Calima

[waggy]

Does the Calima have a seasonal occurrence or can it blow in at any time and, as a matter of interest, does it affect any of the other islands? 

[MLA]

Waggy this site suggests "it is particularly prevalent in winter"

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/reports/wind/The-Calima.htm

You may also find this of interest

http://apalmet.es/AnimacionCalima.php

[waggy]

Thanks very much MLA: your first link is a good explanation and your second link animations are quite spectacular - the Caribbean to beyond central Asia!  We get traces of Sahara sand here in the UK at times, too.

[erik_tonny]

We get traces of Sahara sand here in the UK at times, too.

That is caused by the sirocco, nothing to do with the calima.
Okay, its a wind as well, but so is the  mistral.

[Tamkid]

All I know is that I would rather have rain, hail, sleet, snow, wind, ice, red hot weather (or any other type of weather come to that) than a Calima, its the most oppressive and depressive type of weather on planet earth, I hate them with a vengeance.