!The Bahamas is a coral-based archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean. Its 700-plus islands and cays range from uninhabited to packed with resorts. The northernmost, Grand Bahama, and Paradise Island, home to many large-scale hotels, are among the best known. Scuba diving and snorkeling sites include the massive Andros Barrier Reef, Thunderball Grotto (used in James Bond films) and the black-coral gardens off Bimini. The Commonwealth of The Bahamas is a coral archipelago of around 700 islands and more than 2,000 rocks and cays in the West Atlantic south-east of the coast of Florida, USA, and northeast of Cuba. It straddles the Tropic of Cancer and stretches 970 km.The Bahamas is a member of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, Association of Caribbean States, Caribbean Community (though not the CARICOM Single Market and Economy), Non-Aligned Movement, Organization of American States and United Nations. The most significant environmental issues are coral reef decay and solid waste disposal. The Bahamas archipelago is an ecological oasis sprinkled over 100,000 square miles of ocean, starting just 50 miles off the coast of Florida. It comprises 700 breathtaking islands, over 2,000 rocks and cays, and boasts the clearest water on the planet—with a visibility of over 200 feet. You can see your toes as easily as you can the world’s third largest fringing barrier reef.
Climate: Temperatures in most of the Out Islands of The Bahamas linger between 70 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit, thanks to the constant gentle trade winds. This means The Bahamas really do not have an off-season. Of course, temperatures vary by location of each island and also a Caribbean resort’s location on its island.
September to May is the most popular time for visitors to the Out Islands of The Bahamas, when temperatures average from 70 to 75 degrees a day. Nighttime temperatures cool down by just 5 to 7 degrees. And, the more northerly Out Islands of The Bahamas experience temperatures that average about 5 degrees cooler than their southern neighbors.
Summers may see temperatures from 80 to 90 degrees and higher humidity. Some Out Island resorts and hotels close during this time of the year. Most, however, are open year-round. It’s usually a great time to take advantage of lower seasonal rates and summer travel incentive packages.
Seasons may vary widely in other vacation destinations, but that’s not the case in The Bahamas. Even the rainy season — May through November — rarely offers challenges for visitors. Even the occasional tropical rainstorm is usually short-lived. In fact, The Bahamas have about 340 sunny days a year, and, according to astronauts, the clearest waters in the Caribbean region.
Because of the tropical climate, you can fish, dive and snorkel year-round. You also can comfortably swim in the ocean, as water temperature in The Bahamas rarely dips below 72 degrees (22 degrees Celsius) near the shorelines. Water temperatures in central Eleuthera Island average 75 degrees in the winter, 80 degrees in the spring and 88 degrees in the summer.
Timeline:
1492 - Christopher Columbus makes his first landing in the New World in the Bahamas.
1647 - English and Bermudan religious refugees, the Eleutheran Adventurers, establish the first European settlement on the Bahamas.
1666 - Colonisation of New Providence Island begins.
1717 - Bahamas become a British crown colony.
1783 - Spain cedes the Bahamas to Britain in accordance with the Treaty of Paris after briefly occupying the islands the previous year.
1834 - Emancipation of slaves.
1940-45 - The Duke of Windsor - formerly King Edward VIII - serves as governor of the Bahamas.
1950 - Britain grants the US a military test range and tracking station for guided missiles in the Bahamas.
1955 - Free trade area established in the town of Freeport, stimulating tourism and attracting offshore banking.
1964 - Bahamas granted internal autonomy.
1967 - Lynden Pindling becomes prime minister after his centrist Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) wins the islands' first legislative elections.
1972 - Negotiations with Britain over independence begin in the wake of an overwhelming victory in the elections by the PLP, which campaigns on a platform of independence.
1973 - The Bahamas become independent.
1983 - Government ministers face allegations of drug trafficking.
1984 - Pindling is endorsed as PLP leader after denying charges of corruption and ties to drug traffickers.
1992 - Hubert Ingraham becomes prime minister after his centre-left Free National Movement (FNM) wins an absolute majority in the general elections, ending 25 years of rule by Pindling.
1996 - Ingraham reinstates the death penalty for murder.
1997 - Ingraham returns as prime minister after his party is re-elected.
1998 - Two convicted murderers are hanged despite international opposition and concern over the use of the death penalty in the Caribbean.
2000 August - "Father of independence" Sir Lynden Pindling dies. He was head of government from 1967-92.
2001 November - Dame Ivy Dumont becomes the Bahama's first woman governor-general.
2002 May - Veteran politician Perry Christie leads his Progressive Liberal Party to a landslide victory, unseating the Free National Movement, which has been in power for 10 years.
2004 September - Hurricane Frances sweeps through, causing widespread damage. Weeks later Hurricane Jeanne batters the Bahamas.
2006 March - UK-based final appeals court rules that the mandatory death sentence for murder breaches the Bahamian constitution. It was last used in 2000.
2007 May - Former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham's Free National Movement wins parliamentary elections.
2012 May - Perry Christie returns to power as the Progressive Liberal Party wins parliamentary elections. Defeated Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham announces his retirement from politics.
Source:
http://www.myoutislands.com/bahamas-resorts/weather
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bahamas
http://thecommonwealth.org/our-member-countries/bahamas
http://www.bahamas.com/about-bahamas
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/country_profiles/1166350.stm
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