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/in Climate Bulletins, Drought /by SherikaMean Temperature Anomalies December 2022
/in Climate Monitoring, Mean Temperature Anomalies /by SherikaDecember 2022
Temperature anomalies were predominantly cooler than usual in the eastern Caribbean for December 2022. Trinidad was between 0.25 to 1.50 oC cooler than usual; Grenada was between 0 and 0.75 oC cooler; Barbados ranged from 0.75 oC cooler to 0.25 oC warmer; Saint Lucia was between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer; Martinique ranged from 0.25 oC warmer in the south to 0.25 oC cooler in the north; Dominica was between 0 and 0.25 oC cooler; Guadeloupe and St. Kitts were between 0 and predominantly 0.25 to 0.75 oC cooler; Antigua was between 0.25 and 0.75 oC cooler; St. Thomas and St. Croix were between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer. In the Guianas, conditions ranged from 0.75 oC cooler to 1.50 oC warmer. Aruba was between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer and Curacao was between 0.75 and 1.50 oC cooler. Puerto Rico was between 0 to 0.25 oC cooler; Dominican Republic was predominantly 0 to 0.25 cooler ranging to 0.25 oC warmer. Jamaica was between 0.75 oC warmer to 0.75 oC cooler. Cuba was between 0 and predominantly 0.25 to 0.75 oC warmer. Grand Cayman was between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. Northern Bahamas ranged from 0.25 to 2.50 oC warmer.
October to December 2022
Mixed temperature anomalies prevailed in the eastern Caribbean for the period October to December 2022. Trinidad was predominantly between 0 to 0.25 oC warmer ranging to 0.75 oC warmer; Grenada, Martinique, Dominica, St. Thomas and St. Croix were between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer; Barbados was between 0.25 oC cooler and 0.75 oC warmer; Saint Lucia was predominantly between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer ranging to 0.75 oC warmer in the southeast; Guadeloupe was predominantly between 0 and 0.25 oC cooler ranging from 0.25 oC warmer in the southwest to 0.75 oC cooler in the northeast; Antigua was between 0.25 to 0.75 oC cooler; St. Kitts was between 0 and 0.75 oC cooler. Conditions in the Guianas ranged from 0.75 oC cooler to 1.50 oC warmer. Aruba was between 0 and 0.75 oC warmer and Curacao was between 0.75 to 1.50 oC cooler. Puerto Rico was predominantly between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer ranging to 0.25 oC cooler in the west. Dominican Republic was predominantly between 0 and 0.25 oC cooler ranging to 0.25 oC warmer in the west. Cuba was between 0 and 0.75 oC warmer. Jamaica was between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer. Grand Cayman was between 0.25 1.50 oC warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0.25 oC to 2.50 oC warmer.
July to December 2022
Mixed temperature anomalies prevailed in the eastern Caribbean for the period July to December 2022. Trinidad, Grenada and Martinique were between 0 and 0.75 oC warmer; Barbados was between 0.25 oC cooler and 0.75 oC warmer; Saint Lucia and Dominica were between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer; Guadeloupe was between 0.25 oC warmer and 0.25 oC cooler; Antigua was between 0.25 to 0.75 oC cooler; St. Thomas and St. Croix were between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer; St. Kitts was between 0 and 0.75 oC cooler. Conditions in the Guianas were between 0.25 oC cooler to 1.50 oC warmer. Aruba was between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer and Curacao between 0.25 and 1.50 oC cooler. Puerto Rico was between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer. Dominican Republic was 0.25 oC warmer in the southwest ranging to predominantly between 0 and 0.25 oC cooler. Cuba was between 0 and 0.75 oC warmer. Jamaica was between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer. Grand Cayman was between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0.25 oC to 1.50 oC warmer.
January to December 2022
Mixed temperature anomalies prevailed in the eastern Caribbean for the period January to December 2022. Trinidad and Grenada were predominantly between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer ranging to 0.75 oC warmer; Barbados was between 0.25 oC cooler to 0.75 oC warmer; Saint Lucia was between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer; Martinique predominantly 0 to 0.25 oC ranging to 0.75 oC in the north St. Croix were between 0 to 0.25 oC warmer; Dominica and St. Thomas were between 0 and 0.75 oC warmer ; Guadeloupe was predominantly between 0 to 0.25 oC cooler ranging to 0.25 warmer in the southwest; Antigua was between 0.25 to 0.75 oC cooler; St. Kitts was between 0 and 0.25 oC cooler. The Guianas were predominantly between 0.25 to 0.75 oC warmer ranging to 0.75 oC cooler. Aruba was between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer and Curacao was between 0.25 to 0.75 oC cooler. Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic were between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer. Cuba, Jamaica and Grand Cayman were between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0.25 to 1.50 oC.
