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Midsummer temperatures range from 27–29 °C (81–84 °F) with a relative humidity of 60 to 100 percent. Winter temperatures range from 21–24 °C (70–75 °F) and can drop to 5 °C (41 °F) after dark. [24] [25] Andros Island is hit by a hurricane an average of every 2.5 years. The Great Florida Hurricane of 1929 is known in The Bahamas as ...
1 January - New Year's Day; 10 January - Majority rule Day; 29 March – Good Friday; 1 April - Easter Monday; 20 May - Whit Monday; 7 June - Randol Fawkes Day; 10 July – Independence Day; 5 August - Emancipation Day; 14 October - National Heroes' Day; 25 December – Christmas Day; 26 December – Boxing Day
December 1 – February 29: Astronomical winter: December 21 – March 19: First event started: November 21, 2023: Last event concluded: April 6, 2024: Most notable event; Name: January 13–16, 2024 North American winter storm • Duration: January 13–16, 2024 • Lowest pressure: 983 mb (29.03 inHg) • Fatalities: 30 fatalities • Damage
The World Meteorological Organization of the United Nations reports an average global temperature of about 1.15 °C above pre-industrial levels in 2022, confirming that the last eight years were the highest temperatures recorded on Earth since records began.
November 2022–January 2023 – The rainy season in Malawi resulted in 42 fatalities from various severe weather incidents. [49] December 26–January 25 — 2022–2023 California floods: A series of atmospheric rivers impacts California, killing 22 people and causing at least 200,000 power outages in the state. [50] [51]
Nassau, The Bahamas 5.06 m Brenden Vanderpool: 9 April 2023 CARIFTA Games: Nassau, The Bahamas [22] 5.30 m Brenden Vanderpool: 30 March 2024 CARIFTA Games: St. George's, Grenada [23] Long jump: 8.41 m (+1.5 m/s) Craig Hepburn: 17 June 1993 Nassau, The Bahamas Triple jump: 17.59 m (+0.9 m/s) Leevan Sands: 21 August 2008 Olympic Games: Beijing ...
The Bahamas is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This will be The Bahamas's 18th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the Games since the second edition in 1955. The Bahamian delegation consisted of 20 athletes competing in six sports.
Grand Bahama is the northernmost of the islands of The Bahamas.It is the third largest island in The Bahamas island chain of approximately 700 islands and 2,400 cays. The island is roughly 530 square miles (1,400 km 2) in area and approximately 153 kilometres (95 miles) long west to east and 24 kilometres (15 miles) at its widest point north to south.