Roosevelt Standard | 1918-11-13 | Page 6 | British Honduras

british honduras british honduras Is in the tropics but its climate Is only sub tropical the maximum shade temperature Is 08 degrees fahrenheit while the minimum Is 50 degrees cholera yellow fever and other tropical diseases occur from time to time but on the whole the country Is not unhealthy in companion with the west indies or the central Awe american rIcan countries the dry season lasts from the middle of february to the middle of slay may rain occurs at intervals during the other months and almost continuously during october november and december the annual rainfall averages about 81 b t rises id some borne parts of the country to incites or more easterly sterly sea winds prevail during the greater part of the year