Mean Temperature for December 2022
Mean Temperature for the Period January to December 2022
Mean Temperature Anomalies November 2022
/in Climate Monitoring, Mean Temperature Anomalies /by SherikaNovember 2022
Mixed temperature anomalies prevailed in the eastern Caribbean for the period November 2022. Trinidad was predominantly between 0 and 0.25 warmer, ranging from and 0.75 oC warmer in the southeast to 0.25 oC cooler in the north; Grenada and Guadeloupe ranged from 0.25 oC cooler to 0.25 oC warmer; Barbados was between 0.75 oC cooler and 0.75 oC warmer; Saint Lucia, St. Thomas and St. Croix were between 0.25 to 0.75 oC warmer; Martinique was between 0 and 0.75 oC warmer; Dominica was between 0 to 0.25 oC warmer; Antigua was between 0 and 0.25 oC cooler; St. Kitts ranged from 0.25 oC cooler to predominantly between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer. Conditions in the Guianas ranged from 2.50 oC cooler to 2.50 oC warmer. Aruba ranged from 0.25 oC cooler to predominantly between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer. Curacao was between 0.75 and 1.50 oC cooler. Puerto Rico was between 0.25 to 0.75 oC warmer. Dominican Republic was between 0 and 0.75 oC warmer. Jamaica ranged from 1.50 oC warmer in the west to 0.75 oC cooler in the east. Grand Cayman was between 0.75 and 1.50 oC warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 01.50 to 2.50 oC warmer. Belize was between 0.25 to 1.50 oC warmer.
September to November 2022
Temperature anomalies for the period September to November 2022 were predominantly warmer than usual eastern Caribbean. Trinidad was between 0.75 oC warmer to 0.25 oC cooler; Grenada was between 0 to 0.75 oC warmer; Saint Lucia, Martinique, Dominica, St. Thomas and St. Croix were between 0.25 to 0.75 oC warmer; Barbados was between 0.25 oC cooler to 0.75 oC warmer; Guadeloupe was predominantly between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer, ranging from 0.75 oC warmer to 0.25 oC cooler; Antigua was between 0 and 0.25 oC cooler; St. Kitts was between 0.25 oC cooler to 0.25 oC warmer; . Conditions in the Guianas were predominantly warmer than usual, ranging from 1.50 oC cooler to 1.50 oC warmer. Aruba was 0.25 oC cooler in the south ranging to predominantly 0 to 0.25 oC warmer. Curacao was between 0.25 to 0.75 oC cooler. Puerto Rico was between 0 to 0.75 oC warmer. Jamaica was between 0 to 0.25 oC warmer. Dominican Republic ranged from 0.75 oC warmer to predominantly between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer. Grand Cayman was between 0.25 to 0.75 oC warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0.25 oC cooler to 1.50 oC warmer. Belize was between 1.50 oC warmer to 0.25 oC cooler.
June to November 2022
Mixed temperature anomalies prevailed in the eastern Caribbean for the period June to November 2022. Trinidad ranged from0.25 oC warmer to predominantly 0 and 0.25 oC cooler; Grenada was between 0 to 0.75 oC warmer; Saint Lucia, Martinique and Dominica were between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer; Barbados was between 0.25 oC cooler to 0.75 oC warmer; Guadeloupe was predominantly between 0 to 0.25 oC warmer, ranging to 0.25 oC cooler in the north; Antigua and St. Kitts were between 0 to 0.25 oC cooler; St. Thomas and St. Croix were between 0 and 0.25 o C warmer. Conditions in the Guianas were predominantly warmer than usual ranging from 0.75 oC cooler to 1.50 oC warmer. Aruba was 0.25 oC cooler in the south ranging to predominantly 0 to 0.25 oC warmer. Curacao was between 0.25 to 0.75 oC cooler. Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Grand Cayman were between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0.25 and 1.50 oC warmer. Belize was between 1.50 oC warmer and 0.75 oC cooler south to north.
December 2021 to November 2022
Temperature anomalies for the period December 2021 to November 2022 were predominantly warmer than usual. Trinidad ranged from 0.25 oC warmer to predominantly between 0 and 0.25 oC cooler; Grenada was between 0 and 0.75 oC warmer; Saint Lucia, St. Croix and St. Thomas were between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer; Barbados was between 0.25 oC cooler and 0.75 oC warmer; Martinique and Dominica were between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer; Guadeloupe was predominantly between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer ranging to 0.25 oC cooler in the north; Antigua was between 0 to 0.25 oC cooler. St. Kitts was between 0.25 oC cooler to 0.25 oC warmer. The Guianas were predominantly warmer than usual, ranging from 0.75 oC cooler to 0.75 oC warmer. Aruba was between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer and Curacao was between 0.25 and 0.75 oC cooler. Puerto Rico was predominantly between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer ranging to 0.75 oC warmer in the northeast. Dominican Republic was between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer. Jamaica was between 0 and 0.75 oC warmer west to east. Grand Cayman was between 0 and 0.75 oC warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0.25 to 1.50 oC warmer. Belize was between 1.50 oC warmer to 0.75 oC cooler.
