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Babeldaob · Ngaraard · PalauSummit weather, forecast and climate
Mount Ngerchelchuus
242 m
Elevation242 mabove sea level
Prominence242 mindependent height
Isolation–to a higher summit
Summit, Jul27°average high
7.57° N, 134.57° EElevation 242 mUTC+9 · Palau Time
From the valley to the top
- Summit242 m
- Mid-mountain120 m
- Valley0 m
Freezing level in October: above the summit
iThe mountain
Mount Ngerchelchuus in brief
Mount Ngerchelchuus rises to 242 m in the Babeldaob, Ngaraard, Palau. Its topographic prominence — the height it stands above the lowest contour enclosing a higher summit — is 242 m.
At the summit, May is the mildest month with average highs of 27°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.
The nearest town in the atlas is Ulimang, 10 km to the NE at 11 m.
iiForecast
Weather at three heights
Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.
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iiiSummit climate
The top of Mount Ngerchelchuus by month
Summit temperatures and precipitation
Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° |
| Average low | 25° | 25° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° |
| Precipitation | 312 mm | 255 mm | 226 mm | 211 mm | 335 mm | 491 mm | 513 mm | 392 mm | 356 mm | 349 mm | 323 mm | 318 mm |
| Cloud cover | 47% | 45% | 42% | 41% | 53% | 64% | 66% | 64% | 60% | 59% | 54% | 50% |
| Daylight | 11h 44 | 11h 53 | 12h 04 | 12h 17 | 12h 28 | 12h 34 | 12h 31 | 12h 22 | 12h 10 | 11h 58 | 11h 47 | 11h 41 |
| Month score | 53 | 54 | 55 | 54 | 48 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 46 | 46 | 47 | 50 |
Snow and freezing level
Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freezing level | 4,250 m | 4,200 m | 4,250 m | 4,300 m | 4,300 m | 4,250 m | 4,250 m | 4,250 m | 4,250 m | 4,300 m | 4,300 m | 4,300 m |
| Summit | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C |
ivTerrain
Mount Ngerchelchuus in 3D
viBase towns
Where to stay nearby
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Ulimang
Ngaraard · 10 km NE
28°Oct high
28wet days
43score
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Ngerchemai Hamlet
Koror · 26 km S
28°Oct high
28wet days
43score
Around here
Ulimang and around
Nature
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Ngerdorch River
River
Heritage
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Lake Ngardok
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