Atua · SamoaSummit weather, forecast and climate

Mount Fao

229 m

Elevation229 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation9.1 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul24°average high

13.92° S, 171.57° WElevation 229 mUTC+13 · Samoa Standard Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Mount Fao in brief

Mount Fao rises to 229 m, Atua, Samoa.

At the summit, March is the mildest month with average highs of 26°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

The nearest town in the atlas is Samauga, 0.7 km to the N at 140 m.

iiForecast

Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.

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iiiSummit climate

Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted

Climate normals for Mount Fao by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	26°	26°	26°	26°	25°	25°	24°	24°	25°	25°	25°	25°
Average low	23°	24°	24°	24°	23°	23°	23°	23°	23°	23°	23°	23°
Precipitation	628 mm	529 mm	448 mm	382 mm	402 mm	276 mm	277 mm	246 mm	359 mm	408 mm	496 mm	547 mm
Cloud cover	59%	57%	53%	43%	37%	30%	28%	26%	28%	37%	47%	54%
Daylight	12h 51	12h 32	12h 11	11h 47	11h 28	11h 18	11h 23	11h 39	12h 01	12h 24	12h 45	12h 57
Month score	53	53	54	59	63	67	67	67	67	64	59	55

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	4,000 m	4,000 m	4,000 m	4,000 m	3,950 m	3,900 m	3,850 m	3,850 m	3,850 m	3,900 m	3,950 m	4,000 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