January 2022

Conditions throughout the eastern Caribbean were predominantly normal to below normal during the month of January. Trinidad and Antigua ranged from moderately dry to normal; Tobago and St Vincent slightly dry; Grenada, St Croix and St Thomas normal; Barbados moderately dry; Saint Lucia predominantly slightly dry ranging to moderately dry in the north; Martinique severe to exceptionally dry south to north; Dominica extremely dry to normal south to north; Guadeloupe and St Maarten normal to severely dry; St Kitts slightly wet in the south to predominantly normal and Anguilla slightly dry in the extreme south to predominantly normal. In the Guianas conditions ranged from severely dry to moderately wet. Aruba was moderately dry and Curacao ranged from severe to moderately dry. Puerto Rico was predominantly normal ranging to slightly dry in the southwest. The Dominican Republic was predominantly normal ranging to moderately wet in the southwest and to slightly dry in the north. Jamaica ranged from moderately wet in the south to moderately dry in the extreme northwest.  Grand Cayman was moderately wet. Cuba was predominantly normal ranging to moderately dry in the southeast and slightly wet in the extreme north. Northern Bahamas ranged from extremely wet to normal and Belize was normal.

November 2021 to January 2022

Predominantly normal to below normal conditions prevailed throughout the three month period in the eastern Caribbean. Trinidad ranged from extremely wet in the south to exceptionally dry in the north; Tobago and Guadeloupe exceptional to severely dry; Grenada slightly dry; Barbados, Saint Lucia, Martinique and Antigua extreme to exceptionally dry;  St Vincent severe to extremely dry;  Dominica moderate to extremely dry; St Kitts normal to slightly dry; St Maarten moderately dry to normal; Anguilla predominantly normal to slightly wet in the north; St Croix severe to moderately dry and St Thomas moderate to slightly dry. Conditions in the Guianas ranged from moderately dry to exceptionally wet. Aruba was slightly dry and Curacao ranged from slightly dry in the extreme south to predominantly normal. Puerto Rico ranged from normal to moderately dry. The Dominican Republic ranged from moderately wet in western areas to extremely dry in southeastern areas. Jamaica ranged from moderately wet in northwestern areas to slightly dry in the extreme west and east. Grand Cayman was predominantly slightly wet ranging to moderately wet in the northeast. Cuba was predominantly normal ranging to moderately dry in the west and slightly dry in the northeast. Northern Bahamas ranged from normal to moderately wet and Belize was predominantly normal ranging to slightly dry in the northeast.

August 2021 to January 2022

Predominantly normal to below normal conditions prevailed throughout the eastern Caribbean over the six month period. Trinidad ranged from very wet to moderately dry southwest to northeast; Tobago normal to extremely dry; Grenada, St Kitts and St Thomas  slight to moderately dry; Barbados exceptional to moderately dry; St Vincent moderately dry; Saint Lucia severe to extremely dry; Martinique and Antigua exceptional to extremely dry; Dominica moderate to extremely dry; Guadeloupe severe to exceptionally dry; St Maarten severely dry to normal ; Anguilla predominantly normal to slightly wet in the north and St Croix severely dry. Conditions in the Guianas ranged from normal to exceptionally wet. Aruba was slightly dry to normal and Curacao was normal. Puerto Rico ranged from severely dry in the south to slightly dry in the north. The Dominican Republic ranged from slightly wet in western areas to exceptionally dry in the southeast. Jamaica was predominantly normal ranging to slightly dry in the west and slightly wet in west central areas. Grand Cayman ranged from normal to slightly wet. Cuba ranged from exceptionally dry in the west to normal in the east. Northern Bahamas ranged from very wet to extremely dry and Belize ranged from slightly dry in the south to normal in western areas and to extremely dry in the north.

February 2021 to January 2022

Apart from some areas in the southeast, conditions throughout the eastern Caribbean were predominantly normal to below normal over the twelve month period. Trinidad ranged from exceptionally wet to normal southwest to northeast; Tobago normal to slightly dry; Grenada and Anguilla slightly wet to predominantly normal; Barbados and St Maarten extremely dry to normal; St Vincent, Saint Lucia, Dominica, St Kitts and St Croix moderate to severely dry; Martinique exceptional to severely dry; Guadeloupe moderate to exceptionally dry; St Thomas normal and Antigua exceptionally dry. Conditions in the Guianas were mostly exceptional to moderately wet. Aruba was slightly dry and Curacao normal. Puerto Rico ranged from slightly dry on the extreme southeast to predominantly normal. The Dominican Republic ranged from exceptionally dry to slightly wet southeast to northwest. Jamaica ranged from moderately dry in the west and east to slightly wet in the northwest. Grand Cayman was normal. Cuba ranged from exceptionally dry in the west to normal in the east. Northern Bahamas ranged from normal to moderately dry and Belize ranged from normal in the west to severely dry in the north and moderately dry to the south.

February 2020 to January 2022

Conditions throughout the eastern Caribbean were predominantly normal to below normal over the two year period. Trinidad ranged from very wet to slightly dry southwest to northeast; Tobago normal to moderately dry; Grenada and Barbados normal to slightly dry; St Vincent and Antigua extreme to severely dry; Saint Lucia severe to exceptionally dry; Martinique exceptional to moderately dry; Dominica extreme to slightly dry; Guadeloupe moderate to exceptionally dry; St Kitts slight to moderately dry; St Maarten extremely dry to normal; Anguilla normal to slightly wet in the north; St Croix moderately dry and St Thomas normal. In the Guianas conditions ranged from exceptionally wet to extremely dry. Aruba and Curacao were normal. Puerto Rico was predominantly normal ranging to slightly wet in the north. The Dominican Republic ranged from exceptionally dry in southern areas to slightly wet on the northwestern border. Jamaica ranged from severely dry in the west and slightly dry in the east to very wet in the north. Grand Cayman was normal. Cuba ranged from moderately dry in the extreme west to moderately wet in the extreme southeast. Northern Bahamas ranged from normal to exceptionally wet and Belize was predominantly normal ranging to moderately wet in the north.

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