This message will be updated regularly during our stay in French Guiana. It will release short information comparable to what one can find in an Almanach like weather, anecdotes, or simply a single ad-hoc picture.
The weather in French Guyana is Equatorial/Rainforest type.
During our campaign, the expected temperatures for April, May and June should range from 23 deg. C (min.) to 28 deg. C (max). The average Rain fall (in millimeters) should be: April; 380, May: 510 and June:390. Spring is therefore the rainy season, compared to 50 mm of rain fall in October which represents the driest month.
Wednesday April 4th, 2012
28 deg. C at arrival at Rochambeau airport (Félix Eboué since 1/1/12) 15:00 (local time), overcast, heavy rains when arriving 2 hours later in Kouron at CSG.
Francois picking up his badge the the CSG security gate
Thursday April 5th
Partly cloudy, sun and rain episodes, wind gusts.
Heavy rain the whole day. 122 mm in 24 hours of water fell in the Kourou area (France-Guyane source). As a consequence, water was released from the "Petit Saut" dam creating some flooding in the area. Many fire brigade interventions took place to help people in danger.
Rainy, :-( and wind gusts in the morning
Cloudy, Heavy rains at the end of the day
Cloudy
Cloudy, and then heavy rain... again, thunderstorms
Partly cloudy, sun and rain episodes, wind gusts.
First encounters :-)
Friday April 6th: Good Friday, Karfreitag, Vendredi SaintHeavy rain the whole day. 122 mm in 24 hours of water fell in the Kourou area (France-Guyane source). As a consequence, water was released from the "Petit Saut" dam creating some flooding in the area. Many fire brigade interventions took place to help people in danger.
Collecting water for the weekly wash up (Kourou le vieux bourg)?
Saturday 7th April, Heavy rains
Did we discover a country more rainy than Holland?
A swimming pool is building up opposite to the ESA and Eumtsat offices...(S5C)
still...Heavy rains
Fishermen on the Counamama river, preparing nets before fishing
Monday 9th April:
Partly cloudy, nice sunny episodes
Ganoderma lucidum, Ganodermataceae. Observed in Sinnamary, French Guyana
Tuesday 10th April:
Partly cloudy, very warm and sunny at lunch time
Green lezard ? on a green blind :-)
Wednesday 11th April:
Cloudy, rain in the afternoon
It is not Mars, but just the reddish natural color of the Guyana soil given by the Laterite
Thursday 12th April:Rainy, :-( and wind gusts in the morning
As from tonight, I have a got a watch dog at my bungalow :-)
Friday 13th April:Cloudy, Heavy rains at the end of the day
Artist models of the Ariane 5 rocket
Saturday 14th April:Cloudy
Dead butterfly after S5C transit hall disinfection before unpacking
Sunday 15th April:Cloudy, and then heavy rain... again, thunderstorms
A short walk in the rain forest
Monday 16th April:
Slightly cloudy, but sun at last! ...but heavy rain in the evening
View of the hotel bungalow just before leaving to CSG
Tuesday 17th April:
Slightly overcast, mostly sunny... heavy rain in the evening
Slightly overcast, mostly sunny... heavy rain in the evening
Local newspaper alerts about the increasing risk of lepidopterism
Cloudy and windy:
Old saying:
Friday 20th April:
Sunny, light clouds
Saturday 21st April:
Mostly sunny, light wind
Sunny
Tuesday 24th April:
Overcast, windy and rainy
Heavy rain early morning, cloudy
Rain early morning, Sunny episodes
Completely overcast, strong winds on the coast, rain!
Cloudy, sunny and rain episodes
Wednesday 18th April:
Cloudy, sun episode, heavy rain in the night
Cloudy, sun episode, heavy rain in the night
Credits Shaf: Heliconia (Heliconia Psittacorum), Petit balisier at Montsynnéri
Thursday 19th AprilCloudy and windy:
Old saying:
En Guyane. il n'y a que:
que bruit qui court,
que la viande qui est nerveuse,
que le bois qui travaille,
que la forêt qui est vierge !
que la viande qui est nerveuse,
que le bois qui travaille,
que la forêt qui est vierge !
