Mean Temperature Anomalies May 2020

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May 2020

Temperatures in the eastern Caribbean were higher than the 1981 – 2010 average. Trinidad, Tobago, Grenada, Martinique, Dominica, St. Maarten, St. Thomas and St. Croix were between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer; Saint Lucia and St. Kitts were between 0.25 to 1.50 oC warmer; Barbados was between 0 to 1.50 oC warmer from southeast to northwest; Guadeloupe and Antigua were between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. The Guianas was predominantly between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer with the exception of a small portion in southern French Guiana which was between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer.  Curacao was between 0.25 oC cooler to 0.25 oC warmer. Aruba was between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. Puerto Rico was between 0.75 to 1.50 oC warmer. Haiti and Belize were between 0.25 to 1.50 oC warmer. Jamaica was predominantly between 1.50 to 2.50 oC warmer with only the western tip being between 0.75 to 1.50 oC. Grand Cayman and Cuba were between 0.75 to 1.50 oC warmer. Northern Bahamas ranged from 0.25 to 1.50.

March to May 2020

Much of the eastern Caribbean was warmer than the 1981 – 2010 average. Trinidad, Saint Lucia and St. Maarten were between 0.75 to 1.50 oC warmer; Barbados between 0 to 1.50 oC warmer from southeast to northwest; Tobago, Grenada, Dominica, St. Kitts and St. Croix were between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer; Martinique and St. Thomas were between 0.25 and 1.50 oC warmer. Guadeloupe ranged from 0 to 0.75 oC warmer; Antigua was between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer. Conditions in the Guianas ranged from at least 0.25 cooler in a small area in northeastern Guyana to 2.50 oC warmer in central Guyana and northcentral French Guiana. Curacao was between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer and Aruba was between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer. Puerto Rico and Haiti were between 0.25 and 1.50 oC warmer. Jamaica was predominantly between 1.50 and 2.50 oC warmer with the exception of the eastern and western tips which were between 0.70 and 1.50 oC warmer. Grand Cayman was between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer. Cuba and Belize were predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer, with only a portion of the northwest, in both countries, being between 1.50 and 2.50 oC warmer. Northern Bahamas ranged from 0.75 to more than 2.50 oC warmer.

December 2019 to May 2020

Temperature in the eastern Caribbean were higher than the 1981 – 2010 average. Trinidad, Tobago and St. Maarten were between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer; Barbados and St. Thomas between 0.25 and 1.50 oC warmer from southeast to northwest; Grenada, Martinique, St. Kitts  and St. Croix between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer; Saint Lucia was predominantly between 0.25 to 0.75 warmer with only a small portion of the southern tip being between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer; Dominica between 0 and 0.75 oC warmer north to south; Guadeloupe and Antigua between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer; Conditions in the Guianas ranged between 0 and 0.25oC cooler in northeastern French Guiana to 2.50 oC warmer in north central French Guiana, and between 0.75 and 1.50 oC in most of Guyana and Suriname. Curacao was between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer and Aruba between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer. Puerto Rico, Haiti, Cuba and Grand Cayman were between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer. Jamaica was predominantly between 1.50 and 2.50 oC warmer with the eastern portions being between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer. Belize was predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer with small section in the northwest being 1.50 to 2.50 oC warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0.75 and 2.50 oC warmer.

June 2019 to May 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, Dominica which ranged from 0.25 cooler in the northeast to 0.75 oC warmer in the south and St. Croix which was between 0.25 oC cooler in the south to 0.25 warmer in the north. Trinidad and Tobago were between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer; Grenada, Saint Lucia, Martinique, St. Kitts, St. Maarten and St. Thomas between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer; Barbados between 0.25 to 1.50 oC warmer; and Antigua between 0 and 0.25 warmer. Conditions in the Guianas ranged from between 0 oC warmer in northeast Suriname and 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 the west and a small section in the southeast which was between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. Haiti ranged from between 0.25 to 1.50 oC warmer. Jamaica was predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer with the exception of a small area in the northwest which was between 1.50 and 2.50 oC warmer. 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 May 2020

Mean Temperature for the Period June 2019 to May 2020

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