Climate: -Panama has a tropical climate. -There is little seasonal variation on a typical dry-season day in the capital city, the early morning minimum may be 24 °C (75.2 °F) and the afternoon maximum 29 °C (84.2 °F). -Temperatures on the Pacific side of the isthmus are somewhat lower than on the Caribbean. -Temperatures are cooler in the higher parts of the mountain ranges, and frosts occur in western Panama. -Climatic regions are determined less on the basis of temperature than on rainfall, which varies regionally from less than 1,300 millimeters (51.2 in) to more than 3,000 millimeters (118.1 in) per year. -Almost all of the rain falls during the rainy season which is usually from May through November. -During the late autumn is the southwest wind off the Pacific. This wind brings some precipitation to the Pacific lowlands. -Rainfall is much heavier on the Caribbean than on the Pacific side of the continental divide. -Panama's tropical environment supports a huge amount of plants. -Forests dominate & they interrupt in places by grasslands, scrub, and crops. -- Nearly 40 percent of Panama is still wooded deforestation is a continuing threat to the rain-drenched woodlands.