after striking Fiji.<ref>{{cite news|author=Nadia Khomami|newspaper=The Guardian|date=21 February 2016|access-date=21 February 2016|title= Cyclone Winston: Fiji counts deaths and damage from giant storm |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/feb/20/cyclone-winston-virgin-australia-and-jetstar-cancel-services-to-and-from-fiji}}</ref><ref name="OCHA8">{{cite report|work=United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs|publisher=ReliefWeb|date=28 February 2016|access-date=28 February 2016|title=Fiji: Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston Situation Report No. 8 (as of 28 February 2016)|url=http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/ocha_tc_winston_situation_report_8.pdf}}</ref> A few years later, [[Cyclone Harold]] also caused widespread damage.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pacific Humanitarian Team - Tropical Cyclone Harold Situation Report #9, 21 April 2020|url=https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/PHT%20Sitrep%209_TC%20Harold_21042020.pdf|date=April 22, 2020|access-date=April 22, 2020}}</ref> 

[[Climate change in Fiji]] is an exceptionally pressing issue for the country – as an island nation, Fiji is particularly vulnerable to rising sea levels, [[coastal erosion]] and [[extreme weather]].<ref name="COP23">{{cite web |last1=COP23 |title=How Fiji is Affected by Climate Change |url=https://cop23.com.fj/fiji-and-the-pacific/how-fiji-is-affected-by-climate-change/ |website=Cop23 |access-date=5 September 2022 |archive-date=28 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828143019/https://cop23.com.fj/fiji-and-the-pacific/how-fiji-is-affected-by-climate-change/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> These changes, along with temperature rise, will displace Fijian communities and will prove disruptive to the national economy – tourism, agriculture and fisheries, the largest contributors to the nation's GDP, will be severely impacted by climate change causing increases in poverty and food insecurity.<ref name="COP23" /> As a party to both the [[Kyoto Protocol]] and the [[Paris Climate Agreement]], Fiji hopes to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 which, along with national policies, will help to mitigate the impacts of climate change.<ref name="unfccc.int">{{cite web |last1=UN Climate Change News |title=Fiji Submits Long-Term National Climate Plan |url=https://unfccc.int/news/fiji-submits-long-term-national-climate-plan |website=unfccc.int |publisher=United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |access-date=17 July 2021 |date=5 March 2019}}</ref>

{{Weather box
|location = [[Suva, Fiji|Suva]] (Köppen Af)
|width = auto 
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|collapsed = Yes 
|Jan record high C = 35.0
|Feb record high C = 36.0
|Mar record high C = 37.0
|Apr record high C = 34.0
|May record high C = 34.0
|Jun record high C = 32.0
|Jul record high C = 32.0
|Aug record high C = 32.0
|Sep record high C = 32.0
|Oct record high C = 34.0
|Nov record high C = 34.0
|Dec record high C = 36.0
|year record high C = 37.0
|Jan high C = 30.8
|Feb high C = 31.2
|Mar high C = 30.9
|Apr high C = 29.9
|May high C = 28.5
|Jun high C = 27.7
|Jul high C = 26.8
|Aug high C = 26.7
|Sep high C = 27.2
|Oct high C = 28.2
|Nov high C = 29.3
|Dec high C = 30.3
|year high C = 28.9
|Jan mean C = 27.4
|Feb mean C = 27.6
|Mar mean C = 26.4
|Apr mean C = 26.6
|May mean C = 25.4
|Jun mean C = 24.6
|Jul mean C = 23.8
|Aug mean C = 23.7
|Sep mean C = 24.1
|Oct mean C = 25.1
|Nov mean C = 26.1
|Dec mean C = 26.9
|Jan low C = 23.9
|Feb low C = 24.0
|Mar low C = 23.9
|Apr low C = 23.3
|May low C = 22.2
|Jun low C = 21.4
|Jul low C = 20.7
|Aug low C = 20.7
|Sep low C = 21.0
|Oct low C = 21.9
|Nov low C = 22.8
|Dec low C = 23.5
|year low C = 22.4
|Jan record low C = 19.0
|Feb record low C = 19.0
|Mar record low C = 19.0
|Apr record low C = 16.0
|May record low C = 16.0
|Jun record low C = 14.0
|Jul record low C = 13.0
|Aug record low C = 14.0
|Sep record low C = 14.0
|Oct record low C = 14.0
|Nov record low C = 13.0
|Dec record low C = 17.0
|year record low C = 13.0
|rain colour =green
|Jan rain mm = 371
|Feb rain mm = 265
|Mar rain mm = 374
|Apr rain mm = 366
|May rain mm = 270
|Jun rain mm = 163
|Jul rain mm = 136
|Aug rain mm = 158
|Sep rain mm = 177
|Oct rain mm = 221
|Nov rain mm = 245
|Dec rain mm = 277
|year rain mm = 3023
|Jan precipitation days = 23
|Feb precipitation days = 22
|Mar precipitation days = 24
|Apr precipitation days = 23
|May precipitation days = 21
|Jun precipitation days = 18
|Jul precipitation days = 19
|Aug precipitation days = 18
|Sep precipitation days = 17
|Oct precipitation days = 19
|Nov precipitation days = 19
|Dec precipitation days = 22
|source 1 = http://www.met.gov.fj/ClimateofFiji.pdf
}}

