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Climate Trends in Samoa. Meteorology Division. Increase in extreme high air temperatures. Increase in extreme rainfall. For a 300mm rainfall event, Apia has return period of 10years and a 5 years for Afiamalu. Increase number of droughts. Increase in Sea Level.
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Climate Trends in Samoa Meteorology Division
Increase in extreme rainfall For a 300mm rainfall event, Apia has return period of 10years and a 5 years for Afiamalu.
Increase in Sea Level Daily sea level for Apia (1993 to 2005 ), relative to mean sea level. Also shown is the linear trend in sea level over the same period (3.7mm)
Increase in damaging winds Annual maximum wind gusts recorded at Apia for the period from 1993 to 2005. There is a large inter annual variability and the maximum gust of 61 knots (31.2m/s) was recorded in January 2004 during Cyclone Heta.