Climate

Main article: Climate of Aruba

By the Köppen climate classification, Aruba has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh).[17] Mean
monthly temperature in Oranjestad varies little from 26.7 °C (80.1 °F) to 29.2 °C (84.6 °F),
moderated by constant trade winds from the Atlantic Ocean, which come from the north-east.
Yearly rainfall barely exceeds 470 millimetres or 18.5 inches in Oranjestad, although it is
extremely variable[18] and can range from as little as 150 millimetres or 5.91 inches during strong
El Niño years (e.g. 1911/1912, 1930/1931, 1982/1983, 1997/1998) to over 1,000 millimetres or
39.37 inches in La Niña years like 1933/1934, 1970/1971 or 1988/1989.