Nightly lows range from 19 to 24 degrees centigrade. Paria Springs is usually about four degrees cooler than the plains. Trinidad very rarely experiences hurricanes as it is outside the hurricane belt. The estate is on the wind ward side of the northern range at an elevation of 800 to 1200 feet, with Trinidad's highest mountain behind it. Hence the precipitation, at an average of 125 inches per annum, is higher than average.
Clouds blowing inland from the coast bring rain to the mountains.
At the tops of the highest mountains elfin woodlands can be found. The fauna also changes with the forests and elevation. Located within these forests are several farms. However, most have been abandoned since the sixties. The area provides habitat for a huge range of species which are currently being documented, ranging from fresh water shrimps and crabs to reptiles, birds and mammals.