| Beautiful but wet -- very wet. That's Martinique | | | | high inches above 87 degrees. The coolest |
| weather in brief. | | | | months are January through February, when the |
| The heavy year-round rainfall makes the island as | | | | high temperature averages about 83 degrees. |
| lush and tropical as any in the Caribbean. It doesn't | | | | Rainfall reaches a low point of 3.6 inches a month |
| stop vacationers from coming for long-term | | | | in February through April, when it rains about 14 |
| stays. Eighty four percent of the island's visitors | | | | days a month. It exceeds eight inches by July and |
| are stopover vacationers versus 16 percent via | | | | continues climbing each month until it reaches a |
| cruise. | | | | high point of 10.6 inches in October during the |
| The island has an average high monthly | | | | most active time of the Caribbean's hurricane |
| temperature of 85 degrees Fahrenheit and an | | | | season. It drops off only slightly in November and |
| average low of 73 degrees, according to the | | | | drops off more in December. |
| World Meteorological Organization. | | | | March is the most popular month to visit |
| It rains 76 inches during the year -- about five | | | | Martinique followed by January, February, April, |
| times higher than Aruba -- with an average of 6.7 | | | | July and December, all of which have similar |
| inches a month. It rains on average 17 days a | | | | numbers of visitors. |
| month, one of the highest in the Caribbean. | | | | However, anyone planning to visit this tropical |
| Martinique doesn't have any months when the | | | | paradise would be wise to avoid July through |
| average high temperatures exceeds 90 degrees, | | | | November because of the potential for extreme |
| unlike many other Caribbean destinations. The | | | | rainfall and focus on February through June as the |
| hottest month is September, when the average | | | | better times to go. |