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.