What are the climatic characteristics of Jamaica?

Jamaica is located in the northwest of the Caribbean Sea, between 17.42 degrees north latitude and 18.3 1 degree west longitude. It is an island country.

Jamaica Island is 234 kilometers long from east to west and 82 kilometers wide from north to south, with a land area of 1 1420 square kilometers, of which the land area is 1099 1 square kilometer. East of Jamaica Strait, facing Haiti, north of Cuba is about 145km. It is the third largest island in the Caribbean with a coastline of1220km. Jamaica ranks third in the West Indies, after Cuba and Haiti.

Jamaican climate

Jamaica has a tropical rainforest climate. May-June and September-165438+ 10 are rainy seasons every year, with the most showers in June and May. 65438+February to March of the following year is the dry season, and the weather turns cold. The half year at the end of June-1 1 is the frequent period of hurricanes and tropical storms. There is abundant rainfall in the central and northern regions, and the temperature is generally between 22 and 32 degrees, with an average annual temperature of 27 degrees.