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The Weather and Climate in Virgin Islands, British

The climate of the British Virgin Islands is tropical but the people of the islands experience a pleasant temperature all year round as it is being tempered constantly by trade winds from the east. There is little variation in temperature between summer and winter, with a maximum temperature of 26-31˚C (79-88˚F) in summer and a minimum winter temperature of 22-25˚ (72-82˚F). The highest temperature recorded in the islands was 96˚F in 1993 and the lowest was 60˚F, also in 1993. The daytime temperature drops to 10˚F (6˚C) at night time in many parts of the islands, and this is due to constant trade winds.

Road Town, the capital of the British territory, experiences a typical mximum temperature of 90˚F in summer and 84˚F in winter. The coolest month is February and the warmest, July. The rainy season usually starts in May but the rainiest month is between September and November with rainfall averaging 40 inches per year in the coastal areas and 70 inches or 178 cms per year in the mountainous areas in five days of continuous downpour at each month. Rainfall is far heavier in the hills than in the coastlines. There is no rainfall pattern that can be predicted even by the National Weather Services that observes and forecasts weather conditions in the islands, and there are times when rains are short or only in the form of heavy showers. Between the months of June and September, however, the islands face the possibility of a tropical storm with winds of 161 kilometer-per-hour (100 mile-per hour) speed, and even floods especially in the low-lying areas.

In recent years, the island territory was hit by hurricanes between the months of September and November. This gives you the best time to visit the British islands between December and April, which is the busiest period for tourists.