July 2018

Apart from Guadeloupe that ranged from severely dry to moderately wet, normal to below normal rainfall dominated the in the islands of the eastern Caribbean, Trinidad, St. Kitts, and St. Thomas were normal; Tobago was normal to extremely dry; Grenada slightly dry in the south but normal elsewhere; Barbados severe to exceptionally dry; St. Vincent normal; Saint Lucia and Martinique moderate to severely dry; Dominica slight to moderately dry; Antigua moderately dry; St. Maarten slightly dry. Conditions in the Guianas ranged from moderately dry in northern portions of Guyana and Suriname to exceptionally wet in norther parts of Guyana and eastern French Guiana. Aruba and Curacao were normal. Conditions in Puerto Rico ranged from severely dry in the west to normal in the east; while Hispaniola ranged from exceptionally dry to normal. Jamaica ranged from slight to severely dry, while Grand Cayman was exceptionally dry. Cuba ranged from exceptionally dry in the extreme west to moderately wet in north-central areas, but Belize ranged from normal to moderately dry.

May to July 2018

For the three month period, normal to below normal rainfall dominated the islands of the eastern Caribbean. Trinidad was normal to severely dry; Tobago normal to extremely dry; Grenada slight to moderately dry; Barbados extreme to exceptionally dry; St. Vincent normal to slightly dry; Saint Lucia normal to severely dry; Martinique normal to slightly dry; Dominica normal to slightly dry; Guadeloupe normal to moderately dry; Antigua moderate to severely dry; St. Kitts normal; St. Maarten and St. Thomas moderately dry. Conditions in the Guianas ranged from slightly dry in Georgetown Guyana to exceptionally wet in southern Guyana. Aruba was moderately dry while Curacao was normal. Puerto Rico was predominantly normal, but Hispaniola ranged from extremely dry in the south to normal in the north. Conditions in Jamaica ranged from moderately dry in the northwest to moderately wet in the west and slightly wet in the east; but Grand Cayman was slightly dry. In Cuba, conditions ranged from predominantly normal in the eastern two thirds to very wet in the extreme west; but contrastingly, Belize ranged from normal in the southeast to extremely dry to the north.

February to July 2018

Apart from Martinique that was normal to slightly wet, rainfall in the islands of the eastern Caribbean was normal to below normal for the twelve month period. Trinidad, Grenada and St. Vincent predominantly normal; Tobago extremely dry in the west to normal in the east; Barbados slight to severely dry; Saint Lucia normal to moderately dry from north to south; Dominica normal to slightly dry; Guadeloupe normal to moderately dry from west to east; Antigua moderate to severely dry; and St. Kitts slightly dry to moderately dry. Conditions in the Guianas ranged from normal to very wet in southwest Guyana and the northern Suriname-French Guiana border. Aruba and Curacao were normal. Puerto Rico was predominantly normal, while Hispaniola ranged from extremely dry in the south to normal in northern Dominica Republic. Jamaica was predominantly normal with slightly wet areas in the west and northeast, but Grand Cayman was moderate to severely dry. The eastern three quarters of Cuba was normal, with the remainder of the country being predominantly slightly wet. Belize was normal to slightly dry.

August to July 2018

Apart from Antigua that was slight to moderately dry and Trinidad that was slight to moderately dry in the extreme northwest, rainfall in the eastern Caribbean islands was normal to above normal for the twelve month period. Tobago was normal to moderately wet from west to east; Grenada and Saint Lucia normal; Martinique and St. Kitts normal to slightly wet; Dominica moderate to exceptionally wet; and Guadeloupe from very wet in the west to normal in the east. Conditions in the Guianas ranged from slightly dry in northern Guyana to moderately wet in southwest Guyana, northwest Suriname, northern Suriname-French Guiana border, and eastern French Guiana. Aruba was moderately dry and Curacao normal. Conditions in Puerto Rico ranged from moderately wet in the southwest to extremely wet in the northeast; while Hispaniola ranged from severely dry in the south to extremely wet in northern Dominican Republic and to moderately wet in southwest and northwest Haiti. Conditions in Jamaica ranged from slightly dry in the south to extremely wet in the north, while Grand Cayman was normal. Cuba ranged from normal in central areas to moderately wet in the west and to exceptionally wet in the east. Belize was predominantly normal with slightly dry areas in the west.

August 2016 to July 2018

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