Mean Temperature Anomalies June 2023

June 2023

Temperature anomalies for June 2023 were warmer than usual throughout the eastern Caribbean. Trinidad, Barbados and Martinique were between 0.75 to 1.50 o C warmer; Grenada, Saint Lucia, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Antigua, St Kitts and St Maarten were between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer; St Thomas was between 0.25 to 1.50 o C warmer; St Croix was between 0 to 0.75 o C warmer. Temperatures in the Guianas ranged from 0 to 1.50 o C warmer. Aruba was between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer and Curacao ranged from 0.75o C warmer to predominantly between 0 and 0.25 and o C warmer. Puerto Rico ranged from 0.25 o C cooler to 2.50 o C warmer. The Dominican Republic was between 0.25 to 1.50 o C warmer. Jamaica ranged from 1.50 o C warmer in the northwest to 0.75 o C cooler in the east. Grand Cayman was 0.75 to 1.50 o C warmer. Northern Bahamas was 0 to 1.50 o C warmer and Belize was between 0.75 to 2.50 o C warmer.

 

 

April to June 2023

Temperature anomalies were predominantly warmer than usual for April to June 2023 throughout the eastern Caribbean. Trinidad, Grenada and St Maarten were between 0.25 to 0.75 o C warmer; Barbados ranged from 0 to 1.50 o C warmer; Saint Lucia was between 0.75 o C warmer to 0.25 o C cooler; Martinique was between 0.25 and 1.50 o C warmer; Dominica and St Thomas were between 0 and  0.75 o C warmer; Guadeloupe, Antigua and St Kitts were between 0 to 0.25 o C warmer; The Guianas ranged from 1.50 o C warmer to 0.25 o C cooler. Aruba was between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer and Curacao between 0.25 and 0.75 o C cooler. Puerto Rico ranged from 0.75 o C cooler to 1.50 o C warmer. The Dominican Republic was between 0.25 to 0.75 o C warmer. Jamaica ranged from 1.50 warmer to 0.75 o C cooler from west to east. Grand Cayman ranged from predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 o C warmer to 0.25 o C warmer west to east. Northern Bahamas ranged from 0 to 1.50 o C warmer; and Belize ranged from 1.50 o C to 0.25 o C warmer.

 

January to June 2023

Temperature anomalies were mixed over the six-month period throughout the eastern Caribbean. Trinidad ranged from 0.75 o C warmer in the southwest to predominantly between 0 and 0.25 o C warmer  ; Grenada was between 0 and 0.75 o C warmer; Barbados 0 to 1.50 o C warmer; Saint Lucia ranged from 0.75o C warmer to predominantly between  0 and 0.75 o C cooler; Martinique ranged from 0 to predominantly between 0.25 o C  and 0.75 o C warmer ;  Dominica was predominantly between 0 and 0.25 o C warmer ranging to 0.25 o C cooler;   Guadeloupe and St Kitts were between 0 and 0.25 o C cooler; Antigua and St Croix were between 0.25 to 0.75 o C cooler; St Maarten and St Thomas were between 0 to 0.25 o C warmer .  Conditions in the Guianas ranged from 0.75 o C cooler to 0.75 o C warmer. Aruba was between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer and Curacao was between 0.25 and 0.75 o C cooler. Puerto Rico ranged from 0.25 o C cooler to 1.50 o C warmer. The Dominican Republic was between 0 and 0.75 o C warmer. Jamaica ranged from 1.50   to 0.25o C warmer. Grand Cayman was between 0.75 and 1.50 o C warmer. Northern Bahamas ranged from 0.25 o C to 2.50 o C warmer and Belize from 0.25 to 1.50 o C warmer.

July 2022 to June 2023

Temperature anomalies were mixed over the twelve-month period throughout the eastern Caribbean. Trinidad and Dominica ranged from 0.75 o C warmer to predominantly between 0 and 0.25 o C warmer; Grenada, St Thomas and St Croix were between 0 and 0.25 o C warmer; Barbados was between 0.25 o C cooler to 1.50 o C warmer; Saint Lucia was between 0.25 o C warmer and 0.75 o C cooler; Martinique ranged from 0 o to predominantly between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer; Guadeloupe ranged from 0.25 o C warmer to predominantly between 0 and 0.25 o C cooler; Antigua between 0.25 and 0.75 o C cooler; St Kitts and St Maarten were between 0 and 0.25 o C cooler. Conditions in the Guianas were between 0 and 0.75 o C warmer. Aruba was between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer and Curacao 0.25 and 0.75 o C cooler. Puerto Rico was between 0.25 o C cooler to 1.50 o C warmer. The Dominican Republic was predominantly between 0 and 0.25 o C warmer ranging to 0.75 o C warmer. Jamaica ranged from 0 to predominantly between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer. Grand Cayman was between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0.25 and 2.50 o C warmer and Belize was between 0.25 and 1.50 o C warmer.

