Mean Temperature Anomalies January 2021

January 2021

Mixed temperature anomalies prevailed in the eastern Caribbean for January 2021. Trinidad and Tobago were between 0.75 to 1.50 oC warmer; Grenada was between 0.25 and 1.50 oC warmer; Barbados ranged from 0 to 1.50 oC warmer; Saint Lucia was between 0 and 0.75 oC warmer; Martinique, St. Maarten and St. Thomas were between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer; Dominica ranged from 0.75 oC warmer in the south to 0.25 oC cooler in the north; Guadeloupe was between 0 and 0.75 oC cooler; Antigua was between 0.25 to 0.75 oC cooler; St. Kitts was between 0.25 cooler to 0.25 oC warmer south to north; St. Croix was between 0 to 0.25 oC cooler. In the Guianas, conditions ranged from 0.75 oC cooler to 0.75 oC warmer. Aruba was between 0.25 oC and 0.75 oC warmer and Curacao between 0 to 0.25 oC cooler. Puerto Rico was predominantly between 0.25 oC and 0.75 oC warmer with the western tip being between 0.75 and 1.50oC warmer. Dominican Republic was between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. Jamaica, Grand Cayman and Belize were between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer. Cuba and Northern Bahamas were between 0.25 to 1.50 oC warmer.

November 2020 to January 2021

Mixed temperature anomalies prevailed in the eastern Caribbean for the period November to January 2021. Trinidad was between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer; Tobago was between 0.25 and 1.50 oC warmer; Grenada, St. Maarten and St. Thomas were between 0.25 and 0.75 to oC warmer; Barbados was between 0.25 cooler to 1.50 oC warmer; Saint Lucia and St. Kitts were between 0.25 oC cooler to 0.25 warmer; Martinique was between 0 to 0.75 oC warmer south to north; Dominica was between 0.75 oC warmer to 0.25 cooler; Guadeloupe was between 0 and 0.75 oC cooler; Antigua was between 0.25 and 0.75 oC cooler; and St. Croix was between 0 to 0.25 oC cooler. In the Guianas, conditions ranged from at least 0.75 oC cooler to 0.75 oC warmer. Aruba was between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer and Curacao was between 0.25 cooler to 0.25 oC warmer. Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Grand Cayman were between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. Jamaica was between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer. Cuba and Belize were between 0.25 and 1.50 oC warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0.25 and 2.50 oC warmer.

August 2020 to January 2021

Mixed temperature anomalies prevailed in the eastern Caribbean for the period August 2020 to January 2021. Trinidad and Tobago were between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer; Grenada, Martinique, St. Maarten and St. Thomas were between 0.25 to 0.75 oC warmer; Barbados was between 0.25 oC cooler to 1.50 oC warmer; Saint Lucia and Dominica were between 0.25 oC cooler to 0.75 oC warmer; Guadeloupe was between 0 and 0.75 oC cooler; Antigua was between 0.25 and 0.75 oC cooler; St. Kitts was between 0.25 oC cooler and 0.25 oC warmer; and St. Croix 0 to 0.25 oC warmer. Conditions ranged from at least 0.75 oC cooler in northeast Suriname up to 0.75 oC warmer in much of the Guianas.  Aruba and Curacao were between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. Puerto Rico was predominantly between 0.25 oC and 0.75 oC warmer with the western tip being between 0.75 and 1.50oC warmer. Cuba and Belize were between 0.25 and 1.50 oC warmer. Dominican Republic and Grand Cayman were between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. Jamaica was between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0.75 and 2.50 oC warmer

February 2020 to January 2021

The islands of the eastern Caribbean were warmer than the 1981 – 2010 average, except for Guadeloupe which was between 0.25 oC cooler to 0.25 oC warmer and Antigua which was between 0 to 0.25 oC cooler. Trinidad, Tobago and St. Thomas were between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer; Grenada, St. Maarten and St. Croix were between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer; Barbados was between 0 to 1.50 oC warmer; Saint Lucia, Dominica and St. Kitts were between 0 and 0.75 oC warmer; Martinique was between 0.25 to 1.50 oC warmer. Conditions in the Guianas ranged from 0.25 oC cooler to 1.50 oC warmer. Aruba and Curacao were between 0.25 to 0.75 oC warmer. Puerto Rico was between 1.50 and 0.25 oC warmer from west to east. Dominican Republic was between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer.  Cuba was predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer with the eastern tip being between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. Jamaica and Grand Cayman were between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer. Belize was predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer, with conditions ranging from 0.25 oC warmer in the southwest up to 1.50 oC elsewhere. Northern Bahamas was between 0.75 and 2.50 oC warmer.

