Mean Temperature Anomalies September 2020

September 2020

Temperatures in the eastern Caribbean were higher than the 1981 – 2010 average with the exception of Guadeloupe and Antigua which were between 0 to 0.25 cooler oC. Trinidad, Tobago, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Martinique, St. Maarten and St. Thomas were between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer; Barbados and Dominica were between 0 and 1.50 oC warmer; St. Kitts was between 0.25 to 0.75 oC warmer and St. Croix was between 0 and 0.75 oC warmer. In the Guianas, conditions ranged from at least 2.50 oC cooler in northeast Suriname to over 2.50 oC warmer in north central French Guiana. Aruba was between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer and Curacao was between 0.25 and 1.50 oC warmer. Puerto Rico, Cuba and northern Bahamas were between 0.25 and 1.50 oC warmer. Jamaica and Grand Cayman were between 0.75 to 1.50 oC warmer. Belize was predominantly between 0.75 to 1.50 oC warmer with a small area in the north east being between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer.

July to September 2020

Temperatures in the eastern Caribbean were warmer than the 1981 – 2010 average. Trinidad, Tobago, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Martinique and St. Thomas were between 0.75 to 1.50 oC warmer; Barbados was predominantly between 0.75 to 1.50 oC warmer with the southeastern portions between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer; Dominica was predominantly between 0.25 to 0.75 oC warmer with the south portions between 0.75 to 1.50 oC warmer and between 0 to 0.25 in the extreme northeast; Guadeloupe and Antigua ranged from between 0.25 oC cooler to 0.25 oC warmer; St. Kitts was between 0 and 0.75 oC warmer south to north; St. Maarten and St. Croix were between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. Most of the Guianas were between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer, with conditions ranging from between 0.25 oC cooler in northeastern Suriname to 1.50 oC warmer in northeastern and central French Guiana and the northern Guiana/Suriname border. Aruba was between 0.75 to 1.50 oC warmer and Curacao between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. Puerto and Cuba were between 0.25 and 1.50 oC warmer. Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Belize and northern Bahamas were between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer.

April 2020 to September 2020

Temperatures in the eastern Caribbean were higher than the 1981 – 2010 average. Trinidad, Tobago, Saint Lucia, Martinique St. Maarten and St. Thomas were between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer; Grenada, Barbados, Dominica and St. Croix were 0.25 to 1.50 oC warmer; Guadeloupe was between 0 and 0.75 oC warmer and Antigua between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer; St. Kitts was between 0.25 to 0.75 oC warmer. The Guianas was predominantly between 0.25 to 0.75 oC warmer, ranging from at least 0.25 oC cooler in northeast Suriname up to 1.50 oC warmer in northwestern, northeastern Guyana and northwestern Suriname. Aruba was between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer and Curacao between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. Puerto Rico, Cuba and Grand Cayman were between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer with a small area on the southeastern tip of Cuba between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. Jamaica and Northern Bahamas were between 0.75 and 2.50 oC warmer. Belize was predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 oC with a small area in the center of the country ranging up to 2.50 oC warmer.

October 2019 to September 2020

The islands of the eastern Caribbean were warmer than the 1981 – 2010 average, except for Guadeloupe which was between 0.25 cooler oC to 0.25 oC warmer. Trinidad, Tobago, St. Maarten and St. Thomas were between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer; Grenada, Saint Lucia, and St. Kitts and St. Croix between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer; Barbados and Martinique were between 0.25 to 1.50 oC warmer; Dominica ranged from 0.75 oC warmer in the south to 0 oC warmer in the north. Antigua between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer. The Guianas were predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer, with conditions ranging from between 0 to 0.25 oC warmer in northeast Suriname and up to 2.50 oC warmer in central and northern French Guiana. Aruba was between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer and Curacao between 0.25 to 0.75 oC warmer. Puerto Rico, Haiti, 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 a small area ranging up to 2.50 oC warmer and the southwestern border ranging to at least 0.25 oC warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0.75 and 2.50 oC warmer.

Mean Temperature for September 2020

Mean Temperature for the Period October 2019 to September 2020

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