Mean Temperature Anomalies August 2023

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August 2023

Temperature anomalies for August 2023 were warmer than usual throughout the eastern Caribbean. Trinidad and Tobago were between 1.50 and 2.50 o C warmer; Grenada, Barbados, St Croix and St Thomas were between 0.75 to 1.50 o C warmer; Saint Lucia was between 0.25 to 1.50 o C warmer south to north; Guadeloupe was predominantly between 0.75 to 1.50 o C warmer with the extreme northeast tip being 0.25 to 0.75 o C warmer; Antigua, St Kitts and St Maarten were between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer; Martinique and Dominica were between  0.75 o C to 2.50 o C warmer. Temperatures in the Guianas were predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 o C warmer, ranging to 2.50 o C warmer in southeast French Guiana. Aruba and Curacao were between 0.75 and 1.50 o C warmer. Puerto Rico, The Dominican Republic and Grand Cayman were between 0.75 to 1.50 o C warmer. Jamaica ranged from 1.50 o C warmer in the west to predominantly between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer. Northern Bahamas was 0.25 to 1.50 o C warmer and Belize ranged from 2.50 to 0.25o C warmer south to north.

 

June to August 2023

Temperature anomalies were warmer than usual for June to August 2023 throughout the eastern Caribbean. Trinidad was between 0.75 to 2.50 o C warmer; Tobago, Barbados, Martinique, Dominica and St Thomas were between 0.75 and 1.50 o C warmer; Grenada, Saint Lucia and Guadeloupe were between 0.25 and 1.50 o C warmer; Antigua, St Kitts, St Maarten and St. Croix were between 0.25 to 0.75 o C warmer. The Guianas were between 0.25 to 1.50 o C warmer. Aruba and Curacao were between 0.75 and 1.50 o C warmer. Puerto Rico and Grand Cayman were between 0.75 and 1.50 o C. The Dominican Republic was between 0.25 to 0.75 o C warmer. Jamaica ranged from 0.75 o C warmer to 0.25 o C cooler from northwest to southeast. Northern Bahamas  was predominantly between 0.75 o C and 1.50 o C  warmer ranging to 0.25 o C warmer. Belize ranged from 2.50 o C warmer in the west to predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 o C warmer.

 

 

March to August 2023

Temperature anomalies were predominantly warmer than usual over the six-month period throughout the eastern Caribbean. Trinidad was predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 o C warmer, with the northeast ranging to  0.25 o C warmer; Tobago, Grenada, St Maarten, St Croix and St Thomas were between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer; Barbados 0.75 to 1.50 o C warmer; Saint Lucia, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Antigua and St Kitts were between 0 to 0.25 o C warmer; Martinique ranged from 0.25 o C cooler in the west to predominantly 0.25 o C warmer. The Guianas was between 0 to 1.50 o C warmer. Aruba was between 0 and 0.25 o C warmer and Curacao was between 0 and 0.25 o C cooler. Puerto Rico, The Dominican Republic and Grand Cayman were between 0.25 o C and 0.75 o C warmer. Jamaica was predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 o C warmer ranging to 0.25 o C warmer in the extreme east. Northern Bahamas ranged from 0.25 o C to predominantly  between 0.75 and 1.50 o C warmer. Belize ranged from 0.25 o C warmer in the south to predominantly between 0.75 to 1.50 o C warmer.

 

September 2022 to August 2023

Temperature anomalies were predominantly warmer than usual over the twelve-month period throughout the eastern Caribbean. Trinidad, Tobago, Dominica, Guadeloupe, St Croix and St Thomas were between 0.25 to 0.75 o C warmer; Grenada and Antigua were between 0 to 0.75 o C warmer; Barbados, St Kitts and St Maarten were between 0 and 0.25 o C warmer; Saint Lucia was between 0 to 0.25 o C cooler; Martinique was between 0.25 o C cooler in the south to predominantly 0.25 o C warmer. Conditions in the Guianas were between 0 to 0.75 o C warmer. Aruba and Curacao were between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer. Puerto Rico was between 0.75 o C cooler to 0.75 o C warmer west to east. The Dominican Republic was predominantly between 0 and 0.25 o C warmer ranging to 0.25 o C cooler in the east. Jamaica was predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 o C warmer ranging to 0.25 o C warmer in the east. Grand Cayman was between 0.75 and 1.50 o C warmer. Northern Bahamas was between    0.25  o C and 2.50 o C warmer and Belize was between 0.25 to predominantly 1.50 o C warmer.

 

Mean Temperature for August 2023

Mean Temperature for the Period September 2022 to August 2023