Climate: Average daytime temperatures range from 23 C/75 F to 29 C/85 F at sea-level year-round. It is cooler, wetter, and windier in the mountains. The driest months are January through April. Roseau and the west coast receive about 85 of rain annually, while the mountainous interior rainforest gets more than 340 per year. Expect a brief downpour at some point every day.
Britain was granted rights to Dominica in the Treaty of Paris in 1763. Within 10 years, they had surveyed all the land, established towns, brought in slaves from Africa to work the plantations, opened free ports, and elected des moines airport address officials. The French continued to be an important part of island life, and vied for political power at every opportunity. In 1778, while the English were distracted by the American Revolution, French troops seized the island and remained in control until the Treaty of Versailles returned British rule in 1783.
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