Mean Temperature for January 2021

Mean Temperature for the Period February 2020 to January 2021

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SPI Monitor January 2021

January 2021

The islands of the eastern Caribbean were predominantly normal to below normal during the month of January. Trinidad, Tobago and St Croix normal; Grenada and St Vincent slight to moderately dry; Barbados very to extremely wet; Saint Lucia normal to moderately dry; Martinique and Dominica slight to exceptionally dry; Guadeloupe slight to extremely dry; Antigua extremely dry; St Kitts severe to slightly dry; St Maarten moderate to extremely  dry; St Thomas moderately dry. Conditions in the Guianas ranged from severely dry in northeastern Guyana to exceptionally wet in southern French Guiana. Aruba normal and curacao slight to moderately wet. Puerto Rico ranged from moderate to slightly dry west to southeast. The Dominican Republic ranged from moderate to exceptionally dry. Jamaica ranged from exceptionally dry in the west to moderately wet in the north and severely dry in the east. Grand Cayman was moderately dry. Cuba ranged from extremely dry in the northeast to slightly dry in the extreme west and slightly wet in the extreme southeast. Northern Bahamas ranged from normal to severely dry and Belize ranged from slightly dry in the south to extremely wet in northern areas.

November 2020 to January 2021

Mixed conditions prevailed over the three month period in the eastern Caribbean. Trinidad ranged from very wet in the southeast to exceptionally dry in the northwest; Tobago and St Kitts slightly dry to normal; Grenada and St Thomas normal; Barbados, Saint Lucia and Guadeloupe normal to slightly wet; St Vincent  slight to moderately dry; Martinique slightly wet to exceptionally dry; Dominica exceptionally dry in the south to extremely wet in the northeast; Antigua slight to moderately wet; St Kitts normal to slightly dry; St Maarten moderately dry; and St Croix slightly dry. In The Guianas, conditions ranged from normal in northern French Guiana to exceptionally wet  in eastern portions of Suriname across the border to western portions of French Guiana. Aruba normal and Curacao slight to moderately wet. Puerto Rico was normal. The Dominican Republic was predominantly normal, ranging from severely dry in the extreme south to slightly wet in the northeast. Jamaica ranged from slightly dry in the extreme west to very wet in the northeast. Grand Cayman was slightly wet. Cuba ranged from slightly dry in west central areas to moderately wet in the extreme western tip and to exceptionally wet in the east. Northern Bahamas ranged from moderately wet to slightly dry and Belize was normal in the south to exceptionally wet in the north.

August 2020 to January 2021

Over the six month period we saw mixed conditions throughout the islands of the eastern Caribbean.  Trinidad and Dominica ranged from extremely wet to moderately dry; Tobago, Saint Lucia, Antigua, St Kitts, St Maarten, Anguilla and St Thomas normal; Grenada slightly dry; Barbados extreme to moderately wet; St Vincent and St Croix slightly dry to normal; Martinique slightly wet to severely dry south to north; and Guadeloupe ranged from slightly dry in the west to slightly wet in the southeast. In the Guianas, conditions ranged from normal in southwestern Guyana, north eastern Suriname and north western and northeastern French Guiana to exceptionally wet in in eastern portions of Suriname across the border to western portions of French Guiana.  Aruba normal and Curacao slightly wet to normal south to north.  Puerto Rico ranged from moderately dry in the west to normal in the east. The Dominican Republic was predominantly normal ranging to moderately dry in the extreme southwest and slightly dry in the north.  Jamaica ranged from slightly dry in the west to exceptionally wet in the extreme north. Grand Cayman was moderately wet. Cuba ranged from slightly wet in east central areas to extremely wet in the extreme west  and eastern areas. Northern Bahamas ranged from slight to exceptionally wet and Belize was moderately dry in southern areas ranging to exceptionally wet in the north.

