Mean Temperature Anomalies August 2020

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August 2020

Temperatures in the eastern Caribbean were higher than the 1981 – 2010 average with the exception of Guadeloupe which ranged from 0.25 oC cooler to 0.25 oC warmer and Antigua which was between 0 to 0.25 cooler. Trinidad ranged between 0.75 to 2.50 oC warmer from southeast to the northwest; Tobago, Grenada, Martinique, St. Thomas and St. Croix were between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer; Barbados and Dominica were between 0.25 and 1.50 oC warmer; Saint Lucia and St. Maarten were between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer; St. Kitts was between 0 to 0.75 oC warmer from south to north. Much of the Guianas was between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer, with north east and central French Guiana and north and northwestern Suriname ranging between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer, a small area in north east Suriname was between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer. Aruba and Curacao were between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. Puerto Rico was predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer with a small area in the northeast between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. Haiti was predominantly between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer with only a small area in the south west being between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer. Cuba was between 0.25 to 1.50 oC warmer. Jamaica, Grand Cayman, and Belize were between 0.75 to 1.50 oC warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0.75 to 2.50 oC warmer.

June to August 2020

Temperatures in the eastern Caribbean were warmer than the 1981 – 2010 average. Trinidad, Tobago, Grenada, Martinique, St. Thomas and St. Croix were between 0.75 to 1.50 oC warmer; Barbados was predominantly between 0.75 to 1.50 oC warmer with the southeastern portions between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer; Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and St. Maarten were between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer, Dominica was predominantly between 0.25 to 0.75 oC warmer with the south portions between 0.75 to 1.50 oC warmer; Guadeloupe and Antigua between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer. Most of the Guianas were between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer, with conditions ranging from between 0.25 cooler in northeastern Suriname to 1.50 oC warmer in west central Suriname and central and northeast French Guiana. Aruba and Curacao were between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. Puerto Rico was predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer with a small area in the northwest being between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. Haiti was between 0.25 to 0.75 oC warmer. Jamaica was predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer with a small area in the southeast-central between 1.50 and 2.50 oC warmer. Grand Cayman 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.

March 2020 to August 2020

Temperatures in the eastern Caribbean were higher than the 1981 – 2010 average. Trinidad, Tobago, Martinique and St. Thomas were between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer; Grenada, Dominica, St. Kitts, St. Maarten and St. Croix between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer; Barbados was 0.25 to 1.50 oC warmer southeast to northwest; Saint Lucia was predominantly between 0.25 to 0.75 oC warmer with southern tip between 0.75 to 1.50 oC warmer; Guadeloupe and Antigua between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer. The Guianas was predominantly between 0.75 to 1.50 oC warmer, with areas closer to the coast ranging from 0.25 oC warmer in northeastern Suriname up to 0.75 oC. Aruba and Curacao were between 0 and 0.75 oC warmer. Puerto Rico and Cuba were predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer with the southeastern tip of Cuba and northeast Puerto Rico between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer.  Haiti was between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. Jamaica and Northern Bahamas were between 0.75 and 2.50 oC warmer. Grand Cayman was between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer. Belize was between 0.25 and 2.50 oC warmer from south to northwest.

September 2019 to August 2020

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

Mean Temperature for August 2020

Mean Temperature for the Period September 2019 to August 2020

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