Friday 20th April:
Sunny, light clouds
Sous le ciel de Guyane: MSG-3 flag floating at CSG
Mostly sunny, light wind
After the lepidopterism,... A flew epidemy :-(
Sunday 22nd April:Sunny
Results of the 1st round of the Presidential election in Kourou (97300):
8235 registered voters, 4853 valid votes (58,93%), 3382 abstention (41,07%),
Monday 23rd April:
Cloudy , windy, rain episodes8235 registered voters, 4853 valid votes (58,93%), 3382 abstention (41,07%),
F. Hollande 1830 (39,35%)
N. Sarkozy 1142 (24,55%)
M. Le pen 638 (13,72%)
J-L Mélenchon 379 (8,15%)
F. Bayrou 374 (8,04%)
All others candidates below 5% each, 202 null or blank ballots 4,16%Monday 23rd April:
Overcast, windy and rainy
Post office at Iracoubo
Wednesday 25th April:Heavy rain early morning, cloudy
Tembé Patoé (from creole language, literally carved tray): Wall decoration with symbolic meaning
Thursday 26th April:Rain early morning, Sunny episodes
Ruddy darter, Sympetrum rouge sang, Libellulidae, French Guiana
Friday 27th April:Completely overcast, strong winds on the coast, rain!
Local products: Best jam ever in the Galaxy!
Saturday 28th April:Cloudy, sunny and rain episodes
Dish antennas (Kourou) or CryoSat-2 reminiscence ?
Sunday 29th April:
Cloudy, heavy rain, sunny by end of the day
Light clouds, no wind
Tuesday 1st May:
Sunny day, at last!
Few clouds, sunny
Ramboutan (Nephelium lappaceum), Cacao market
Monday 30th April: Light clouds, no wind
Tuesday 1st May:
Sunny day, at last!
Swimming pool at the hotel mercure at sunrise
Wednesday 2nd May:Few clouds, sunny
Green iguane (Iguana iguana, Iguanidae), Montsinnery
Thursday 3rd May:
Heavy rain in the morning, then sunny episodes...
Friday 4th May:
Rain in the morning, then sunny episodes.
light clouds
Overcast in the morning , then sunny day
Results of the 2nd round of the Presidential election in Kourou (97300):
8237 registered voters, voting 5306 (64,42%), 4999 valid votes, abstention 2931 (35,58%)
Monday 7th May:
Overcast, rain in the evening
Overcast, then sunny, heavy rain in the night
Very humid, slightly overcast
Heavy rains in the morning, and in the evening. Sunny episodes in between.
Cloudy and windy
Windy and sunny
At last a sunny day!, but we work today...
Windy and cloudy, violent storm in the evening
Cloudy and rainy
Light wind, Lightly overcast, sunny episodes
Successful VA206 launch
Wednesday 16th May:
Heavy rains in the morning
Christiane Taubira, borned in Cayenne, is appointed as Garde de Sceaux, Ministre de la Justice (Minister of Justice) in the new French government.
Cloudy and rainy
Ascension, Himmelfahrt, Вознесе́ние Госпо́дне
Sunny, very windy
Overcast
Some clouds but mostly sunny
Overcast and then sunny episodes
Rather sunny, short rain episodes.
Heavy rain early morning, overcsat then sunny in the day with rain episodes. No wind.
Overcast, but just look the weather forecast below, simply amazing!
