Editing Clipperton Island (section)

=== Climate ===
The island has a tropical oceanic climate, with average temperatures of {{Convert|20|–|32|C|F|lk=on|abbr=on}} and highs up to {{Convert|37.8|C|F|lk=on|abbr=on}}.<ref name=":6">{{Cite journal |last=Sachet |first=Marie-Hélène |author-link=Marie-Hélène Sachet |date=1962a |title=Geography and land ecology of Clipperton Island |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.86.1 |journal=Atoll Research Bulletin |volume=86 |pages=1–115 |doi=10.5479/si.00775630.86.1 |issn=0077-5630 |access-date=1 April 2023 |archive-date=10 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410154022/https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/5030 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |people=Mitchell, Beverly Marecheau (director), Arnaldo-Guizar, Chico (director), Ling, Lisa (host), Milbrand, Lance (reporter) |date=2004 |title=National Geographic Ultimate Explorer: Island Castaway |type=Television production|url=https://search.alexanderstreet.com/preview/work/bibliographic_entity%7Cvideo_work%7C2086884 |access-date=2023-04-14 |time= |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=National Geographic |via=Alexander Street}}</ref> Annual rainfall is {{convert|3000|to|5000|mm|in}}, and the humidity level is generally between 85&nbsp;per&nbsp;cent and 95&nbsp;per&nbsp;cent with December to March being the drier months. The prevailing winds are the southeast [[trade winds]].<ref name="Bienvenue"/><ref name="Tchékémian2021"/> The rainy season occurs from May to October,<ref name=":6" /> and the region is subject to tropical cyclones from April to September, but such storms often pass to the northeast of Clipperton.<ref name="Bienvenue"/> In 1997 Clipperton was in the path of the start of [[Hurricane Felicia (1997)|Hurricane Felicia]], as well as [[Hurricane Sandra (2015)|Hurricane Sandra]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite AV media |people= |date=November 25, 2015 |title=Action News at 12:30 PM |type=Television news production|url=https://archive.org/details/WPVI_20151125_173000_Action_News_at_1230_PM/start/1200/end/1260 |access-date=2023-04-15 |time=20:00 |publisher=ABC News (WPVI)}}</ref> In addition, Clipperton has been subjected to multiple tropical storms and depressions, including [[Tropical Storm Andres (2003)|Tropical Storm Andres]] in 2003.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Irwin |first1=Rossman P. |last2=Davis |first2=Robert E. |date=1999-08-01 |title=The relationship between the Southern Oscillation Index and tropical cyclone tracks in the eastern North Pacific |journal=[[Geophysical Research Letters]]|volume=26 |issue=15 |pages=2251–2254 |doi=10.1029/1999GL900533|bibcode=1999GeoRL..26.2251I |s2cid=140602960 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Deangelis |first=Richard |date=1972 |title=Stalking the Wild Hurricane |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00431672.1972.9931595 |journal=Weatherwise|volume=25 |issue=4 |pages=156–161 |doi=10.1080/00431672.1972.9931595 |bibcode=1972Weawi..25d.156D |issn=0043-1672 |access-date=1 April 2023 |archive-date=1 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401235428/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00431672.1972.9931595 |url-status=live }}</ref>  Surrounding ocean waters are warm, pushed by equatorial and counter-equatorial currents and have seen temperature increases due to global warming.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Wu |first1=Henry C. |last2=Moreau |first2=Mélanie |last3=Linsley |first3=Braddock K. |last4=Schrag |first4=Daniel P. |last5=Corrège |first5=Thierry |date=2014 |title=Investigation of sea surface temperature changes from replicated coral Sr/Ca variations in the eastern equatorial Pacific (Clipperton Atoll) since 1874 |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0031018214003940 |journal=[[Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology]]|volume=412 |pages=208–222 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.07.039 |bibcode=2014PPP...412..208W |access-date=1 April 2023 |archive-date=28 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028045512/https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0031018214003940 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Linsley |first1=Braddock K. |last2=Ren |first2=Lei |last3=Dunbar |first3=Robert B. |last4=Howe |first4=Stephen S. |date=2000 |title=El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and decadal-scale climate variability at 10°N in the eastern Pacific from 1893 to 1994: A coral-based reconstruction from Clipperton Atoll |journal=[[Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology|Paleoceanography]]|volume=15 |issue=3 |pages=322–335 |doi=10.1029/1999PA000428|bibcode=2000PalOc..15..322L |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Linsley |first1=B. K. |last2=Messier |first2=R. G. |last3=Dunbar |first3=R. B. |date=1999-04-22 |title=Assessing between-colony oxygen isotope variability in the coral Porites lobata at Clipperton Atoll |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s003380050148 |journal=Coral Reefs |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=13–27 |doi=10.1007/s003380050148 |bibcode=1999CorRe..18...13L |s2cid=32697159 |issn=0722-4028}}</ref>