with little temperature difference between months, but pronounced rainy and dry seasons. The city is hot year-round, and moderated by onshore trade winds, with an annual mean temperature of 27.1 C 1 . Unlike inland areas of the Yucatán Peninsula, sea breezes restrict high temperatures from reaching 36 C on most afternoons. Annual rainfall is around 1340 mm 1 sp=us, falling on 115 days per year.

The rainy season runs from late August through November, and the dry season runs from November through April. The hurricane season runs from