Overcast, Heavy rain and sunny episodes
Rather sunny
Sunny :-)
Pentecost, Pentecôte, Pfinksten,
Sunny and heavy rains after lunch
25C*, completely overcast
*all temperatures below are taken at 6:45 am at hotel mercure, Kourou
25C, sunny, few clouds, stormy weather with thunderstorm, heavy rain in the night
26C, rather sunny, few clouds
26C, overcast, windy then sunny epidodes
26C, few clouds, rather sunny, slight breeze
26C, mostly sunny, slight breeze
Fêtes des mères, Mother's day, Muttertag,
24C, Rather sunny despite few rain episodes
Tuesday 5th June:
Heavy rains early morning, overcast, then nice sunny episodes
26C, Windy, overcast, rain
26C, cloudy, windy, Dutch type of rain :-), rare sun epiosdes
25C, Very foggy in the morning, no wind, mostly rainy
Saturday 9th June:
Mostly cloudy
Rather sunny
Abolitionism Day (official celebration In French Guiana)
Temporary picture: Statue at the Carrefour Vidal at Remire
Monday 11th June:
24C, Heavy rain in the morning, rain in the afternoon and rain in the evening!
24C, overcast and frequent rain episodes
24C, overcast
24C, rather sunny
25C, rather sunny, rain around lunch time
Saturday 16th June:
24C, overcast, heavy rains in the night
Overcast, windy, many short rain episodes.
Fêtes des pères, Father's day, Vatertag,
28C, Overcast with sunny episodes
26C, rather sunny
25C, sunny day!
26C, Overscat, short rain light rain episode
24C, Overcast, few sunny episodes
Overcast with sunny episodes
Heavy rain early morning, then many sunny episodes
25C, rather sunny
25C, Slightly overcast, mostly sunny
Rainy in the morning, heavy rains in the evening
Slightly clouded
25C, lighly clouded, rather sunny
Storm with thunder in the night (02:00am), then rather sunny, large clouds at the end of the day
Sunny!
24C, Overcast
24C, mostly sunny
Mostly sunny
Mostly sunny, few clouds in the morning
Mostly sunny
Credits: Shaf
Hummingbird, Green violetar (Colibri Thalassinus Trochilidae), in front of an Hibiscus (Hibiscus Rosa Sinensis) flower
Saturday 7th July
Rain in the morning, Overcast with sunny episodes
Sunday 8th July
Light clouds, sunny episodes in the morning, then cloudy, heavy rain late in the afternoon and in the night.
Rainy.
Travel back to Europe
Credits Stéfane
Sunrise at Hotel de Roches, Kourou, French Guiana
Saturday 5th May:light clouds
Motives of a Hmong embroidery (Cacao)
Sunday 6th May:Overcast in the morning , then sunny day
Results of the 2nd round of the Presidential election in Kourou (97300):
8237 registered voters, voting 5306 (64,42%), 4999 valid votes, abstention 2931 (35,58%)
F. Hollande 2984 (59,69%)
N. Sarkozy 2015 (40,31%)
307 null or blank ballots 5,79%Overcast, rain in the evening
Babana tree (Musa, Musaceae), Hotel Mercure, Kourou
Tuesday 8th May:Overcast, then sunny, heavy rain in the night
Singe capucin brun, brown capuchin (Cebus Apella, Cebideae). Ile Royale, French Guiana
Wednesday 9th May:Very humid, slightly overcast
Place Gaston Monnervile, Kourou
Thursday 10th May: Heavy rains in the morning, and in the evening. Sunny episodes in between.
La Halle aux poissons (Fish market) early morning, Vieux Bourg, Kourou
Friday 11th May:Cloudy and windy
Birth of a coconut tree, Ile Saint Joseph, French Guiana
Saturday 12th May:Windy and sunny
At last a sunny day!, but we work today...
Ariane 5 rocket at the entrance of the CSG
Sunday 13th May:Windy and cloudy, violent storm in the evening
Mante religieuse, European Mantis (Mantis Religiosa), Kourou
Monday 14th May:Cloudy and rainy
Fishing boat docked along the Kourou river, Kourou
Tuesday 15th May:Light wind, Lightly overcast, sunny episodes
Successful VA206 launch
Agouti (Agouti, Dasyprocta, Dasyproctidae), Ile du Salut, French Guiana
Wednesday 16th May:
Heavy rains in the morning
Christiane Taubira, borned in Cayenne, is appointed as Garde de Sceaux, Ministre de la Justice (Minister of Justice) in the new French government.