February 2020 to January 2021

Conditions in the eastern Caribbean were predominantly normal to below normal over the twelve month period. Trinidad and Tobago ranged from normal to moderately dry; Grenada slight to moderately dry; Barbados normal to slightly wet; St Vincent and Saint Lucia severe to moderately dry; Martinique normal to severely dry; Dominica extremely dry in the extreme south to normal in the north; Guadeloupe slightly dry to normal west to east; Antigua, St Kitts, St Thomas normal; St Maarten, and St Croix slightly dry.  In the Guianas, conditions ranged from normal in northern and southern parts of Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana to moderately dry in northern French Guiana and to exceptionally wet in northeastern French Guiana. Aruba and curacao were normal. Puerto Rico ranged from normal in the south to slightly wet in the north.  The Dominican Republic ranged from extremely dry in the extreme southwest to normal in the northwestern quadrant and in extreme eastern areas. Jamaica ranged from severely dry in the extreme west to extremely wet in the north and to moderately wet in the east. Grand Cayman was normal. Cuba ranged from normal in east central areas to very wet in the west, north central and extreme southeast. Northern Bahamas ranged from slight to exceptionally wet and Belize ranged from extremely dry in the south to exceptionally wet in the north.

February 2019 to January 2021

Over the two year period conditions in the eastern Caribbean were normal to below normal. Trinidad ranged from moderate to extremely dry; Tobago ranged from normal to severely dry; Grenada and Barbados slight to moderately dry; St Vincent severe to extremely dry; Saint Lucia extreme to exceptionally dry south to north; Martinique extreme to slightly dry; Dominica and Guadeloupe extremely dry to normal; Antigua normal; St Kitts and St Thomas normal to slightly dry; St Maarten slightly dry; and St Croix moderately dry. Much of the Guianas was normal, with conditions ranging from exceptionally wet in central Guyana to exceptionally dry in northwestern French Guiana. Aruba and Curacao normal to slightly dry.  Puerto Rico ranged from severely dry in the extreme southwest to normal in central and eastern areas. The Dominican Republic ranged from  slightly dry in the west to exceptionally dry in southern areas. Jamaica was predominantly normal with slightly dry areas in the extreme west and east. Grand Cayman was slightly dry. Cuba ranged from very wet in the west to exceptionally dry in the east. Northern Bahamas ranged from exceptionally wet to extremely dry and Belize ranged from normal in central areas to slightly dry in the south, exceptionally dry in the west and moderately dry in the north.

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Mean Temperature Anomalies December 2020

December 2020

Mixed temperature anomalies prevailed in the eastern Caribbean for December 2020. Trinidad, Tobago, Grenada and St. Maarten were between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer; Barbados ranged from 0.25 oC cooler to 1.50 oC warmer; Saint Lucia was predominantly between 0.25 and 0.75 oC cooler with the northern tip being between 0 and 0.25 oC cooler. Martinique was between 0 to 0.75 oC warmer south to north; Dominica ranged from 0.75 oC warmer in the south to 0.25 oC cooler in the north; Guadeloupe and Antigua were between 0.25 to 0.75 oC cooler; St. Kitts was between 0.25 cooler to 0.25 oC warmer south to north; St. Croix was between 1.50 to 0.25 oC cooler south to north and St. Thomas was between 0.25 to 1.50 oC warmer. In the Guianas, conditions ranged from 0.75 oC cooler to 0.75 oC warmer. Aruba and Curacao were between 0.25 oC and 0.75 oC warmer. Puerto Rico was predominantly between 0.25 oC and 0.75 oC warmer with the southeastern tip being between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer. Haiti was between 0.25 oC and 0.75 oC warmer. Jamaica was predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer with a small section in the south east ranging up to 2.50 oC warmer. Cuba was between 0.25 oC cooler to 0.75 oC warmer west to east. Grand Cayman was between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer. Belize ranged from between 0.25 oC cooler to 0.75 oC warmer. Northern Bahamas ranged from 0.25 oC cooler to 1.50 oC warmer.

October to December 2020

Mixed temperature anomalies prevailed in the eastern Caribbean for the period October to December 2020. Trinidad was between 0.25 and 1.50 oC warmer; Tobago, Grenada and St. Thomas were between 0.25 and 0.75 to oC warmer; Barbados was between 0.25 cooler to 1.50 oC warmer; Saint Lucia was between 0.25 warmer to 0.75 oC cooler; Martinique was between 0 to 0.75 oC warmer south to north; Dominica was between 0.75 oC warmer to 0.25 cooler; Guadeloupe and Antigua were between 0.25 and 0.75 oC cooler; St. Kitts was between 0.25 cooler to 0.25 oC warmer south to north St. Maarten was between 0 to 0.75 oC warmer; and St. Croix was between 0.25 to 0.25 oC warmer south to north. In the Guianas, conditions ranged from at least 0.75 oC cooler to 0.75 oC warmer. Aruba was between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer and Curacao was between 0 and 0.75 oC warmer. Puerto Rico, Haiti and Grand Cayman were between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. Jamaica and Cuba were between 0.25 and 1.50 oC warmer. Belize was between 0 and 1.50 oC warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0.75 and 2.50 oC warmer.

