Mean Temperature Anomalies July 2020

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July 2020

Temperatures in the eastern Caribbean were higher than the 1981 – 2010 average. Trinidad, Tobago, Grenada, Barbados, Martinique and St. Thomas were between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer; Saint Lucia, Dominica, and St. Maarten were between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer; Guadeloupe and Antigua were between 0 to 25 oC warmer; St. Kitts was between 0 to 0.75 oC warmer and St. Croix was between 0.25 to 1.50 oC warmer. Much of the Guianas was between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer, with conditions ranging from at least 0.25 oC cooler in a small area in northeast Suriname to 1.50 oC warmer in much of French Guiana and northwest Suriname. Aruba and Curacao were between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. Puerto Rico and Cuba were between 0.25 to 1.50 oC warmer. Haiti was between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. Grand Cayman, Jamaica, and northern Bahamas were between 0.75 to 1.50 oC warmer. Belize was between 0.25 to 2.50 oC warmer.

May to July 2020

Much of the eastern Caribbean was 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, Saint Lucia, Dominica and St. Maarten between 0.25 to 1.50 oC warmer; Guadeloupe between 0 and 0.75 oC warmer, Antigua between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer and St. Kitts between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. Most of the Guianas was between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer, with conditions ranging from between 0.75 cooler in northeastern Suriname to 1.50 oC warmer at the central Suriname/French Guiana border towards central French Guiana. Curacao was between 0 to 0.25 oC warmer and Aruba was between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. Puerto Rico was 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 between 0.75 and 2.50 oC warmer from west to east. Grand Cayman was between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer. Cuba, Belize and Northern Bahamas were between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer.

February 2020 to July 2020

Temperatures in the eastern Caribbean were higher than the 1981 – 2010 average. Trinidad, Tobago St. Maarten and St. Thomas were between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer; Barbados, Saint Lucia and Martinique were between 0.25 and 1.50 oC warmer; Grenada, Dominica, St. Kitts and St. Croix between 0.25 and 0.75 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 cooler in northeastern Suriname up to 0.75 oC. Aruba and Curacao were between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. Puerto Rico, Cuba and Grand Cayman were between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer, Haiti was between 0.25 and 1.50 oC warmer. Jamaica was predominantly between 1.50 and 2.50 oC warmer with the western and easternmost portions being between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer. Belize was between 0.25 and 2.50 oC warmer from south to northwest. Northern Bahamas was between 0.75 and 2.50 oC warmer.

August 2019 to July 2020

The islands of the eastern Caribbean were warmer than the 1981 – 2010 average, except for Guadeloupe 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, and St. Kitts, between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer; Barbados, Martinique and St. Maarten between 0.25 to 1.50 oC warmer; Dominica from between 0.75 oC warmer in the south to 0.25 cooler in the northeast; Antigua between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer; and St. Croix between 0 and 0.75 warmer. The Guianas was predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer, with conditions ranging from between 0 oC to 0.25 warmer in northeast 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, Jamaica, Cuba and Grand Cayman were between 0.75 and 1.50 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. Northern Bahamas was between 0.75 and 2.50 oC warmer.

Mean Temperature for July 2020

Mean Temperature for the Period August 2019 to July 2020

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