{{Weather box
|location = [[Nadi]] (Köppen Am)
|width = auto 
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|collapsed = Yes 
|Jan record high C = 36.7
|Feb record high C = 35.4
|Mar record high C = 35.0
|Apr record high C = 34.3
|May record high C = 33.9
|Jun record high C = 33.5
|Jul record high C = 32.9
|Aug record high C = 34.3
|Sep record high C = 34.0
|Oct record high C = 34.6
|Nov record high C = 36.3
|Dec record high C = 35.9
|year record high C = 36.7
|Jan high C = 31.6
|Feb high C = 31.5
|Mar high C = 31.1
|Apr high C = 30.7
|May high C = 29.7
|Jun high C = 29.2
|Jul high C = 28.5
|Aug high C = 28.7
|Sep high C = 29.4
|Oct high C = 30.2
|Nov high C = 30.9
|Dec high C = 31.4
|year high C = 30.2
|Jan mean C = 27.1
|Feb mean C = 27.2
|Mar mean C = 26.9
|Apr mean C = 26.2
|May mean C = 24.9
|Jun mean C = 24.2
|Jul mean C = 23.4
|Aug mean C = 23.6
|Sep mean C = 24.4
|Oct mean C = 25.3
|Nov mean C = 26.2
|Dec mean C = 26.7
|year mean C = 25.5
|Jan low C = 22.7
|Feb low C = 22.9
|Mar low C = 22.6
|Apr low C = 21.7
|May low C = 20.1
|Jun low C = 19.3
|Jul low C = 18.3
|Aug low C = 18.4
|Sep low C = 19.3
|Oct low C = 20.4
|Nov low C = 21.5
|Dec low C = 22.1
|year low C = 20.8
|Jan record low C = 19.0
|Feb record low C = 18.3
|Mar record low C = 17.7
|Apr record low C = 16.2
|May record low C = 14.0
|Jun record low C = 13.6
|Jul record low C = 11.7
|Aug record low C = 11.3
|Sep record low C = 13.3
|Oct record low C = 14.4
|Nov record low C = 15.1
|Dec record low C = 17.2
|year record low C = 11.3
|rain colour = green
|Jan rain mm = 300
|Feb rain mm = 303
|Mar rain mm = 324
|Apr rain mm = 173
|May rain mm = 80
|Jun rain mm = 62
|Jul rain mm = 47
|Aug rain mm = 59
|Sep rain mm = 77
|Oct rain mm = 103
|Nov rain mm = 139
|Dec rain mm = 159
|year rain mm = 1826
|unit rain days = 1.0 mm
|Jan rain days = 14
|Feb rain days = 15
|Mar rain days = 16
|Apr rain days = 9
|May rain days = 6
|Jun rain days = 5
|Jul rain days = 4
|Aug rain days = 4
|Sep rain days = 5
|Oct rain days = 7
|Nov rain days = 9
|Dec rain days = 11
|year rain days = 105
|Jan humidity = 81
|Feb humidity = 82
|Mar humidity = 84
|Apr humidity = 82
|May humidity = 80
|Jun humidity = 79
|Jul humidity = 76
|Aug humidity = 75
|Sep humidity = 74
|Oct humidity = 75
|Nov humidity = 76
|Dec humidity = 78
|year humidity = 78
|Jan sun = 213.5
|Feb sun = 182.4
|Mar sun = 190.1
|Apr sun = 197.8
|May sun = 212.0
|Jun sun = 206.0
|Jul sun = 218.1
|Aug sun = 231.0
|Sep sun = 214.6
|Oct sun = 226.6
|Nov sun = 221.5
|Dec sun = 225.4
|year sun = 2539.0
|source 1 = NOAA<ref name= NadiNOAA>{{cite web
| url = ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/TABLES/REG__V/EJ/91680.TXT
| title = Nandi Climate Normals 1961–1990
| publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
| access-date = 24 March 2015}}</ref>
|source 2 = [[Deutscher Wetterdienst]] (precipitation days, 1968–1990 and humidity, 1962–1990)<ref name = NadiDWD>
{{cite web
| url = http://www.dwd.de/DWD/klima/beratung/ak/ak_916800_kt.pdf
| title = Klimatafel von Nandi (Int. Flugh.) / Viti Levu / Fidschi
| work = Baseline climate means (1961–1990) from stations all over the world
| publisher = Deutscher Wetterdienst
| language = de
| access-date = 22 November 2016}}</ref>
|date=December 2011}}