Mean Temperature Anomalies July 2023

July 2023

Temperature anomalies for July 2023 were warmer than usual throughout the eastern Caribbean. Trinidad was between 2.50 and 0.75 o C warmer south to north; Grenada, Guadeloupe, Antigua, St Kitts and St Maarten were between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer; Barbados, Saint Lucia, Dominica and St Croix were between 0.25 and 1.50 o C warmer; Martinique and St Thomas were between 0.75 to 1.50 o C warmer; Temperatures in the Guianas ranged from 0.25 o C to 2.50 o C warmer. Aruba and Curacao were between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer. Puerto Rico ranged from 0.25 o C cooler to 2.50 o C warmer. The Dominican Republic was between 0.75 to 1.50 o C warmer. Jamaica ranged from 2.50 o C warmer in the west to 0.25 o C cooler in the east. Grand Cayman was 1.50 to 2.50 o C warmer. Northern Bahamas was   0.25 o C to 2.50 o C warmer and Belize was between 0 to 2.50 o C warmer.

 

 

May to July 2023

Temperature anomalies were warmer than usual for May to July 2023 throughout the eastern Caribbean. Trinidad and Martinique were between 0.75 and 1.50 o C warmer; Grenada, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Antigua, St Kitts and St Maarten were between 0.25 to 0.75 o C warmer; Barbados ranged from 0.25 o C to predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 o C warmer; Saint Lucia and St Thomas were between 0.25 and 1.50 o C warmer; St. Croix was between 0 and 0.75 o C warmer. The Guianas ranged from 0 to 1.50 o C warmer. Aruba was between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer and Curacao between 0.25 o C warmer and 0.25 o C cooler. Puerto Rico ranged from 0.75 o C cooler to 2.50 o C warmer. The Dominican Republic was between 0.25 to 0.75 o C warmer. Jamaica ranged from 1.50 warmer to 0.75 o C cooler from west to east. Grand Cayman ranged from between 0.75 and 1.50 o C warmer. Northern Bahamas ranged from 0 to 1.50 o C warmer; and Belize ranged from 0.25 to 2.50 o C warmer.

 

February to July 2023

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

August 2022 to July 2023

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

Mean Temperature for July 2023

Mean Temperature for the Period August 2022 to July 2023