Mean Temperature Anomalies May 2024

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May 2024

Temperature anomalies were warmer than usual for May 2024 throughout the eastern Caribbean. Trinidad, Tobago, Martinique, Dominica and Guadeloupe were between 1.50 o C and 2.50 o C   warmer; Grenada, Barbados and Antigua were between 0.75 and 2.50 o C warmer; Saint Lucia was predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 o C warmer, raging to 2.50 o C warmer in the extreme north; St Kitts, St Maarten, St Thomas and St Croix were between 0.75 and 1.50 o C warmer. Temperatures in the Guianas ranged from 0.25 o C warmer to over 2.50 o C warmer. Aruba was between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer, and Curacao was between 0.75 and 1.50 o C warmer. Puerto Rico was predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 o C warmer, ranging to 2.50 o C warmer in the northwest. The Dominican Republic was between 1.50 and 0.25 o C warmer. Jamaica was predominantly between 1.50 to 2.50 o C warmer, ranging to 0.75 o C warmer in the east.  Grand Cayman was between 1.50 and 2.50 o C warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0.75 to 2.50 o C warmer, and Belize was over 2.50 o C warmer.

March to May 2024

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

December 2023 to May 2024

Temperature anomalies were warmer than usual for December 2023 to May 2024 throughout the eastern Caribbean. Trinidad, Martinique and Guadeloupe were between 0.75 and 2.50 o C warmer; Tobago, Grenada, Barbados Saint Lucia, Antigua and St Kitts were between 0.75 and 1.50 o C warmer; Dominica was between 1.50 and 2.50 o C warmer; St Maarten was between 0.27 and 0.75 o C warmer; St Thomas and St. Croix were between 1.50 o C  to 0.25 o C   warmer. The Guianas ranged from over 2.50 in the south to 0.75 o C warmer in the east. Aruba was between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer, and Curacao was predominantly between 0.25 to 0.75 o C warmer, ranging to 1.50 o C warmer in the south. Puerto Rico was predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 o C warmer, ranging to 2.50 o C warmer. The Dominican Republic ranged from 1.50 to 0.25 o C warmer south to north. Jamaica and Grand Cayman were between 0.75 and 1.50 o C warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0.25 and 2.50 o C warmer. Belize was between 0.75 and 2.50 o C warmer.

June 2023 to May 2024

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

Mean Temperature for May 2024

Mean Temperature for the Period June 2023 to May 2024