WEATHER FACTS First, a
bit of Savusavu humor:
A visitor approached a man on the street. She asked him how she
could tell what the weather was going to be today.
His reply was: "When you can see those mountains it will rain,"
as he pointed across the bay.
The visitor, a bit bewildered, then said, "And?"
To which he replied: "When you can't see them, its raining!"
Savusavu enjoys a tropical climate.
Trade winds, or the dry season, occur from about April through
September. Clear skies and a cool breeze
are common.
Comfortably tropical with tradewinds blowing most of the year.
October to
March is known as the wet season. The trades move
away and long hot days accompanied by afternoon thunderstorms that move in. Evenings are enjoyed under the stars as thunderstorms blow themselves out.
Type of Weather - Tradewind tropical. No real extremes.
Always hot by day but never excessive, always cooler by night. Mostly a
pleasant comfortable climate.
Temperature - Usually in Mid 80’s
F/26C by day, low 70s F/21C by night. Daytime rarely above
90F/32C.
Humidity - In the 70's, with mornings and evenings more
sticky, but year around sea breezes usually temper the
humidity.
Pattern - Tropical showers all year round, but heavy to
heavier downpours from December to April, when it can rain for the
whole day or seven days, even then though there are always dry and sunny spells.
Fiji has even been known to have droughts.
Comment - Exceptionally
good weather for the tropics.
January - Hot, humid, but
never unpleasant. Chance of heavy gales or tropical
cyclones.
February - Same as January. Temperatures in the low 80’s
F, 26C.
March - A bit of February and a bit of April.
April -
Still hot but rains slow down. Moving into the best period when sunshine
is the general rule.
May - Best, coolest drier fine sunny days,
cooler nights. Suva's average temperature 82F/27C.
June - Best, same
as May.
July - Best, generally the same as June but possibly drier
with temperatures in the low 70F/21C. (Locals say it is cold.)
August - Best, still pretty dry - Could expect heavy
downpours.
September - Much like August.
October - Best,
generally fine as to temperature. Light showers.
November -
Good.
December - Hot humid rainy weather begins. Leads into period
when occasional heavy south east winds are possible. Average
85F/29.4C