Weather plays a big factor in your enjoyment of many vacations. When you arrange a trip perhaps months in advance you can t really foresee specific weather conditions. What you can do is check out the general climate what you can expect, on average. You can also get detailed short-term weather forecasts just before you leave home. And you can figure on a Plan B alternative if the weather turns against you.
Travelers have surprisingly few good resources for determining the climate at a planned destination.
Most guidebooks show only the most general stuff average temperatures and maybe average monthly rainfall. But whether you re deciding where to go or what kind of clothing to pack after you ve decided you need more than that. You need daytime temperatures, preferably a range of maximum and minimum high daytime temperatures for each month, plus average number of sunny days, and other such details. Although the book is now 10 years old, it s still quite reliable. It tabulates data on more than 2,000 destinations in 200 countries and regions.