Cocobeach | |
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 Memorial commemorating theBattle of Ukoko | |
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  Cocobeach Location in Gabon | |
| Coordinates:0°59′N9°34′E / 0.983°N 9.567°E /0.983; 9.567 | |
| Country |  Gabon |
| Province | Estuaire |
| Department | Noya |
| Population (1993) | |
• Total | 1,200 |
Cocobeach is a town in northwesternGabon, lying on the south bank of theMuni River. It is the capital of theNoya Department. It has abeach and is the mainborder town forEquatorial Guinea,ferries sailing toCogo across the river and the border.
The town is very small, containing just a fishing village, a small market and a number of adjacentbeaches. It is one of the major travel destinations in the region owing to theCrystal Mountains inland from the town, which contain some of the oldest rainforests in Gabon. These were able to largely escape the drying effect of glacial periods of theQuaternary due to the persistent fog from theBenguela Current providing moisture during the dry season.
Like a good portion of Gabon, Cocobeach has atropical monsoon climate (KöppenAm) with a long wet season from September or October to May and a short dry season due to the cold, foggy Beneguela current during the southern hemisphere winter.
Compared to more southerly parts of Gabon, Cocobeach is somewhat wetter, with around ten to fifteen percent more rainfall than Libreville and adry season usually several weeks shorter. Although no reliable climate data exist, it is often thought that annual rainfall further north may reach as high as 4,500 millimetres (180 in).
| Climate data for Cocobeach, Gabon (1961–1990, extremes 1946–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 34.4 (93.9) | 36.5 (97.7) | 34.4 (93.9) | 34.3 (93.7) | 34.0 (93.2) | 33.5 (92.3) | 36.0 (96.8) | 33.0 (91.4) | 32.5 (90.5) | 32.5 (90.5) | 33.2 (91.8) | 36.2 (97.2) | 36.5 (97.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.1 (86.2) | 30.4 (86.7) | 30.9 (87.6) | 30.7 (87.3) | 30.2 (86.4) | 28.6 (83.5) | 27.7 (81.9) | 27.7 (81.9) | 29.2 (84.6) | 28.5 (83.3) | 29.1 (84.4) | 29.4 (84.9) | 29.4 (84.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.9 (80.4) | 27.1 (80.8) | 26.9 (80.4) | 26.7 (80.1) | 25.6 (78.1) | 24.5 (76.1) | 24.7 (76.5) | 25.8 (78.4) | 25.5 (77.9) | 25.9 (78.6) | 26.2 (79.2) | 26.0 (78.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.2 (73.8) | 23.3 (73.9) | 23.2 (73.8) | 23.1 (73.6) | 23.1 (73.6) | 22.5 (72.5) | 21.2 (70.2) | 21.6 (70.9) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.6 (72.7) | 23.0 (73.4) | 22.6 (72.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 17.8 (64.0) | 18.8 (65.8) | 19.6 (67.3) | 18.6 (65.5) | 19.0 (66.2) | 17.0 (62.6) | 15.6 (60.1) | 16.6 (61.9) | 19.0 (66.2) | 18.4 (65.1) | 19.8 (67.6) | 19.8 (67.6) | 15.6 (60.1) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 215.8 (8.50) | 218.1 (8.59) | 274.7 (10.81) | 290.7 (11.44) | 346.7 (13.65) | 68.3 (2.69) | 14.5 (0.57) | 36.7 (1.44) | 248.7 (9.79) | 680.7 (26.80) | 456.5 (17.97) | 274.6 (10.81) | 3,126 (123.07) |
| Average rainy days | 15.5 | 13.3 | 17.1 | 18.6 | 18.2 | 7.0 | 3.4 | 9.0 | 19.2 | 21.5 | 21.3 | 16.2 | 180.3 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 85 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 86 | 85 | 83 | 84 | 86 | 88 | 88 | 85 | 85 |
| Source 1: NOAA[1] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Meteo Climat (record highs and lows)[2] | |||||||||||||
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