Mean Temperature for November 2022
Mean Temperature for the Period December 2021 to November 2022
Mean Temperature Anomalies October 2022
/in Climate Monitoring, Mean Temperature Anomalies /by SherikaOctober 2022
Temperature anomalies were mostly warmer than normal in the eastern Caribbean for the period October 2022. Trinidad was predominantly between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer, ranging from 0 to 1.50 warmer oC; Grenada, Martinique, Guadeloupe, St. Maarten and St. Thomas were between 0 to 0.25 oC warmer; Barbados was between 0.25 oC cooler and 1.50 oC warmer; Saint Lucia, Dominica and St. Croix were between 0.25 to 0.75 oC warmer; Antigua was between 0 and 0.25 oC cooler; St. Kitts was between 0.25 oC cooler and 0.25 oC warmer. Conditions in the Guianas ranged from 1.50 oC cooler to 1.50 oC warmer. Aruba was between 0.25 oC cooler and 0.25 oC warmer. Curacao was between 0.25 and 0.75 oC cooler. Puerto Rico was between 0 to 0.25 oC warmer. Dominican Republic was predominantly between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer ranging from 0.75 oC warmer to 0.25 oC cooler. Grand Cayman was between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0.75 oC cooler to 0.75 oC warmer. Belize was between 1.50 oC warmer to 0.75 oC cooler.
August to October 2022
Mixed temperature anomalies prevailed in the eastern Caribbean for the period August to October 2022. Trinidad was 0.25 oC warmer to predominantly between 0 and 0.25 oC cooler; Grenada, Saint Lucia, Martinique, Dominica and St. Croix were between 0.25 to 0.75 oC warmer; Barbados was between 0.25 oC cooler to 1.50 oC warmer; Guadeloupe was predominantly between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer, ranging from 0.75 oC to 0.25 oC cooler southwest to northeast; Antigua was between 0 and 0.25 oC cooler; St. Kitts was predominantly between 0 and 0.25 oC cooler, ranging to 0.25 oC warmer; St. Maarten and St. Thomas were between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer. Conditions in the Guianas were predominantly warmer than usual, ranging from 0.25 oC cooler to 1.50 oC warmer. Aruba was 25 oC cooler in the south ranging to predominantly 0 to 0.25 oC warmer. Curacao was 0 to predominantly between 0.25 to 0.75 oC cooler. Puerto Rico and Grand Cayman were between 0 to 0.25 oC warmer. Dominican Republic was predominantly between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer ranging to 0.25 oC cooler. Northern Bahamas was between 0.25 oC cooler to 0.75 oC warmer. Belize was between 1.50 oC warmer to 0.75 oC cooler.
May to October 2022
Mixed temperature anomalies prevailed in the eastern Caribbean for the period May to October 2022. Trinidad was between 0.25 oC warmer to predominantly 0 and 0.25 oC cooler; Grenada ranged from 0 to predominantly between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer; Saint Lucia and Dominica were between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer; Barbados was between 0.75 oC cooler to 0.75 oC warmer; Martinique was predominantly between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer, ranging to 0.75 oC warmer in the north; Guadeloupe was predominantly between 0 to 0.25 oC warmer, ranging to 0.25 oC cooler in the northeast; Antigua and St. Kitts were between 0 to 0.25 oC cooler; St. Maarten was between 0.25 warmer to 0.25 oC cooler; St. Thomas and St. Croix were between 0 and 0.25 o C warmer. Conditions in the Guianas were predominantly warmer than usual ranging from 0.25 oC cooler to 0.75 oC warmer. Aruba was between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer and Curacao was between 0.25 and 0.75 oC cooler. Puerto Rico was between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer. Dominican Republic was between 0.25 warmer to 0.25 oC cooler. Grand Cayman was between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0 and 0.75 oC warmer. Belize was between 0.75 oC warmer and 0.75 oC cooler south to north.
November 2021 to October 2022
Temperature anomalies for the period November 2021 to October 2022 were predominantly warmer than usual. Trinidad ranged from 0.25 oC warmer to predominantly between 0 and 0.25 oC cooler; Grenada, Saint Lucia, St. Croix and St. Thomas were between 0.25 and 0.75 oC warmer; Barbados was between 0.25 oC cooler and 0.75 oC warmer; Martinique, Dominica, and St. Maarten were between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer; Guadeloupe was predominantly between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer ranging to 0.25 oC cooler in the northeast; Antigua was between 0 to 0.25 oC cooler. St. Kitts was between 0.25 oC cooler to predominantly between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer; The Guianas were predominantly warmer than usual ranging from 0.75 oC cooler to 0.75 oC warmer. Aruba was between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer and Curacao was between 0.25 and 0.75 oC cooler. Puerto Rico was predominantly between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer ranging to 0.75 oC warmer in the northeast. Dominican Republic was predominantly between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer ranging to 0.75 oC warmer in the southwest. Grand Cayman was between 0 and 0.25 oC warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0 to 0.75 oC warmer. Belize was between 1.50 oC warmer to 0.75 oC cooler.
Mean Temperature for October 2022
Mean Temperature for the Period November 2021 to October 2022