Mean Temperature Anomalies May 2023

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May 2023

There were mixed conditions during the month of May 2023 throughout the eastern Caribbean. Trinidad, St Kitts and St Thomas were between 0 to 0.75 o C warmer; Grenada and St Maarten were between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer;  Barbados and Martinique were between 0.25 to 1.50 o C  warmer; Saint Lucia was between 0.75o C warmer to 0.75 o C cooler; Dominica 0.75 o C warmer in the extreme southeast to 0.25 o C cooler; Guadeloupe was between 0.25 o C warmer to predominantly between 0 and 0.25 o C cooler; Antigua was between 0 and 0.25 o C warmer; St Croix was between 0.75 o C cooler to 0.25 o C warmer. Temperatures in the Guianas ranged from 0.25 o C cooler to 2.50 o C warmer. Aruba was between 0 and 0.75 o C warmer and Curacao between 0.25 and 0.75o C cooler. Puerto Rico ranged from 1.50 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 0.75 o C cooler in the southeast to 2.50 o C warmer in the northwest. Grand Cayman was 0.75 to 1.50 o C warmer. Northern Bahamas was 0.25 o C cooler to 0.75 o C warmer, and Belize was between 0.25 to 1.50 o C warmer.

 

March to May 2023

There were mixed conditions for March to May 2023 throughout the eastern Caribbean. Trinidad was predominantly between 0 and 0.25 o C warmer ranging to 0.75 o C warmer in the southeast; Barbados ranged from 0.25 o C cooler to 1.50 o C warmer; Grenada was between 0.25 to 0.75 o C warmer; Saint Lucia was between 0.75 o C warmer to 0.75 o C cooler; Martinique ranged from 0 to predominantly between 0.25 o C and 0.75 o C warmer; Dominica and St Thomas were between 0.25 warmer and 0.25 o C cooler; Guadeloupe and St Kitts were between 0  to 0.25 o C cooler; Antigua was between 0.25 to 0.75 o C cooler; St Maarten was between 0 and 0.25 o C warmer;  St Croix was between 1.50 to 0.25 o C cooler west to east. The Guianas ranged from 1.50 o C warmer in Guyana to 0.25 o C cooler in French Guiana. Aruba was between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer and Curacao between predominantly between 0.25 and 0.75 o C cooler ranging to and 1.50 o C cooler. Puerto Rico ranged from 0.75 o C warmer  to 0.75 o C cooler. The Dominican Republic ranged from 0.75 o C warmer to predominantly between 0 to 0.25 o C warmer. Jamaica ranged from 1.50 warmer to 1.50 o C cooler from west to east. Grand Cayman was between 1.50 o C and 0.25 o C warmer west to east. Northern Bahamas ranged from 0.25 o C to 2.50 o C warmer and Belize from 0.25 o C cooler to 1.50 o C warmer.

December 2022 to May 2023

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

 

June 2022 to May 2023

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

Mean Temperature for May 2023

Mean Temperature for the Period June 2022 to May 2023