December 2020

Mixed temperature anomalies prevailed in the eastern Caribbean for December 2020. Trinidad, Tobago, Grenada and St. Maarten were between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer; Barbados ranged from 0.25 ^oC cooler to 1.50 ^oC warmer; Saint Lucia was predominantly between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC cooler with the northern tip being between 0 and 0.25 ^oC cooler. Martinique was between 0 to 0.75 ^oC warmer south to north; Dominica ranged from 0.75 ^oC warmer in the south to 0.25 ^oC cooler in the north; Guadeloupe and Antigua were between 0.25 to 0.75 ^oC cooler; St. Kitts was between 0.25 cooler to 0.25 ^oC warmer south to north; St. Croix was between 1.50 to 0.25 ^oC cooler south to north and St. Thomas was between 0.25 to 1.50 ^oC warmer. In the Guianas, conditions ranged from 0.75 ^oC cooler to 0.75 ^oC warmer. Aruba and Curacao were between 0.25 ^oC and 0.75 ^oC warmer. Puerto Rico was predominantly between 0.25 ^oC and 0.75 ^oC warmer with the southeastern tip being between 0 and 0.25 ^oC warmer. Haiti was between 0.25 ^oC and 0.75 ^oC warmer. Jamaica was predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC warmer with a small section in the south east ranging up to 2.50 ^oC warmer. Cuba was between 0.25 ^oC cooler to 0.75 ^oC warmer west to east. Grand Cayman was between 0 and 0.25 ^oC warmer. Belize ranged from between 0.25 ^oC cooler to 0.75 ^oC warmer. Northern Bahamas ranged from 0.25 ^oC cooler to 1.50 ^oC warmer.

October to December 2020

Mixed temperature anomalies prevailed in the eastern Caribbean for the period October to December 2020. Trinidad was between 0.25 and 1.50 ^oC warmer; Tobago, Grenada and St. Thomas were between 0.25 and 0.75 to ^oC warmer; Barbados was between 0.25 cooler to 1.50 ^oC warmer; Saint Lucia was between 0.25 warmer to 0.75 ^oC cooler; Martinique was between 0 to 0.75 ^oC warmer south to north; Dominica was between 0.75 ^oC warmer to 0.25 cooler; Guadeloupe and Antigua were between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC cooler; St. Kitts was between 0.25 cooler to 0.25 ^oC warmer south to north St. Maarten was between 0 to 0.75 ^oC warmer; and St. Croix was between 0.25 to 0.25 ^oC warmer south to north. In the Guianas, conditions ranged from at least 0.75 ^oC cooler to 0.75 ^oC warmer. Aruba was between 0 and 0.25 ^oC warmer and Curacao was between 0 and 0.75 ^oC warmer. Puerto Rico, Haiti and Grand Cayman were between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer. Jamaica and Cuba were between 0.25 and 1.50 ^oC warmer. Belize was between 0 and 1.50 ^oC warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0.75 and 2.50 ^oC warmer.

July to December 2020

Temperatures in the eastern Caribbean were higher than the 1981 – 2010 average with the exception of Guadeloupe and Antigua which were between 0 and 0.75 ^oC cooler. Trinidad and Tobago were between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC warmer; Grenada, St. Maarten and St. Croix were between 0.25 to 0.75 ^oC warmer; Barbados was between 0 to 1.50 ^oC warmer; Saint Lucia and Dominica were between 0 and 0.75 ^oC warmer; Martinique and St. Thomas were between 0.25 to 1.50 ^oC warmer; St. Kitts was between 0 and 0.25 ^oC warmer. The Guianas were predominantly between 0.25 to 0.75 ^oC warmer, with conditions ranging from at least 0.75 ^oC cooler in northeast Suriname up to 1.50 ^oC warmer in northern Guyana/Suriname border. Aruba and Curacao were between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer. Puerto Rico, Haiti and Grand Cayman were between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer. Jamaica was between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC warmer. Cuba and Belize were between 0.25 and 1.50 ^oC warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0.75 and 2.50 ^oC warmer.

January to December 2020

The islands of the eastern Caribbean were warmer than the 1981 – 2010 average, except for Guadeloupe which was between 0.25 cooler ^oC to 0.25 ^oC warmer and Antigua which was between 0 to 0.25 ^oC cooler. Trinidad, Tobago and St. Thomas were between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC warmer; Grenada, Saint Lucia, Martinique, St. Maarten and St. Croix were between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer; Barbados was between 0 to 1.50 ^oC warmer; Dominica and St. Kitts were between 0 and 0.75 ^oC warmer. Conditions in the Guianas ranged from 0.25 ^oC cooler in northeast Suriname up to 1.50 ^oC in much Guyana, French Guiana and eastern and western Suriname. Aruba and Curacao were between 0.25 to 0.75 ^oC warmer. Puerto Rico was between 1.50 and 0.25 ^oC warmer from west to east. Haiti was between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer.  Cuba was predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC warmer with the eastern tip being between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer. Jamaica and Grand Cayman were between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC warmer. Belize was predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC warmer, with conditions ranging from 0.25 ^oC warmer in the southwest up to 2.50 ^oC warmer in a small area in central Belize. Northern Bahamas was between 0.75 and 2.50 ^oC warmer.