Погода: Палм-Бич, февраль

The Aruba forum's February-weather thread reads like a victory lap: regulars quote the month's averages - highs of 87F (30.5 degrees), lows of 76F (24.4), sea at 79F (26), total rainfall of three-quarters of an inch and an average windspeed of 17mph - and add that when showers do come they are short and quickly blown out to sea by the trade winds. Oranjestad's February row agrees: 30.5-degree days, 24.6-degree nights, seven precipitation days, 10.8 hours of sun and a 25.8-degree sea.

Aruba forum threads describe Palm Beach in January as beautiful, with daytime highs around the mid-80s Fahrenheit cooling to the high-70s overnight - cool enough that posters recommended packing a light wrap for evenings. Rain here is real but brief, typically overnight or early morning bursts rather than daytime disruptions. One local detail specific to Palm Beach: mornings bring genuinely clear water, but once the watersports boats get going later in the day, the water clouds slightly with stirred-up sand near the busier stretch by the Marriott - still fine for swimming, just not glass-clear. Posters also noted Palm Beach stays notably calmer than Eagle Beach, which tends to run rougher this time of year.

Forum posters call January terrific - typically 86F highs and 76F lows - with one visitor's 11-day early-January stay reporting beautiful low-80s weather and just a single hour of rain the entire trip. Aruba's famous trade winds are a near-constant topic: genuinely strong, but described as an off-shore wind that the island's tall hotels and buildings largely block along the beach itself, so Palm Beach's high-rise strip stays relatively sheltered compared to more exposed stretches of coast. Posters consistently describe the breeze as a welcome, cooling relief from the heat rather than an unpleasant sand-blasting nuisance, especially by late January into February.