July to December 2020

Temperatures in the eastern Caribbean were higher than the 1981 – 2010 average with the exception of Guadeloupe and Antigua which were between 0 and 0.75 oC cooler. Trinidad and Tobago were between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer; Grenada, St. Maarten and St. Croix were between 0.25 to 0.75 oC warmer; Barbados was between 0 to 1.50 oC warmer; Saint Lucia and Dominica were between 0 and 0.75 oC warmer; Martinique and St. Thomas were between 0.25 to 1.50 oC warmer; St. Kitts was between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer. The Guianas were predominantly between 0.25 to 0.75 oC warmer, with conditions ranging from at least 0.75 oC cooler in northeast Suriname up to 1.50 oC warmer in northern Guyana/Suriname border. Aruba and Curacao were between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. Puerto Rico, Haiti and Grand Cayman were between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. Jamaica was between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer. Cuba and Belize were between 0.25 and 1.50 oC warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0.75 and 2.50 oC warmer.

January to December 2020

The islands of the eastern Caribbean were warmer than the 1981 – 2010 average, except for Guadeloupe which was between 0.25 cooler oC to 0.25 oC warmer and Antigua which was between 0 to 0.25 oC cooler. Trinidad, Tobago and St. Thomas were between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer; Grenada, Saint Lucia, Martinique, St. Maarten and St. Croix were between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer; Barbados was between 0 to 1.50 oC warmer; Dominica and St. Kitts were between 0 and 0.75 oC warmer. Conditions in the Guianas ranged from 0.25 oC cooler in northeast Suriname up to 1.50 oC in much Guyana, French Guiana and eastern and western Suriname. Aruba and Curacao were between 0.25 to 0.75 oC warmer. Puerto Rico was between 1.50 and 0.25 oC warmer from west to east. Haiti was between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer.  Cuba was predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer with the eastern tip being between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. Jamaica and Grand Cayman were between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer. Belize was predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer, with conditions ranging from 0.25 oC warmer in the southwest up to 2.50 oC warmer in a small area in central Belize. Northern Bahamas was between 0.75 and 2.50 oC warmer.

SPEI December 2020

    

SPI Monitor December 2020

December 2020

The islands of the eastern Caribbean were predominantly normal to below normal during the month of December. Trinidad and Tobago ranged from normal to extremely dry; Grenada slightly wet to normal; Barbados, Antigua, St Kitts and St Croix normal; St Vincent and Saint Lucia moderately dry; Martinique slightly dry in the southeast to severely dry in the northwest; Dominica and Guadeloupe moderately dry to normal; St Maarten normal to Moderately dry; Anguilla normal to slightly dry; and St Thomas slightly dry. In the Guianas, conditions ranged from exceptionally wet in the vicinity of the central and southern Suriname/French Guiana border, to extremely dry in southeastern French Guiana, and to slightly wet in northeast and southern Guyana. Aruba and Curacao were normal. Puerto Rico was normal. Hispaniola ranged from moderately wet in the extreme northwest of Haiti and on the southern border to slightly dry in the north and moderately dry in the extreme east of the Dominican Republic. Jamaica ranged severely dry in southern areas to extremely dry in the north. Grand Cayman was normal. Cuba ranged from moderately dry in the west to extremely wet in the east. Northern Bahamas was normal to moderately dry and Belize ranged from moderately dry in the south to moderately wet in the north.

October to December 2020

 

