Looking Back: February to April 2025

Rainfall
  • The peak of the Dry Season was very dry in parts of the Northwestern Bahamas, whereas it was very wet in Dominica, several parts of the Guianas, eastern Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, southern Trinidad.
  • Severe (or worse) short-term drought has developed in the Northwestern Bahamas.
  • Severe (or worse) long term drought has developed in pockets of the Northwestern Bahamas, southwest Belize, northern Dominican Republic, southwest Jamaica, St-Barts, the north coast of Suriname, and northwest Trinidad.
Temperature
  • The transition out of the annual Cool Season after February and into the Heat Season occurred at the usual time, i.e., around April in the western half of the region and around early-May in the eastern half of the Caribbean region. Thanks to an unusually persistent cooling breeze through April, this transition occurred several weeks later than in 2024.
  • Most locations observed 0.25-1.5ºC warmer than usual, with parts of the Northwestern Bahamas and northern Belize exceeding +1.5ºC anomaly; Antigua, the central coast of Belize, Dominica and Guadeloupe were slightly cooler than usual.
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