Blason de Cayenne, Cayenne blazon
Thursday 17th May:Cloudy and rainy
Ascension, Himmelfahrt, Вознесе́ние Госпо́дне
Tour Dreyfus (Dreyfus tower), pointes de roches, Kourou
used to communicate in the pre-radio days with the Salvation islands via semaphore
Friday 18th May: Sunny, very windy
Fiddler crab, Winkkerkrabben, Uca Pugnax Ocypodidae, Kourou river estuary,
Saturday 19th May:Overcast
Giant beetle, Scarabé (Scarabaeoideae), Roura
Sunday 20th May:Some clouds but mostly sunny
Odile...
Odile rêve au bord de l’Île,
Lorsqu’un crocodile surgit ;
Odile a peur du crocodile
Et, lui évitant un « ci-gît »,
Le crocodile croqua Odile.
Caï raconte ce roman,
Mais sans doute Caï l’invente.
Odile alors serait vivante,
Et, dans ce cas-là, Caï ment.
Un autre ami d’Odile, Alligue
Pour faire croire à cette mort,
Se démène, paye et intrigue,
D’aucuns disent qu’Alligue a tort.
de Jean COCTEAU
Black Caïman (Alligatoridae), Kaw swamp
Monday 21st May: Overcast and then sunny episodes
New world vulture, Urubu, on the Bank of the Kourou river
Tuesday 22nd May:Rather sunny, short rain episodes.
Vestiges of the prisoners debarking wharf on the kourou river, Les Roches district, Kourou
Wednesday 23rd May: Heavy rain early morning, overcsat then sunny in the day with rain episodes. No wind.
Start line of the Marathon de l'espace (Space marathon), Hotel des Roches, Kourou
Thursday 24th May:Overcast, but just look the weather forecast below, simply amazing!
...Better to be in Holland those days! Enjoy the Dutch summer for our friends there!
Friday 25th May:Overcast, Heavy rain and sunny episodes
Aspect of the Kourou new market in the Vieux Bourg
Saturday 26th May:Rather sunny
Red Ginger, Alpinia purpurata, Montsinnery, French Guyana
Sunday 27th May: Sunny :-)
Pentecost, Pentecôte, Pfinksten,
Church of Tonnegrande village (presently in renovation)
Monday 28th May:Sunny and heavy rains after lunch
Private garage exit, Saint Laurent du Maroni, close to the stadium...
Tuesday 29th May:25C*, completely overcast
*all temperatures below are taken at 6:45 am at hotel mercure, Kourou
Roucou, Bixa Orellana, Bixaceae
Wednesday 30th May:25C, sunny, few clouds, stormy weather with thunderstorm, heavy rain in the night
Sunset on the on the "les Hattes" beach, near Mana
Thursday 31st May:26C, rather sunny, few clouds
Pirogue race on the Mana river at Pentacost
Friday 1st June:26C, overcast, windy then sunny epidodes
Fruit basket at breakfast, Hotel Le Samana, Mana
Saturday 2nd June:26C, few clouds, rather sunny, slight breeze
Gros yeux or Four eyed fish (Anableps, Anabelplidae), Kourou river
Sunday 3rd June:26C, mostly sunny, slight breeze
Fêtes des mères, Mother's day, Muttertag,
Tyran Quiquivi, Great Kiskadee, Pitangus sulphuratus, Kourou
Monday 4ht June:24C, Rather sunny despite few rain episodes
Heavy rains early morning, overcast, then nice sunny episodes
Cinnamon, black peppper, curry powder, chili pepper, on sale at the Kourou market
Wednesday 6th June:26C, Windy, overcast, rain
Beach at Remire
Thursday 7th June:26C, cloudy, windy, Dutch type of rain :-), rare sun epiosdes
Mangrove landscape along the bank of the Malmanoury crique (Malmanoury river), CSG, Kourou
Friday 8th June:25C, Very foggy in the morning, no wind, mostly rainy
Mostly cloudy
Freshly squeezed juices at the saturday Cayenne market
Sunday 10th June:Rather sunny
Abolitionism Day (official celebration In French Guiana)
24C, Heavy rain in the morning, rain in the afternoon and rain in the evening!
