April 2020

Temperature anomalies in the eastern Caribbean were warmer than the 1981 – 2010 average. Trinidad Saint Lucia, St. Maarten and St. Thomas were between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC warmer; Tobago, Grenada, Dominica, Guadeloupe and Antigua were between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer; Barbados was between 0 to 1.50 ^oC warmer from southeast to northeast; Martinique and St. Kitts between 0.25 and 1.50 ^oC warmer; and St. Croix between 0and 0.75 ^oC warmer. Conditions in the Guianas ranged from 0.75 ^oC cooler in northeast Suriname up to 2.50 ^oC warmer in central and north central Guyana.  Curacao was between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer. Puerto Rico ranged from 0.25 in the north east to 1.5 warmer elsewhere. Haiti and Jamaica was between 0.75 to 1.50 ^oC warmer. Grand Cayman was between 1.50 and 2.50 ^oC warmer.  Cuba ranged from 0.75 to 2.50 warmer east to west. Belize was predominantly 1.50 to 2.50 ^oC. warmer except for the northwestern corner which was above 2.50 ^oC warmer. Northern Bahamas ranged from 0.75 to above 2.50 ^oC warmer.

February to April 2020

Much of the eastern Caribbean was warmer than the 1981 – 2010 average. Trinidad, Saint Lucia and St. Maarten were between 0.75 to 1.50 ^oC warmer; Barbados between 0.25 to 1.50 ^oC warmer from southeast to northwest; Tobago, Grenada, Martinique, St. Kitts and St. Thomas were between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer; Guadeloupe was  between 0 and 0.25 ^oC warmer. St. Croix ranged from 0.25 ^oC cooler to 0.25 ^oC warmer from south to north. Conditions in the Guianas ranged from at least 0.25 cooler in a small area in northeastern Suriname and French Guiana to 2.50 ^oC warmer in central Guyana, west central Suriname and north central French Guiana. Curacao was between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer. Puerto Rico and Haiti were between 0.25 and 1.50 ^oC warmer. Jamaica and Grand Cayman were between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC warmer. Cuba and Belize were between 0.75 and 2.50 ^oC warmer. Northern Bahamas ranged from 0.75 to more than 2.50 ^oC warmer.

November 2019 to April 2020

Temperature anomalies in the eastern Caribbean were warmer than the 1981 – 2010 average. Trinidad, Tobago and St. Maarten was between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC warmer; Barbados and Guadeloupe between 0.25 and 1.50 ^oC warmer; Grenada, Saint Lucia, Martinique, St. Kitts and St. Thomas between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer; Dominica between 0 and 0.75 ^oC warmer; Antigua and St. Croix between 0 and 0.25 ^oC warmer. Conditions in the Guianas ranged between 0 and 0.25^oC cooler in northeastern French Guiana and more than 2.50 ^oC warmer in north central French Guiana, and between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC in most of Guyana and Suriname. Curacao was between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer. Puerto Rico was predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC warmer with a small section the southeast being between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer. 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 small section in the north central being 1.50 to 2.50 ^oC warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0.75 and 2.50 ^oC warmer.

May 2019 to April 2020

The islands of the eastern Caribbean were warmer than the 1981 – 2010 average, except for Guadeloupe which was between 0.25 to 0.75 ^oC cooler, Dominica which ranged from 0.75 cooler in the northeast to 0.75 ^oC warmer in the south, Antigua which ranged from 0.25 ^oC cooler in the south to 0.25 ^oC warmer in the north and St. Croix which was between 0 to 0.25 ^oC cooler. Trinidad was between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC warmer than average; Barbados and Tobago between 0.25 to 1.50 ^oC warmer; Grenada, Saint Lucia, Martinique, St. Kitts, St. Maarten and St. Thomas between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer. Conditions in the Guianas ranged from between 0 ^oC warmer in northeast Suriname and northeast French Guiana to 2.50 ^oC warmer in north central French Guiana. Curacao was between 0.25 to 0.75 ^oC warmer. Puerto Rico was predominantly between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer except for a small section in the northeast which was between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC warmer. Haiti was predominantly between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer with the exception of the northwestern and southwestern tips which was between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC warmer. Jamaica, Cuba and Grand Cayman were between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC warmer. Belize and northern Bahamas was between 0.75 and 2.50 ^oC warmer.

Mean Temperature for April 2020

Mean Temperature for the Period May 2019 to April 2020

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