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These also occupy 14 percent of American Samoa's total workforce as of 2014. [179] The most industrialized area in the territory can be found between Pago Pago Harbor and the Tafuna-Leone Plain, which also are the two most densely populated places in the islands. [180] American Samoa was the world's fourth-largest tuna processor in 1993.
Malaeloa/Aitulagi has a weather station. [2] [3] The highest and lowest recorded temperatures in American Samoa were recorded in Malaeloa/Aitulagi: 99 °F (37.2 °C) on April 27, 1972, and 53 °F (11.6 °C) on March 28, 1962. [2] (The high record is tied with a record at Pago Pago International Airport). [2]
American Samoa [c] is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the Polynesia region of the South Pacific Ocean.Centered on , it is 40 miles (64 km) southeast of the island country of Samoa, east of the International Date Line and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, west of the Cook Islands, north of Tonga, and some 310 miles (500 km) south of Tokelau
The American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA) notes that the territory "has a fragile ecosystem" which is "directly and immediately impacted by global climate change". [ 1 ] The Human Rights Measurement Initiative [ 2 ] finds that the climate crisis has worsened human rights conditions in American Samoa slightly (2.3 out of 6).
Samoa, American Samoa, Southern Cook Islands, French Polynesia: None None 07F: February 5–8 Unknown 1002 French Polynesia: None None Osai: February 6–12 85 (50) 991 Samoa, American Samoa, Southern Cook Islands: None None [96] 09F: February 11–13 Unknown 1004 French Polynesia: None None 10F: February 14–17 55 (35) 995 None None None ...
American Samoa's climate regime is dominated by southeast trade winds. The island dependency is wet, with annual rainfall averaging near 120 inches (3,000 mm) at the airport, with amounts closer to 200 inches (5,100 mm) in other areas. [ 77 ]
The Pago Pago National Weather Service Forecast Office issued a gale watch for all of American Samoa a day before the storm impacted the island. [66] As Evan intensified and moved closer to the archipelago, hurricane warnings and flash flood watches were issued for Tutuila, Aunuu, Manua and Swains Island. [ 67 ]
Wettest tropical cyclones and their remnants in American Samoa Highest-known totals; Precipitation Storm Location Ref. Rank mm in; 1: 472.4 18.60: Unnamed 1966