Are you planning your annual vacation or perhaps your honeymoon and are concerned about how the weather will hold up in your desired venue. The following is a list of the best and the worst weather months in select locales. When choosing the best weather, we make it a point to take into account the dead of winter and the heat of summer, which are horrible times to take your vacation anywhere.

In HAWAII, the best months are usually from March to July and from October to November while the worst months are December and January, when Hawaii is at its coolest (average afternoon temperature is 75 degrees) and August and September when Hawaii is at its hottest (average 92 degrees). The wettest months are from November to March.

In the BAHAMAS, the best months are from November to April while the worst months are from June to October when the Bahamas is alternately at its hottest (up to 89 degrees on average) and rainiest.

In BERMUDA, the best months are from May to October while the worst months are in January and February.

The CARIBBEAN has excellent weather year-round with temperatures averaging between 78 and 88 degrees. The best months are from December to May, when the Caribbean is at its coolest and enjoys the most wind. The worst months are from June to November, which is considered as the “official” hurricane season.

In EUROPE, the best months are from: May through September or October while the worst months are from December to February.

Weather in FLORIDA is similar to the Caribbean year-round. The best months are March, April, October and November while the worst months are from May to September.

In Las Vegas, the best months are March, April, October and November while the worst months are from June to September. Note that July and August are scorchers in Las Vegas.

In MEXICO, the best months are from October to May while the worst months are during the rainy season which runs from June through September.

In SOUTHEAST ASIA, the best months are from October to February while the worst months are from March to May when it’s exceedingly hot and from June to September when it’s rainy.

In the SOUTH PACIFIC, the best months are from May to October while the worst months are from December to February.

Due to the success of distance education, the number of long distance colleges and universities also has seen a huge rise in the recent past. Recent research too has shown that the number of students enrolled with distance learning programs will see a huge jump in the next decade. Today most educational institutions are realizing the importance of technology aided education, and are willing to start online versions of their on-campus programs. The trend which was pioneered by the University of Phoenix is now being followed by almost every educational institution.

It’s a Sea of Choices

Since most colleges want to broaden their student base, they couldn?t ask for a better way to do so than by throwing open their gates to students of their virtual classrooms. Today long distance colleges and universities are more open towards accepting non-traditional students into their fold. The United States Open University offers degrees in various subjects like Business, Psychology, Mathematics, Statistics, Arts, Languages, History and Information Technology amongst others. The Strayer University too has a presence online and aims at catering largely to working adults through its online programs. It has degrees in subjects like Acquisition and Contract Management, Internet Working Technology, Economics, Accounting, and Public Administration.

Other long distance colleges and universities include names like Capella University, Canyon College, Thomas Edison State College and California National University amongst others. Degrees are on offered at various levels, be it Associate, Bachelor’s or Master’s to cater to the varying needs of the student community. Though a large number of the online students? population consists of adults, working or non-working, distance education caters to the fresh out of high school generation as well. Distance education is a great equalizer and it allows a uniform platform to people from various races, social backgrounds and nationalities to pursue their dreams of higher education further.

The Latest Technologies

Courses offered by long distance colleges and universities aim at providing the same educational environment to their online students as to their on-campus students. The latest technology is being employed by most of these colleges to deliver lectures, discussions and debates in real-time to students sitting far across the world. Today it is possible for a person living in Africa to pursue a degree with UCLA or the Boston University. Distance learning has been a blessing for all the people dreaming of higher education, but not finding the means to partake of it.