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Temperatures may dip to below 10 °C (50 °F) at the peaks of the Blue Mountains. [1] The island receives, in addition to the northeast trade winds, refreshing onshore breezes during the day and cooling offshore breezes at night. [1] These are known on Jamaica as the "Doctor Breeze" and the "Undertaker's Breeze," respectively. [1]
The Blue Mountains are the longest mountain range in Jamaica. They include the island's highest point, Blue Mountain Peak, at 2256 m (7402 ft). [1] From the summit, accessible via a walking track, both the north and south coasts of the island can be seen. On a clear day, the outline of the island of Cuba, 210 km (130 mi) away, can also be seen.
This is a list of countries and sovereign states by temperature. Average yearly temperature is calculated by averaging the minimum and maximum daily temperatures in the country, averaged for the years 1991 – 2020, from World Bank Group , derived from raw gridded climatologies from the Climatic Research Unit .
Satellite measurements of the surface temperature of Antarctica, taken between 1982 and 2013, found a coldest temperature of −93.2 °C (−135.8 °F) on 10 August 2010, at Although this is not comparable to an air temperature, it is believed that the air temperature at this location would have been lower than the official record lowest air ...
On February 21, 2018, record warm temperatures affected the eastern part of the United States. Numerous state record highs were set, including a new February record high of 79 °F (26 °C) in New York , 77 °F (25 °C) in Vermont , New Hampshire , and Maine , 83 °F (28 °C) in New Jersey , and 80 °F (27 °C) in Massachusetts and Ohio .
Jamaica is the third-largest island in the Caribbean, lying south of Cuba and west of Hispaniola. The Jamaican moist forests ecoregion covers an area of 8,192 km 2, and covers 85% of the island of Jamaica. It includes the Blue Mountains and John Crow Mountains in eastern Jamaica, and Cockpit Country further to the west. [1]
This is a list of cities by average temperature (monthly and yearly). The temperatures listed are averages of the daily highs and lows. Thus, the actual daytime temperature in a given month may be considerably higher than the temperature listed here, depending on how large the difference between daily highs and lows is.
2018 in Jamaica. 1 language. ... 9 to 25 February – Jamaica participated at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, with 3 competitors in 2 sports, ...