Editing Marquesas Islands (section)

===Climate===
[[File:Rainforest Fatu Hiva.jpg|thumb|[[Breadfruit]] tree on [[Fatu-Hiva]].]]
Temperatures in the Marquesas are stable all year round. Precipitation is highly variable: greater in the northern and eastern (windward) coastal areas and mountains, averaging {{convert|2,500|mm|in}} annually; much lower in the western (leeward) areas. Average annual precipitation in the "desert" region of Nuku Hiva is only {{convert|510|mm|in}}. Droughts are frequent, sometimes lasting several years, and seem to be associated with the {{lang|es|[[El Niño]]}} phenomenon.<ref>Addison, David J. "Traditional Agriculture of the Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia)" ''Rapa Nui Journal'' 21.2 (2007): 111–27.</ref> The typical variability of the sea-level climate in the Marquesas is well illustrated by measurements made at the [[Atuona]] weather station on Hiva {{okina}}Oa: The highest recorded annual rainfall there is {{convert|3760|mm|in}}; the lowest is {{convert|560|mm|in}}.<ref>Florence, Jacques and Lorence, David H. "Introduction to the Flora and Vegetation of the Marquesas Islands" ''Allertonia'', Vol. 7, No. 4, p. 223</ref>

{{Weather box
|location = Atuona, Hiva {{okina}}Oa
|single line = Yes
|metric first = Yes
|Jan mean F = 81
|Feb mean F = 81
|Mar mean F = 82
|Apr mean F = 82
|May mean F = 80
|Jun mean F = 79
|Jul mean F = 78
|Aug mean F = 78
|Sep mean F = 79
|Oct mean F = 79
|Nov mean F = 80
|Dec mean F = 81
|year mean F = 80
|Jan high F = 86
|Feb high F = 87
|Mar high F = 87
|Apr high F = 87
|May high F = 85
|Jun high F = 84
|Jul high F = 83
|Aug high F =83
|Sep high F = 84
|Oct high F = 85
|Nov high F =86
|Dec high F = 86
|year high F = 85
|Jan low F = 74
|Feb low F = 75
|Mar low F = 76
|Apr low F = 76
|May low F = 75
|Jun low F = 74
|Jul low F = 74
|Aug low F = 73
|Sep low F = 73
|Oct low F = 73
|Nov low F = 74
|Dec low F = 74
|year low F = 74
|Jan precipitation inch = 4.5
|Feb precipitation inch =3.6
|Mar precipitation inch = 5.4
|Apr precipitation inch = 4.6
|May precipitation inch = 4.8
|Jun precipitation inch = 6.9
|Jul precipitation inch = 4.8
|Aug precipitation inch = 4
|Sep precipitation inch = 3.2
|Oct precipitation inch = 3.1
|Nov precipitation inch = 2.6
|Dec precipitation inch = 3.5
|year precipitation inch = 50.9
|source 1 = Weatherbase<ref name="Weatherbase">{{cite web |url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=52919&refer=wikipedia |title=Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Atuona, French Polynesia |publisher=Weatherbase |year=2011 |access-date=24 November 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207001350/http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=52919&refer=wikipedia |archive-date=7 December 2013 }}</ref>
|date=November 2011
}}

{{wide image|Hiva Oa - Vue vers le sud-est - 20061110.jpg|600px| A view of [[Hiva Oa]], towards the south-west, with [[Moho Tani]] island visible in the distance.}}