Over the three month period conditions were predominantly normal to above normal throughout the eastern Caribbean. Trinidad ranged from moderately wet in the southeast to slightly dry in the northwest; Tobago and Anguilla normal to slightly wet; Grenada, St Vincent, St Kitts, St Thomas and St Maarten normal; Barbados and Guadeloupe normal to very wet; Saint Lucia slight to very wet south to north; Martinique moderately wet to normal; Dominica normal in the south to exceptionally wet in the northeast; Antigua slightly wet; and St Croix moderate to slightly dry. In the Guianas, conditions ranged from normal in southern Guyana to exceptionally wet in northern Guyana and in the vicinity of the central and southern border of Suriname/ French Guiana to slightly dry in northwestern and southeastern French Guiana. Aruba ranged from slightly wet to normal and curacao was slightly wet. Puerto Rico was normal. Hispaniola ranged from severely dry in the southern tip of the Dominican Republic to moderately wet in the extreme southwest of Haiti and in northeastern areas. Jamaica ranged from normal in the west and north to exceptionally wet in southern and eastern areas. Grand Cayman was moderately wet. Cuba ranged from normal in west central and southeastern areas to exceptionally wet in the extreme west and to very wet in northern areas. Northern Bahamas ranged from extreme to slightly wet and Belize ranged from normal in southern and western areas to exceptionally wet in the north.

 

July to December 2020

 

Mixed conditions prevailed throughout the eastern Caribbean during the six month period. Trinidad ranged from moderately wet in the southwest to slightly dry in the northeast; Tobago, Saint Lucia, St Kitts, St Maarten, Anguilla and St Thomas normal; Grenada and St Vincent slightly dry; Barbados moderately wet; Martinique and Dominica ranged from moderately wet to moderately dry; Guadeloupe normal to moderately wet west to east; Antigua slightly wet; and St Croix slightly dry to normal.  Conditions in the Guianas ranged from normal to exceptionally wet in the vicinity of the central to southern Suriname/ French Guiana border and northern Guyana. Aruba and Curacao slightly wet to normal. Puerto Rico ranged from normal to slightly wet south to north. Hispaniola was predominantly normal ranging to moderately wet in the extreme northwest and southwest of Haiti and east central Dominican Republic. Jamaica ranged from normal in the extreme west to extremely wet in the extreme southeast. Grand Cayman was very wet. Cuba ranged from exceptionally wet in the west to slightly wet in southeastern areas. Northern Bahamas ranged from exceptional to slightly wet whilst Belize ranged from moderately dry in the southwest to very wet in the north.

January to December 2020

 

Over the twelve month period, conditions in the eastern Caribbean were normal to below normal. Trinidad, Tobago and Dominica normal to moderately dry; Grenada slight to moderately dry; Barbados, Guadeloupe, Antigua, St Kitts, St Maarten, Anguilla and St Thomas normal; St Vincent moderately dry; Saint Lucia slight to severely dry; Martinique normal to severely dry; and St Croix slightly dry to normal. In the Guianas, conditions were predominantly normal ranging to moderately wet in north central Guyana and northeastern French Guiana to exceptionally dry in northwestern French Guiana. Aruba and Curacao were normal. Puerto Rico ranged from normal in the extreme southwest to moderately wet to the east. Hispaniola was predominantly normal ranging to severely dry in southern areas of the Dominican Republic. Jamaica ranged from moderately dry in the west to moderately wet in the southeast and northwest. Grand Cayman was normal. Cuba ranged from extremely wet in the west and north to normal in eastern areas. Northern Bahamas ranged from exceptional wet to slightly wet and Belize from severely dry in the south to exceptionally wet in the north.

January 2019 to December 2020

 

The islands of the eastern Caribbean were normal to below normal over the two year period. Trinidad ranged from moderate to extremely dry; Tobago slightly dry to severely dry; Grenada, St Maarten and Anguilla slightly dry; Barbados severe to moderately dry south to north; St Vincent extremely dry; Saint Lucia exceptionally dry; Martinique extreme to slightly dry; Dominica and Guadeloupe extremely dry to normal; Antigua and St Thomas normal; St Kitts slight to moderately dry; and St Croix moderately dry. Conditions in the Guianas ranged from predominantly normal to moderately wet in north central Guyana and northern Suriname to exceptionally dry in northwestern French Guiana. Aruba and Curacao were slight to moderately dry. Puerto Rico ranged from moderately dry in the west to normal in the east; Hispaniola ranged from slightly dry in southwestern Dominican Republic to exceptionally dry in the west, the extreme south and southeast areas. Jamaica and Grand Cayman were normal. Cuba ranged from extremely wet in the west and to exceptionally dry in the east. Northern Bahamas ranged from exceptionally wet to extremely dry and Belize ranged from normal in central areas to moderately dry in the south and northern areas, and to exceptionally dry in the west.

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The information contained herein is provided with the understanding that The Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology makes no warranties, either expressed or implied, concerning the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or suitability of the Outlook. The information may be used freely by the public with appropriate acknowledgement of its source, but shall not be modified in content and then presented as original material.