TABLE 1.1
MONTHLY AIR TEMPERATURE (CELSIUS)1 1998, 1999 & 2000
	1998				1999				2000
MONTH	MIN	MAX	MEAN		MIN	MAX	MEAN		MIN	MAX	MEAN
JANUARY	20.3	31.0	27.2		20.1	29.4	26.3		18.1	28.8	26.0
FEBRUARY	21.0	30.5	27.6		18.7	28.7	25.3		18.8	28.8	25.6
MARCH	21.7	30.8	27.2		20.4	29.9	27.3		18.3	29.0	25.8
APRIL	21.3	31.0	27.1		18.8	30.4	27.9		20.7	29.9	27.3
MAY	22.4	31.7	28.5		22.4	31.8	29.3		22.3	30.9	28.2
JUNE	23.8	32.9	29.6		21.9	32.4	29.5		23.5	32.0	29.0
JULY	23.5	33.0	29.9		21.6	32.2	31.1		23.2	32.3	29.9
AUGUST	22.6	34.5	29.6		22.5	32.9	30.2		22.2	32.7	30.0
SEPTEMBER	23.1	32.8	29.6		22.5	32.3	29.5		22.6	32.8	29.4
OCTOBER	22.0	32.2	28.9		23.4	31.8	29.0		22.3	32.3	29.8
NOVEMBER	21.7	31.2	28.2		21.8	30.8	28.0		20.6	31.6	28.6
DECEMBER	22.0	30.1	27.1		21.0	29.9	25.5		21.0	30.7	27.7
Mean	22.1	31.8	28.4		21.3	31.0	28.2		21.1	31.0	28.1
Source: Meteorological Office
* Data not available for these months because the instruments were damaged by Hurricane Luis
1 The conversion of Celsius to fahrenheit=  a oC = (32+(9/5)a) o F
TABLE 1.2
ANNUAL RAINFALL IN INCHES1 1995 - 2000
MONTH	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
JANUARY	1.83	2.05	1.92	4.30	2.43	2.89
FEBRUARY	1.30	1.40	7.18	0.23	1.38	4.91
MARCH	1.40	3.47	8.00	3.50	0.11	0.38
APRIL	1.40	1.21	0.61	1.75	1.74	1.74
MAY	1.54	2.72	9.06	2.88	0.37	1.67
JUNE	0.20	3.01	0.56	2.00	2.16	0.48
JULY	3.52	9.28	6.00	2.58	4.47	1.09
AUGUST	4.77	1.50	0.90	6.30	5.46	4.54
SEPTEMBER	18.23	3.04	6.83	5.02	5.17	4.5
OCTOBER	3.91	2.63	10.60	6.48	19.00	1.81
NOVEMBER	2.46	3.24	2.56	10.18	23.27	2.38
DECEMBER	3.02	2.85	0.69	3.63	3.51	3.11
TOTAL	43.58	36.40	54.91	48.85	69.07	29.50
Source: Meteorological Office
1 The conversion of  inches to Centimetres = 1 inch multiply by 25.4