Gaga'ifomauga · SamoaSummit weather, forecast and climate

Mount Mu

Shield volcano · last major eruption 19071,606 m

Elevation1,606 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation1.0 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul18°average high

13.61° S, 172.52° WElevation 1,606 mUTC+13 · Samoa Standard Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Mount Mu in brief

Mount Mu rises to 1,606 m, Gaga'ifomauga, Samoa.

At the summit, March is the mildest month with average highs of 19°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

The nearest town in the atlas is Aopo, 7.7 km to the N at 231 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 Mu by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	19°	19°	19°	19°	19°	19°	18°	18°	18°	19°	19°	19°
Average low	17°	17°	17°	17°	17°	16°	16°	16°	16°	16°	16°	16°
Precipitation	748 mm	687 mm	539 mm	342 mm	270 mm	156 mm	146 mm	122 mm	183 mm	287 mm	392 mm	552 mm
Cloud cover	68%	66%	61%	50%	42%	34%	30%	28%	31%	42%	53%	61%
Daylight	12h 50	12h 32	12h 11	11h 48	11h 29	11h 20	11h 24	11h 39	12h 01	12h 24	12h 45	12h 55
Month score	51	52	54	59	62	65	67	67	67	62	57	54

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	4,350 m	4,400 m	4,400 m	4,400 m	4,350 m	4,300 m	4,200 m	4,200 m	4,250 m	4,250 m	4,300 m	4,350 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