Tied to the Land Bermuda is 21.6 square miles of parks, beaches, farms, private estates and open spaces zealously watched by environmental groups. Some of us, for a week or two, even travel to work and back from tents pitched less than 100 yards from sand and surf. Our population, hovering around 60,000, is comprised of 58.6 percent black and 36.4 percent white citizens. Ethnically, we're a soup bowl of British, West Indian, Portuguese, Philippine, American, African, Canadian, European and Asian seasonings. Bermuda's climate is the envy of most areas, with temperatures heating up in April, then leveling off to the high 80s or low 90s until the end of September.
High humidity is a frequent feature of the local climate and can make for some bad hair days.
Many folks believe it can be just as bad when the wind is from the south. When bitter winter winds bite elsewhere, we enjoy temperatures that generally remain in the mid-60s. Occasionally, but not too often, the mercury will fall into the 50s, particularly during the first three months of the year. A few years ago, and probably only about a handful of people believe it really happened, it was rumored that there were a few snow flurries at our airport. And in March 1784, the Bermuda Gazette reported that snow had fallen overnight.