{"id":3637,"date":"2017-11-13T22:35:33","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T22:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruising.camaramaritima.org.pa\/?page_id=3637"},"modified":"2018-02-06T15:43:17","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T15:43:17","slug":"weather","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/gettingtopanama.com\/recreation\/weather\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"
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[\/vc_cta][vc_column_text]Panama has a tropical maritime climate with a hot, humid, rainy season\u00a0(May through to December) and a short dry season (January through to May).\u00a0Geographically Panama is a narrow country from north to south. This\u00a0results in competing weather patterns coming onshore from both the\u00a0Caribbean ocean and the Pacific.<\/span><\/p>\n Panama is completely outside the hurricane belt and experiences few if any\u00a0natural disasters except for earthquakes. Panama has several earthquakes\u00a0each year but less than a handful are felt.<\/span><\/p>\n Even with two distinct seasons, temperatures in Panama rarely change more\u00a0than 20 degrees no matter what elevation you are at.<\/span><\/p>\n Summer lasts roughly from December to April. In May, the rains start\u00a0gradually with frequent showers (most lasting no more than an hour or two)\u00a0in the afternoons. By July or August, you can count on daily downpours\u00a0resulting from thunderstorms, especially along the mountain ranges. Often\u00a0these thunderstorms will result in flash flooding along rivers and roads.\u00a0So, pay attention to thunderstorms that are building up.<\/span><\/p>\n You will find many microclimates throughout Panama especially in the\u00a0mountainous areas. As trade winds blow weather across Panama the effects\u00a0are dramatically different depending on the geography surrounding you.\u00a0Recorded rainfall amounts can be drastically different within areas only\u00a0blocks from each other.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The whole of Panama lies well below the hurricane belt, and no hurricane has ever hit this part of the Caribbean, making for stress-free, year-round cruising. The weather in Panama is divided into two seasons, dry and wet.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1510612626614{margin-bottom: 10px !important;border-bottom-width: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1509380469494{margin-top: -150px !important;}”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\nWeather Forecast<\/h3>\n