Mean Temperature Anomalies December 2020

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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

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SPI Monitor December 2020

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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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Mean Temperature Anomalies November 2020

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November 2020

Mixed temperature anomalies prevailed in the eastern Caribbean for November 2020. Trinidad and Tobago was between  0.25 and 1.50 oC warmer;; Grenada, St. Maarten, St. Croix and St. Thomas were between 0.25 to 0.75 oC warmer; Barbados ranged from 0.25 oC cooler to 0.75 oC warmer; Saint Lucia ranged from 0.75 oC cooler to 0.75 oC warmer; Martinique was between 0 to 0.75  warmer south to north; Dominica ranged from 0.75 oC warmer in the south to  0.25 cooler in the north; Guadeloupe was between 0 to 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. In the Guianas, conditions ranged from at least 2.50 oC cooler in northeastern Suriname to 0.75 oC warmer in southwestern Guyana and much of French Guiana. Aruba was between 0 to 0.75 oC cooler and Curacao between 0.75 oC cooler to 0.75 oC warmer. Puerto Rico, Jamaica and Cuba were between 0.25 to 1.50 oC warmer. Haiti and Grand Cayman were between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. Belize ranged from between 0 to 1.50 oC warmer with a small area in central Belize ranging up to 2.50 oC warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0.75 and 2.50 oC warmer.

September to November 2020

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

June 2020 to November 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 0.25 oC cooler. Trinidad, Tobago, St. Croix and St. Thomas were between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer; Grenada, and Martinique were between 0.25 to 1.50 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 and St. Maarten was between 0.25 to 0.75 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 northeastern French Guiana. Aruba and Curacao were between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. Puerto Rico, Cuba and Belize were between 0.25 and 1.50 oC warmer. Jamaica was between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer. Haiti and Grand Cayman were between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0.75 and 2.50 oC warmer.

December 2019 to November 2020

The islands of the eastern Caribbean were warmer than the 1981 – 2010 average, except for Guadeloupe and Antigua which were between 0.25 cooler oC to 0.25 oC warmer. Trinidad, Tobago and St. Thomas were between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer; Grenada, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts, St. Maarten and St. Croix were between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer; Barbados and Martinique were between 0.25 to 1.50 oC warmer; Dominica was between 0 and 0.75 oC warmer. The Guianas were predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer, with conditions ranging to 0.25 oC cooler in northeast Suriname. Aruba and Curacao were between 0.25 to 0.75 oC warmer. Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Cuba and Grand Cayman were between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer. Haiti was between 0.25 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.

Mean Temperature for November 2020

Mean Temperature for the Period December 2019 to November 2020

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SPI Monitor November 2020

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November 2020

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

September to November 2020

Over the three month period, the islands of the eastern Caribbean were predominantly above normal. Trinidad, Tobago, Saint Lucia, Martinique and Guadeloupe moderately wet to normal; Grenada and St Croix normal to slightly dry; Barbados slight to very wet; St Vincent, St Kitts, St Maarten and Anguilla normal; Dominica normal to exceptionally wet; Antigua and St Thomas normal to slightly wet. Conditions in the Guianas ranged from extremely dry in southwestern Guyana to exceptionally wet in northern Guyana, as well as northern and northwestern French Guiana. Aruba normal and Curacao slight to moderately wet. Puerto Rico was predominantly normal with slightly dry areas in the southwest. Hispaniola was predominantly normal ranging to moderately wet in the extreme west of Haiti, slightly dry in southwestern Dominican Republic and slightly wet in the extreme east. Jamaica ranged from slightly dry in the west to exceptionally wet in eastern areas. Grand Cayman was moderately wet. Cuba ranged from moderately wet in the southeast to exceptionally wet in the extreme west and southeastern areas. Northern Bahamas ranged from exceptional to slightly wet and Belize from normal to exceptionally wet.

June to November 2020

Mixed conditions prevailed during the six month period over the eastern Caribbean. Trinidad moderately wet to normal; Tobago, St Vincent, Saint Lucia, St Kitts, St Maarten, Anguilla and St Croix normal; Grenada slight to moderately dry; Barbados moderate to very wet; Martinique slightly wet in the south to moderately dry in the north; Dominica moderately dry in the south to very wet in the northwest; Guadeloupe, Antigua and St Thomas normal to slightly wet. In the Guianas, conditions ranged from normal to exceptionally wet in northern Guyana and to very wet in central Suriname. Aruba slightly wet to normal and Curacao moderate to slightly wet south to north. Puerto Rico ranged from normal in the southeast to slightly wet elsewhere. Hispaniola was predominantly normal ranging to moderately wet in the extreme northwest and southwest. Jamaica ranged from normal in the west to exceptionally wet in the north. Grand Cayman was moderately wet. Cuba was moderately wet in east central areas ranging to exceptionally wet in the west and extremely wet in the southeast. Northern Bahamas ranged from exceptional to slightly wet and Belize was severely dry in the south to extremely wet in the north.

December 2019 to November 2020

The islands of the eastern Caribbean were mostly normal to below normal over the twelve month period. Trinidad, Tobago, Barbados, Antigua, St Kitts, St Maarten and Anguilla normal; Grenada and Saint Lucia slight to moderately dry; St Vincent moderately dry; Martinique normal to severely dry; Dominica and St Thomas normal to slightly wet; Guadeloupe and St Croix normal to slightly dry. Conditions in the Guianas were predominantly normal ranging to moderately dry in northern Guyana, to exceptionally dry in the northwest and very wet in the northeast of French Guiana. Aruba and Curacao were normal. Puerto Rico ranged from severely dry in the west to very wet in eastern areas. Hispaniola was predominantly normal, ranging from slightly wet in northern and eastern Dominican Republic to extremely dry in southeastern Dominican Republic. Jamaica ranged from slightly dry in the extreme west to very wet in the northeast. Grand Cayman was normal. Cuba ranged from normal in east central areas to extremely wet in the west and moderately wet in the east. Northern Bahamas ranged from exceptional to slightly wet and Belize ranged from very wet in the east and central areas to severely dry in western and southwestern areas and normal in the north.

December 2018 to November 2020

Conditions in the eastern Caribbean were normal to below normal over the two year period. Trinidad and Barbados extreme to moderately dry; Tobago normal to extremely dry; Grenada slight to moderately dry; St Vincent extreme to exceptionally dry; Saint Lucia exceptionally dry; Martinique extreme to slightly dry; Dominica severely dry to normal; Guadeloupe normal in the west to extremely dry in the east; Antigua and St Thomas normal; St Maarten and Anguilla slightly dry; St Kitts normal to slightly dry; St Croix moderately dry. Conditions in the Guianas ranged from exceptionally wet in central Guyana to exceptionally dry in northwestern French Guiana. Aruba and Curacao were slight to moderately dry. Puerto Rico ranged from severely dry in the extreme southwestern tip to normal in the east. Hispaniola ranged from moderately dry in western and eastern Dominican Republic to exceptionally dry in western Haiti and east central Dominican Republic. Jamaica was predominantly normal with slightly wet conditions in a small area in the south. Grand Cayman was normal. Cuba ranged from extremely wet in the west to exceptionally dry in the east. Northern Bahamas ranged from exceptionally wet to extremely dry and Belize was normal in central areas ranging to exceptionally dry in the west and moderately dry in the north.

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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.