The climate of Dominica is mildly tropical; in the winter months the temperature averages 25° C (77° F ); in the summer, 28° C (82° F ). The spring months are the driest; the heaviest rains fall during late summer. The average yearly rainfall ranges from about 191 cm (75 in) on the drier Caribbean coast to 508 cm (200 in) in mountainous inland areas. Destructive hurricanes coming in from the Atlantic Ocean can be expected during the late summer months.