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fiogf49gjkf0d THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES CONSISTS OF TWO DISTINCT ISLAND
GROUPS IN THE CARIBBEAN. THE FIRST COMPOSED OF CURACAO,
ARUBA AND BONAIRE LIE OFF THE COAST OF VENEZUELA. THE OTHER
GROUP OF THREE SMALL ISLANDS LIES EAST OF PUERTO RICO.
TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY FOR BOTH GROUPS IS TYPICAL OF THE
CARIBBEAN AREA. CURACAO, ARUBA AND BONAIRE HAVE A SUBTROPICAL
DRY AND SUNNY CLIMATE COOLED BY EASTERLY TRADEWINDS. SHORT
SHOWERS OCCUR BETWEEN OCTOBER AND DECEMBER WITH AN ANNUAL
AVERAGE RAINFALL OF 430MM. AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ARE BETWEEN
30C DEGREES IN SUMMER AND 26 C DEGREES IN WINTER. THE ISLANDS
LIE OUTSIDE OF THE HURRICANE BELT. IN THE ISLES OF
ST. MAARTEN, SABA AND ST. EUSTATIUS RAINFALL IS DISTRIBUTED
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE WETTEST SEASON IS BETWEEN JULY AND
SEPTEMBER WHEN HURRICANES ARE THE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR.
THERE IS LITTLE VARIATION IN YEAR-ROUND TEMPERATURE
WITH AN AVERAGE OF 25C DEGREES.
WILLEMSTAD ALT 23M
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JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
TEMP MAX C 28 29 30 30 31 31 31 31 31 31 30 29
MIN C 24 24 25 25 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 25
RAIN MM 53 25 20 28 20 25 38 31 28 107 112 99
HUMIDITY AM 83 83 83 84 84 84 85 84 84 85 85 84
% PM 74 73 72 73 73 72 72 72 73 75 77 75
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