All the Fiji guidebooks tell you to visit during the Fijian winter or dry season from May to October. That’s when the temperatures are milder (although only by a couple of degrees), the humidity is bit lower, and threat of cyclones is diminished. We, of course, are doing the exact opposite and have instead plunged ourselves into the Fijian summer or wet season. But really, so far, the weather has been very pleasant.
As I noted early in the blog we did just miss a tropical storm that delayed our arrival and diverted us to Samoa for a night. But the really big damaging cyclones are not at all common, although they did have one wreak havoc on the big island of Viti Levu back in January when a week of heavy downpours caused massive flooding and washed out roads and bridges. There are sheets of plywood under the house here that we are meant to install over the windows in the event of “the big one.” We’ll also turn off the power and check ourselves into a solid-looking hotel. Then we will be able to determine (from a distance) if this Japanese Pole House is indeed hurricane-proof as advertised.
Almost all the rain we’ve seen during our stay has occurred at night. A couple of nights ago we had a period of very heavy wind and rain, made all the noisier by the metal roof. Still, by morning, all was calm sunshine again. I’m just guessing here, but I’d say the temperatures are usually in the 80s F (26-32 C), cooling off the low 70s F (21-22 C) at night. It was a bit humid the first couple of days but not bad since. It’s noticeably cooler up here on the ridge than it is down in the town, with the breezes working to keep us comfortable. We didn’t quite know what to expect as far as how rainy would the rainy season be, but so far so good.
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