Jamaica, a table for which is given below, has a rather heavier rainfall of 70 ins. (1,778 mm.), but not so high as that of Martinique, 94·5 ins. (2,399 mm.), though even this cannot be considered high for a tropical climate. Of the other islands, Nassau in the Bahamas has 54·41 ins. (1,382 mm.); Port Au Prince, Haiti, 55 ins. (1,397 mm.); St. Croix, 46·56 ins. (1,183 mm.); St. Kitts, 51 ins. (1,295 mm.); Guadeloupe, 64·4 ins. (1,635 mm.); and Barbados, 57·74 ins. (1,467 mm.)--figures which serve well to indicate the general uniformity of climate throughout the group. The table for Jamaica is as follows, but it must be remembered that most of the troops are now quartered at camps at a moderate elevation above the town, where it is considerably cooler than at the sea level. KINGSTON, JAMAICA. LAT. 17° 50′ N.; LONG. 76° 42′ W. =========+===========+===========+===========+============== Month | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Monthly | Monthly | Relative | Monthly | Maxima | Minima | Humidity %| Rainfall +----+------+----+------+-----+-----+------+------- | F. | ~C.~ | F. | ~C.~ | 7 | 4 | Ins. | ~Mm.~ | | | | | a.m.| p.m.| | ---------+----+------+----+------+-----+-----+------+------- January |86·2|~30·1~|66·7|~19·3~| 84 | 63 | 3·79 | ~96·4~ February |85·3|~29·5~|67·0|~19·4~| 81 | 65 | 2·62 | ~66·5~ March |85·4|~29·6~|67·8|~19·9~| 84 | 65 | 2·86 | ~73·0~ April |86·5|~30·3~|71·1|~21·8~| 83 | 66 | 4·50 |~114·3~ May |87·8|~31·0~|73·2|~22·9~| 73 | 70 | 9·56 |~243·0~ June |89·0|~31·7~|73·4|~23·0~| 72 | 66 | 4·77 |~121·1~ July |89·8|~32·0~|73·3|~22·9~| 73 | 60 | 6·51 |~165·6~ August |89·9|~32·1~|73·3|~22·9~| 80 | 63 | 7·12 |~181·0~ September|89·3|~31·8~|74·1|~23·4~| 83 | 68 |10·37 |~263·0~ October |88·0|~31·1~|73·5|~23·1~| 88 | 69 | 6·50 |~165·1~ November |87·3|~30·7~|70·9|~22·2~| 85 | 68 | 6·53 |~176·0~ December |85·6|~29·8~|68·2|~20·2~| 83 | 58 | 5·53 |~140·0~ =========+====+======+====+======+=====+=====+======+======= Even Trinidad, the most southerly of all the islands in no way rivals the East Indies either in temperature or rainfall, the total of the latter being 65·5 ins. (1,663 mm.). Its hottest months, March and September, have a mean temperature of 78·5° F. (25·8° C.), and its coldest, February, of 75·4° F. (24° C.); the absolute extreme temperature of the year being 89·5° F. (31·9° C.) and 64° F. (17·9° C.). The highest temperature for any island is 100° F. (37·8° C.) at Havana, but from its landlocked position this place appertains more to the climatic conditions of the mainland than to the islands in general.