Italnstallion99,
It is interesting you ask about rainfall in the middle of the year. Each year is different but Ken there is a pattern to it! What is also much more to the point is here on the North Coast rain can be very local and what is recorded in one place differ tremendusly from a place only a kilometre away.
The Trip advisor information is not really very good and Timoteno, if you delve more deeply into it you will find they have often spread monthly rainfall evenly over the days of the month. This is not how rain happens so I find the figures a bit suspect!!!
We have been keeping daily rainfall information for the last 6 years admittedly from an amature rain guage and have detailed information for each month.
5 year Driest month=1
Monthly total 2007 -2011
(addition of 5 months) Average per month
Inches
January 57.8 11.56 = 10
February 0.35 8.07 = 6
Mar 36.45 7.29 = 4
Apr 31.95 6.39 = 2
May 41.35 8.27 = 7
June 39.1 7.82 = 5
July 32.8 6.56 = 3
Aug 26.7 5.34 = 1
Sept 43.6 8.72 = 8
Oct 51.3 10.26 = 9
Nov 81.3 16.26 = 12
Dec 63.1 12.62 = 11
Average inches 109.16 over five years
The driest month on average is August (1) , followed by April (2), and then July (3).
This year has been rather different in that rainfall is still some 24” ahead of the rainfall average for this time of year but June was one of the driest months we have ever recorded. July based on current rainfall is still on the low side but there are a few more days to go!
With hurricanes and Tropical storms we do get them occaisionally.
Tropical Storm Alph on 22-24 October 2005 was mainly over Haiti. Hurricane Jeanne 13 -28th September 2004 was really only a TS when it came through the North Coast and in 2006 TS Olga 10-16th October basically came across the centre of the island from Cap Cana to Haiti.
You can look at all the tracks by year on this site :
Unisys Weather - Atlantic Tropical Storm Tracking by Year
Italnstallion99 , the weather has been great the last few months and walking the dog on the beach in the morning has been super.
There is usually an abrupt change in September so June July and August can be great months. Weather can be variable but rain is often welcome as it is usually short sharp showers in the summer months.
TS and hurricanes are a different matter but we had a great Hurricane beach Party with IKE!!!
So come and enjoy and get those super deals at the hotels!!!
Olly and the team