Mean Temperature Anomalies June 2020

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June 2020

Temperatures in the eastern Caribbean were higher than the 1981 – 2010 average. Trinidad, Tobago, Martinique, St. Thomas and St. Croix were between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer; Grenada, Barbados, Saint Lucia, Antigua and St. Kitts were between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer; Guadeloupe was between 0 to 25 oC warmer; and Dominica and St. Maarten were between 0.25 to 1.50 oC warmer. Conditions in the Guianas ranged from at least 2.50 oC cooler in northeast Suriname to 1.50 oC warmer in much of French Guiana and Central Suriname while Guyana was between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer.  Curacao was between 0 to 0.25 oC warmer. Aruba was between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. Puerto Rico and Grand Cayman were between 0.75 to 1.50 oC warmer. Haiti was between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. Cuba and Belize were between 0.25 to 1.50 oC warmer. Jamaica was between 0.75 to 2.50 oC warmer from west to east. Northern Bahamas ranged from 0.25 to 2.50 oC warmer

April to June 2020

Much of the eastern Caribbean was warmer than the 1981 – 2010 average. Trinidad, Saint Lucia Martinique, St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. Maarten were between 0.75 to 1.50 oC warmer; Barbados, Tobago and Dominica between 0.25 to 1.50 oC warmer; Grenada, Guadeloupe, Antigua and St. Kitts were between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer; Conditions in the Guianas ranged from at least 0.75 cooler in northeastern Suriname to 1.50 oC warmer in much of Guyana and west-central Suriname while French Guiana was between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. 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. Haiti was predominantly between 0.75 to 1.50 oC with only the southwestern tip being between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. Jamaica was predominantly between 1.50 and 2.50 oC warmer with the exception of the western tip which was between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer. Grand Cayman was between 1.50 and 2.50 oC warmer. Cuba was between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer. Belize was predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer with only small area in central Belize being between1.50 and 2.50 oC warmer. Northern Bahamas ranged from 0.75 to 2.50 oC warmer.

January 2020 to June 2020

Temperatures in the eastern Caribbean were higher than the 1981 – 2010 average. Trinidad and St. Maarten were between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer; Tobago, Barbados and St. Thomas between 0.25 and 1.50 oC warmer; Grenada, Martinique, Dominica, St. Kitts  and St. Croix between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer; Saint Lucia was predominantly between 0.25 to 0.75 oC warmer with only a small portion of the southern tip being between 0.75 and 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 ranging from between 0 and 0.25 oC in northeastern Suriname to 2.50 oC warmer in north central French Guiana. Curacao was between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer and Aruba between 0.25 and 1.50 oC warmer. Puerto Rico, Cuba and Grand Cayman were between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer. Haiti was predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer with only a small area in the northeast and southwest being between 0.25 and 0.75 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 predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer with small area in the northwest being 1.50 to 2.50 oC warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0.75 and 2.50 oC warmer.

July 2019 to June 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 and Dominica which ranged from 0.25 cooler in the northeast to 0.75 oC warmer in the south. Trinidad and Tobago were between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer; Grenada, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts, and St. Thomas between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer; Barbados, Martinique and St. Maarten between 0.25 to 1.50 oC warmer; and Antigua and St. Croix between 0 and 0.25 warmer. The Guianas was predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer, conditions ranged from between 0 oC to 0.25 warmer in northeast French Guiana to 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 was predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer except for a small section in the southwest which was between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. Haiti ranged from between 0.25 to 1.50 oC warmer. 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 June 2020

Mean Temperature for the Period July 2019 to June 2020

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