Climate
Georgetown has a year-round hot tropical rainforest climate. Relative humidity fluctuates throughout the year with the highest occurring in May, June, August and December–January; these months are usually the rainiest part of the year. Between the months of September to November relative humidity is lower ushering in the drier season. Georgetown does not truly have a dry season - monthly precipitation in all 12 months is above 60 millimetres (2.4 in). Because of its location Georgetown’s temperatures is moderated by the North-East trade winds blowing in from the North Atlantic and rarely sees temperatures above 31 degrees Celsius.
| Climate data for Georgetown | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 28.6 (83.5) |
28.9 (84.0) |
29.2 (84.6) |
29.5 (85.1) |
29.4 (84.9) |
29.2 (84.6) |
29.6 (85.3) |
30.2 (86.4) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.2 (86.4) |
29.1 (84.4) |
29.63 (85.33) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.1 (79.0) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.7 (80.1) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.6 (79.9) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.2 (81.0) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.82 (80.27) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 23.6 (74.5) |
23.9 (75.0) |
24.2 (75.6) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.3 (75.7) |
23.8 (74.8) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.8 (74.8) |
24.2 (75.6) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.2 (75.6) |
23.8 (74.8) |
24.01 (75.21) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 185.2 (7.291) |
88.5 (3.484) |
111.0 (4.37) |
140.5 (5.531) |
285.5 (11.24) |
327.7 (12.902) |
268.0 (10.551) |
201.4 (7.929) |
97.5 (3.839) |
107.2 (4.22) |
185.9 (7.319) |
261.9 (10.311) |
2,260.3 (88.988) |
| Avg. rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 16 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 174 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 201.5 | 211.8 | 220.1 | 198.0 | 179.8 | 156.0 | 201.5 | 232.5 | 231.0 | 235.6 | 210.0 | 186.0 | 2,463.8 |
| Source: Hong Kong Observatory | |||||||||||||
Read more about this topic: Georgetown, Guyana
Famous quotes containing the word climate:
“If often he was wrong and at times absurd,
To us he is no more a person
Now but a whole climate of opinion.”
—W.H. (Wystan Hugh)
“When we consider how much climate contributes to the happiness of our condition, by the fine sensation it excites, and the productions it is the parent of, we have reason to value highly the accident of birth in such a one as that of Virginia.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“Ghosts, we hope, may be always with us—that is, never too far out of the reach of fancy. On the whole, it would seem they adapt themselves well, perhaps better than we do, to changing world conditions—they enlarge their domain, shift their hold on our nerves, and, dispossessed of one habitat, set up house in another. The universal battiness of our century looks like providing them with a propitious climate ...”
—Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)