January 2021

Mixed temperature anomalies prevailed in the eastern Caribbean for January 2021. Trinidad and Tobago were between 0.75 to 1.50 ^oC warmer; Grenada was between 0.25 and 1.50 ^oC warmer; Barbados ranged from 0 to 1.50 ^oC warmer; Saint Lucia was between 0 and 0.75 ^oC warmer; Martinique, St. Maarten and St. Thomas were between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer; Dominica ranged from 0.75 ^oC warmer in the south to 0.25 ^oC cooler in the north; Guadeloupe was between 0 and 0.75 ^oC cooler; Antigua was between 0.25 to 0.75 ^oC cooler; St. Kitts was between 0.25 cooler to 0.25 ^oC warmer south to north; St. Croix was between 0 to 0.25 ^oC cooler. In the Guianas, conditions ranged from 0.75 ^oC cooler to 0.75 ^oC warmer. Aruba was between 0.25 ^oC and 0.75 ^oC warmer and Curacao between 0 to 0.25 ^oC cooler. Puerto Rico was predominantly between 0.25 ^oC and 0.75 ^oC warmer with the western tip being between 0.75 and 1.50^oC warmer. Dominican Republic was between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer. Jamaica, Grand Cayman and Belize were between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC warmer. Cuba and Northern Bahamas were between 0.25 to 1.50 ^oC warmer.

November 2020 to January 2021

Mixed temperature anomalies prevailed in the eastern Caribbean for the period November to January 2021. Trinidad was between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC warmer; Tobago was between 0.25 and 1.50 ^oC warmer; Grenada, St. Maarten and St. Thomas were between 0.25 and 0.75 to ^oC warmer; Barbados was between 0.25 cooler to 1.50 ^oC warmer; Saint Lucia and St. Kitts were between 0.25 ^oC cooler to 0.25 warmer; Martinique was between 0 to 0.75 ^oC warmer south to north; Dominica was between 0.75 ^oC warmer to 0.25 cooler; Guadeloupe was between 0 and 0.75 ^oC cooler; Antigua was between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC cooler; and St. Croix was between 0 to 0.25 ^oC cooler. In the Guianas, conditions ranged from at least 0.75 ^oC cooler to 0.75 ^oC warmer. Aruba was between 0 and 0.25 ^oC warmer and Curacao was between 0.25 cooler to 0.25 ^oC warmer. Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Grand Cayman were between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer. Jamaica was between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC warmer. Cuba and Belize were between 0.25 and 1.50 ^oC warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0.25 and 2.50 ^oC warmer.

August 2020 to January 2021

Mixed temperature anomalies prevailed in the eastern Caribbean for the period August 2020 to January 2021. Trinidad and Tobago were between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC warmer; Grenada, Martinique, St. Maarten and St. Thomas were between 0.25 to 0.75 ^oC warmer; Barbados was between 0.25 ^oC cooler to 1.50 ^oC warmer; Saint Lucia and Dominica were between 0.25 ^oC cooler to 0.75 ^oC warmer; Guadeloupe was between 0 and 0.75 ^oC cooler; Antigua was between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC cooler; St. Kitts was between 0.25 ^oC cooler and 0.25 ^oC warmer; and St. Croix 0 to 0.25 ^oC warmer. Conditions ranged from at least 0.75 ^oC cooler in northeast Suriname up to 0.75 ^oC warmer in much of the Guianas.  Aruba and Curacao were between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer. Puerto Rico was predominantly between 0.25 ^oC and 0.75 ^oC warmer with the western tip being between 0.75 and 1.50^oC warmer. Cuba and Belize were between 0.25 and 1.50 ^oC warmer. Dominican Republic and Grand Cayman were between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer. Jamaica was between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0.75 and 2.50 ^oC warmer

February 2020 to January 2021

The islands of the eastern Caribbean were warmer than the 1981 – 2010 average, except for Guadeloupe which was between 0.25 ^oC cooler to 0.25 ^oC warmer and Antigua which was between 0 to 0.25 ^oC cooler. Trinidad, Tobago and St. Thomas were between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC warmer; Grenada, St. Maarten and St. Croix were between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer; Barbados was between 0 to 1.50 ^oC warmer; Saint Lucia, Dominica and St. Kitts were between 0 and 0.75 ^oC warmer; Martinique was between 0.25 to 1.50 ^oC warmer. Conditions in the Guianas ranged from 0.25 ^oC cooler to 1.50 ^oC warmer. Aruba and Curacao were between 0.25 to 0.75 ^oC warmer. Puerto Rico was between 1.50 and 0.25 ^oC warmer from west to east. Dominican Republic was between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer.  Cuba was predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC warmer with the eastern tip being between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer. Jamaica and Grand Cayman were between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC warmer. Belize was predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC warmer, with conditions ranging from 0.25 ^oC warmer in the southwest up to 1.50 ^oC elsewhere. Northern Bahamas was between 0.75 and 2.50 ^oC warmer.

Mean Temperature for January 2021

Mean Temperature for the Period February 2020 to January 2021

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