Ara rouge, Scarlet Macaw, (Psittacidae), Oiapoque river
Tuesday 12th June:24C, overcast and frequent rain episodes
Growing babana clusters at the hotel..(see 7th of May)
Wednesday 13th June:24C, overcast
Giant Ameiva, Ameiva Ameiva, (Teiidae), CSG, Kourou
Thursday 14th June:24C, rather sunny
Guyenese landscape: swamp on RN2 between PK 86 and 87
Friday 15th June:25C, rather sunny, rain around lunch time
24C, overcast, heavy rains in the night
Engoulvent pauraqué/Parauque's egg, CSG, Kourou
Sunday 17th June:Overcast, windy, many short rain episodes.
Fêtes des pères, Father's day, Vatertag,
Wild Vanilla fruits in the CSG forest, Kourou
Monday 18th June:28C, Overcast with sunny episodes
Ipe, Ebene verte (Tabebuia serratifolia), CSG, Kourou
Tuesday 19th June:26C, rather sunny
Credits: Stéfane
Wednesday 20th June:25C, sunny day!
Crique Malmanoury (Malmanoury river), CSG, Kourou
Thursday 21st June:26C, Overscat, short rain light rain episode
Lobster claw, Heliconia Rostrata (Heliconiacaea)
Friday 22nd June:24C, Overcast, few sunny episodes
Night buterfy (still to be identified), CSG, Kourou
Saturday 23rd June:Overcast with sunny episodes
At the banana stand on the saturday Kourou market (local production)
Sunday 24th June:Heavy rain early morning, then many sunny episodes
Old poster reminding the start of the interior air transport in French Guiana (Air Guyane)
Monday 25th June:25C, rather sunny
Guyenese ananas (Bromeliaceae), long shape, extremely juicy and sweet
Tuesday 26th June:25C, Slightly overcast, mostly sunny
Cattle in open fields in Guatemala district, Kourou
Wednesday 27th June:Rainy in the morning, heavy rains in the evening
UFO: Unidentified flying object :-) at EPCU
Thursday 28th June:Slightly clouded
View on the Maroni river at Saint Laurent du Maroni. Suriname on the other bank
Friday 29th June:25C, lighly clouded, rather sunny
(old?) blason of the Roura city, reflecting the diversity of the origins of its population
Saturday 30th June:Storm with thunder in the night (02:00am), then rather sunny, large clouds at the end of the day
Unidentified mega bug (20cm large) at EPCU, CSG, Kourou
Sunday 1st July:Sunny!
Mercerie JV, Quatier Simarouba Kourou: Little objects used by Guyenese girls to manufacture necklaces or decorate their braids
Monday 2nd July:24C, Overcast
Arbre canon, Cecropia Obtusa, Uticaceae, everywhere...
Tuesday 3rd July:24C, mostly sunny
Red-breasted blackbird/Sturnelle militaire (Sturnella Militaris), Kourou
Wednesday 4th July:Mostly sunny
Canne Congo (Costus Scaber, Costaceae), Oyapock river, French Guiana
Thursday 5th July: Launch dayMostly sunny, few clouds in the morning
Credits: Shaf
Singe ecureuil, Common squirrel monkey (Cebidae), French Guiana
Friday 6th July:Mostly sunny
Hummingbird, Green violetar (Colibri Thalassinus Trochilidae), in front of an Hibiscus (Hibiscus Rosa Sinensis) flower
Rain in the morning, Overcast with sunny episodes
Credits: Jean-Claude
An ananas has grown in a pot just opposite his Hotel bungalow
Sunday 8th July
Light clouds, sunny episodes in the morning, then cloudy, heavy rain late in the afternoon and in the night.
The French Guiana national best known beverage brand!
Monday 9th of July.Rainy.
Travel back to Europe
Credits Stéfane
Cloudy morning on the sea as seen from Hotel des Roches
End of theMSG-3 launch campaign
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