Technically winter because it is just north of the equator, however, there are little seasonal variations because of its near dead on equatoral location.
--That Cheeky Lad
2007-01-01 16:39:31
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answered by Charles-CeeJay_UK_ USA/CheekyLad 7
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1. I suppose you have chosen Kiritimati, because it is Christmas Island. Or is it because the people of Kiritimati are amongst the first to celebrate a new year? It used to be east of the International Date Line, but it belongs to the Republic of Kiribati, of which the main island group was west of the line. In 1994 the President of Kiribati decided to include all the islands in the same time zone, by shifting the International Date Line (previously, and ludicrously, Kiritimati had been 23 hours behind its own country's capital!), and so nowadays its local time is 12 hours ahead of GMT (instead of 11 hours behind). There is more detail about this on Kiribati's tourism website. Anyway, back to answering the question: a witty response might be: the festive season and/or the season of goodwill. A serious response is: the rainy season.
http://www.visit-kiribati.com/kiribati/cms/about/
2. The concept of 4 seasons per year does not apply to locations close to the Equator. They usually just have two: the wet (or rainy) season and the dry season. In Kiribati, the rainy season is from December to May, as stated on this South Pacific tourism website, which also includes a map of the islands.
http://www.spto.org/spto/cms/destinations/kiribati/
2007-01-04 01:14:41
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answered by ♫ Rum Rhythms ♫ 7
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