Mean Temperature for June 2023

Mean Temperature for the Period July 2022 to June 2023

 

 

Mean Temperature Anomalies May 2023

May 2023

There were mixed conditions during the month of May 2023 throughout the eastern Caribbean. Trinidad, St Kitts and St Thomas were between 0 to 0.75 o C warmer; Grenada and St Maarten were between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer;  Barbados and Martinique were between 0.25 to 1.50 o C  warmer; Saint Lucia was between 0.75o C warmer to 0.75 o C cooler; Dominica 0.75 o C warmer in the extreme southeast to 0.25 o C cooler; Guadeloupe was between 0.25 o C warmer to predominantly between 0 and 0.25 o C cooler; Antigua was between 0 and 0.25 o C warmer; St Croix was between 0.75 o C cooler to 0.25 o C warmer. Temperatures in the Guianas ranged from 0.25 o C cooler to 2.50 o C warmer. Aruba was between 0 and 0.75 o C warmer and Curacao between 0.25 and 0.75o C cooler. Puerto Rico ranged from 1.50 o C cooler to 2.50 o C warmer. The Dominican Republic was between 0.25 to 0.75 o C warmer. Jamaica ranged from 0.75 o C cooler in the southeast to 2.50 o C warmer in the northwest. Grand Cayman was 0.75 to 1.50 o C warmer. Northern Bahamas was 0.25 o C cooler to 0.75 o C warmer, and Belize was between 0.25 to 1.50 o C warmer.

 

March to May 2023

There were mixed conditions for March to May 2023 throughout the eastern Caribbean. Trinidad was predominantly between 0 and 0.25 o C warmer ranging to 0.75 o C warmer in the southeast; Barbados ranged from 0.25 o C cooler to 1.50 o C warmer; Grenada was between 0.25 to 0.75 o C warmer; Saint Lucia was between 0.75 o C warmer to 0.75 o C cooler; Martinique ranged from 0 to predominantly between 0.25 o C and 0.75 o C warmer; Dominica and St Thomas were between 0.25 warmer and 0.25 o C cooler; Guadeloupe and St Kitts were between 0  to 0.25 o C cooler; Antigua was between 0.25 to 0.75 o C cooler; St Maarten was between 0 and 0.25 o C warmer;  St Croix was between 1.50 to 0.25 o C cooler west to east. The Guianas ranged from 1.50 o C warmer in Guyana to 0.25 o C cooler in French Guiana. Aruba was between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer and Curacao between predominantly between 0.25 and 0.75 o C cooler ranging to and 1.50 o C cooler. Puerto Rico ranged from 0.75 o C warmer  to 0.75 o C cooler. The Dominican Republic ranged from 0.75 o C warmer to predominantly between 0 to 0.25 o C warmer. Jamaica ranged from 1.50 warmer to 1.50 o C cooler from west to east. Grand Cayman was between 1.50 o C and 0.25 o C warmer west to east. Northern Bahamas ranged from 0.25 o C to 2.50 o C warmer and Belize from 0.25 o C cooler to 1.50 o C warmer.

December 2022 to May 2023

Temperature anomalies were mostly normal to below normal over the six-month period throughout the eastern Caribbean. Trinidad and St Maarten were between 0 to 0.25 o C cooler; Grenada was between 0 and 0.25 o C warmer; Barbados 0.25 o C cooler to 0.75 o C warmer; Saint Lucia ranged from 0 o C to predominantly between 0.25 o C and 0.75 o C cooler; Martinique was between 0.25 o C cooler to 0.75 o C warmer;  Dominica and St Thomas were between 0.25 o C warmer to predominantly 0.25 o C cooler;  Guadeloupe and St Kitts were between 0 and 0.75 o C cooler; Antigua and St Croix were between 0.25 to 0.75 o C cooler.  Conditions in the Guianas ranged from 0.75 cooler to 0.75 warmer. Aruba was between 0.25 o C and 0.75 o C warmer and Curacao was between 0.25 and 1.50 o C cooler. Puerto Rico ranged from 0.25 o C cooler to 0.75 o C warmer. The Dominican Republic was predominantly between 0 and 0.25 o C warmer ranging to 0.75 o C warmer. Jamaica ranged from 0 o C to 1.50 o C warmer. Grand Cayman was between 0.75  and 1.50 o C warmer. Northern Bahamas ranged from 0.25 o C to 2.50 o C warmer and Belize from 0 to 1.50 o C warmer.

 

June 2022 to May 2023

Temperature anomalies were mixed over the twelve-month period throughout the eastern Caribbean. Trinidad, Grenada and St Thomas were between 0 and 0.25 o C warmer, Barbados was between 0.25 o C cooler to 0.75 o C warmer from southeast to northwest; Saint Lucia and St Kitts were between 0 and 0.75 o C cooler; Martinique ranged from 0 o to predominantly between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer; Dominica ranged from 0.75 o C warmer to predominantly between 0 and 0.25 o C warmer; Guadeloupe ranged from 0.25 o C warmer  to predominantly between  0 and 0.25 o C cooler and to 0.75 o C cooler in the north; Antigua between 0.25 and 0.75 o C cooler; St Maarten was between 0 and 0.25 o C cooler; St Croix was between 0.25 o C warmer to 0.25 o C cooler. Conditions in the Guianas were predominantly between 0 and 0.75 o C warmer ranging to 0.25 o C cooler. Aruba was between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer and Curacao 0.25 and 1.50 o C cooler. Puerto Rico was between 0.75 o C cooler to 1.50 o C warmer; The Dominican Republic was predominantly between 0 and 0.25 o C warmer ranging to 0.75 o C warmer. Jamaica ranged from 0 to predominantly between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer. Grand Cayman was between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0.25 and 2.50 o C warmer and Belize between 0 and 1.50 o C warmer.

Mean Temperature for May 2023

Mean Temperature for the Period June 2022 to May 2023