The Caribbean Regional Climate Centre
Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology
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Caribbean Climate Outlook Newsletter November December 2024 – January 2025
/in CariCOF Climate Outlooks, Climate Outlook Newsletter, Long Range Forecasts /by SherikaSPEI September 2024
/in Climate Monitoring, SPEI /by SherikaSPEI Difference September 2024
/in Climate Monitoring, SPEI Difference /by SherikaSPEI August 2024
/in Climate Monitoring, SPEI /by SherikaSPEI Difference August 2024
/in Climate Monitoring, SPEI Difference /by SherikaSPEI July 2024
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/in Climate Monitoring, SPEI Difference /by SherikaCariSAM Bulletin Vol 8 Issue 5 October 2024
/in Agriculture, Climate Bulletins /by SherikaMean Temperature Anomalies August 2024
/in Climate Monitoring, Mean Temperature Anomalies /by SherikaAugust 2024
Temperature anomalies were warmer than usual for August 2024 throughout the eastern Caribbean. Trinidad, Tobago, Dominica, Guadeloupe and Antigua were between 0.75 o C and 1.50 o C warmer; Grenada, Barbados and St Maarten were between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer; Saint Lucia was between 0 and 0.75 o C warmer; Martinique and St Kitts ranged from 0.25 o C warmer, to predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 o C warmer; St Thomas was between 0 and 0.25 o C warmer and St Croix was between 0 and 0.25 o C cooler. The Guianas were predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50, ranging to 2.50 o C warmer. Aruba and Curacao were between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer. Puerto Rico and Belize were between 0.75 o C cooler to 2.50 o C warmer. The Dominican Republic was predominantly between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer, ranging to1.50 o C warmer in the east. Jamaica was between 0 and 0.75 o C warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0.25 and 1.50 o C warmer.
June to August 2024
Temperature anomalies were warmer than usual over the three-month period throughout the eastern Caribbean. Trinidad, Tobago, Grenada, Barbados, Guadeloupe and Antigua were between 0.75 and 1.50 o C warmer; Saint Lucia was between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer; Martinique, Dominica, St Kitts, St Maarten and St Thomas were between 0.25 and 1.50 o C warmer; St Croix was between 0 and 0.75 o C warmer. The Guianas were between 0.75 to 1.50 o C warmer. Aruba was between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer. Curacao was between 0.75 to 1.50 o C warmer. Puerto Rico ranged from 0. to 2.50 o C warmer. The Dominican Republic was predominantly between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer, ranging to 1.50 o C warmer in the east. Jamaica was between 0.75 and 1.50 o C warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0.25 and 1.50 o C warmer. Belize ranged from 0.75 o C cooler to 2.50 o C warmer southeast to northwest.
March to August 2024
Temperature anomalies were warmer than usual for March to August 2024 throughout the eastern Caribbean. Trinidad, Tobago, Grenada, Barbados, Saint Lucia, Martinique, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Antigua St Kitts, St Maarten, St Thomas and St. Croix were between 0.75 and 1.50 o C warmer. The Guianas were mostly between 0.75 and 1.50 o C ranging to 2.50 o C warmer. Aruba was between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer, and Curacao was between 1.50 and 0.25 o C warmer. Puerto Rico was predominantly between 0.75 o C and 1.50 o C warmer ranging to 0.25 o C warmer in the south and to 2.50 o C warmer in the northwest. The Dominican Republic ranged from 0.25 to 2.50 o C warmer. Jamaica was between 0.75 and 1.50 o C warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0 and 2.50 o C warmer. Belize was between 0.75 and 2.50 o C warmer.
September 2023 to August 2024
Temperature anomalies were warmer than usual over the twelve-month period throughout the eastern Caribbean. Trinidad and Dominica were between 1.50 to 2.50 o C warmer; Tobago, Martinique and Guadeloupe were between 0.75 and 2.50 o C warmer; Grenada, Barbados, Antigua, St Kitts and St Thomas were between 0.75 to 1.50 o C warmer; Saint Lucia was between 0.25 o C and 1.50 o C warmer; St Maarten and St Croix were between 0.25 to 0.75o C warmer. The Guianas ranged from 0.75 o C warmer to predominantly between 1.50 and 2.50 o C warmer. Aruba was between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer, and Curacao ranged from 1.50 to predominantly between 0.25 and 0.75 o C warmer. Puerto Rico ranged from 0 to 2.50 o C warmer. The Dominican Republic Ranged from 1.50 to 0.25 o C warmer south to north. Northern Bahamas ranged from 0.25 to 2.50 o C warmer. Jamaica was between 0.75 and 1.50 o C warmer. Belize was between 0.75 and 2.50 o C warmer.
Mean Temperature for August 2024
Mean Temperature for the Period September 2023 to August 2024