The Caribbean Regional Climate Centre
Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology
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St. James
Barbados BB23006
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Dry Spells Outlook for February to April 2026
/in CariCOF Climate Outlooks, Dry Spells Outlook, Long Range Forecasts /by SherikaMean Temperature Anomalies December 2025
/in Climate Monitoring, Mean Temperature Anomalies /by SherikaDecember 2025
Mixed temperature conditions were experienced during the month of December throughout the eastern Caribbean. Trinidad was between 0.25 and 1.50 o C warmer; Tobago and St Kitts were between 0.25 warmer and 0.25 o C cooler; Grenada 0 and 0.25 o C warmer; Barbados, Martinique and St Maarten between 0 and 0.75 o C warmer; Antigua was between 0.25 and 0.75 o C cooler; Saint Lucia 0.75 cooler to 0.25 o C warmer; Dominica and Guadeloupe 0.25 cooler to 0.75 o C warmer and St Croix 0.25 to 1.5 o C cooler. In the Guianas temperatures were between 0.75 cooler in northeastern Guyana and 2.50 o C warmer in Suriname and French Guiana. Aruba was between 0 and 0.75 o C warmer. Puerto Rico 1.50 warmer to 0.75 o C cooler from west to east. The Dominican Republic was between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer. Jamaica was between 2.50 and 0.25 o C warmer from northwest to east. Grand Cayman was between 0.75 to 1.50 o C warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0.75 and over 2.50 o C warmer and Belize between 0 and 2.50 o C warmer from southeast to northwest.
October to December 2025
Over the three month period in the eastern Caribbean, there was a distinction between the cooler than average north and warmer than average south. Trinidad, Barbados and Martinique were between 0.25 and 1.50 o C warmer; Tobago , Saint Lucia and St Maarten 0.25 to 0.75 o C warmer; Grenada was within 0.75 and 1.50 o C warmer; Dominica and Guadeloupe 0 and 0.75 o C warmer; Antigua and St Croix between 0.25 and 0.75 o C cooler; and St Kitts 0.25 cooler to 0.25 o C warmer. In the Guianas, temperatures were between 0.75 cooler and 1.50 o C warmer. Aruba was within 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer. Puerto Rico was between 0.75 cooler and 0.75 o C warmer southeast to north. The Dominican Republic was within 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer. Jamaica was between 1.50 and 0.25 o C warmer from west to east. Grand Cayman was between 0.75 and 1.50 o C warmer from west to east. Northern Bahamas was between 0 and 2.50 o C warmer and Belize 0.25 and 1.50 o C warmer from south to north.
July to December 2025
Temperatures throughout the eastern Caribbean were mostly warmer than average over the six month period, but with cooler than average conditions in some portions of the north. Trinidad, Grenada, and Martinique were between 0.75 and 1.50 o C warmer; Tobago, Saint Lucia and St Maarten within 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer; Barbados between 0.25 and 1.50 o C warmer; Dominica between 0 and 0.75 o C warmer; Guadeloupe and St Kitts between 0.25 warmer and 0.25 o C cooler; Antigua between 0.25 and 0.75 o C cooler ;and St Croix predominantly between 0 and 0.25 ranging to within 0.75 o C warmer. Conditions in the Guianas were 0.25 o C cooler in northeastern Guyana to between 0.25 and 1.50 o C warmer in Suriname and French Guiana. Aruba was within 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer. Puerto Rico was between 0.25 cooler to 1.50 o C warmer from southeast to northwest. The Dominican Republic was between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer. Jamaica was between 1.50 warmer and 0.25 o C cooler from west to east. Grand Cayman was between 0.75 and 1.50 o C warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0.25 to 2.50 o C warmer and Belize 0.25 to 1.50 o C warmer from south to north.
January to December 2025
Apart from some areas of the north, temperatures across the eastern Caribbean were mostly greater than average over the twelve month period. Trinidad was between 0.75 and 1.50 o C warmer; Tobago and Grenada within 0.25 and 0.75 warmer; Barbados, Martinique and St Croix between 0.25 and 1.50 o C warmer; Saint Lucia , Dominica and St Maarten between 0 and 0.75 o C warmer; Guadeloupe between 0.75 warmer and 0.25 o C cooler; Antigua between 0 and 0.25 o C cooler; and St Kitts 0.25 cooler to 0.25 o C warmer. In the Guianas, temperatures were between 0.25 and 1.50 o C warmer. Aruba was within 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer. Puerto Rico was between 0.25 cooler and 1.50 o C warmer from southeast to northwest. The Dominican Republic was within 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer. Jamaica was between 1.50 and 0.25 o C warmer from west to east. Grand Cayman was within 0.75 and 1.50 o C warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0.25 and 1.50 o C warmer and Belize within 0.25 and 2.50 o C warmer from south to north.
Mean Temperature for December 2025
Mean Temperature for the Period January to December 2025
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/in Climate Monitoring, Monthly Rainfall /by Sherika