October 2020

Mixed temperature anomalies prevailed in the eastern Caribbean for October 2020. Trinidad was between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC warmer; Tobago was between 1.50 to 0.25 ^oC warmer west to east; Grenada, St. Croix and St. Thomas were between 0.25 to 0.75 ^oC warmer; Barbados ranged from 0.75 ^oC cooler to 0.75 ^oC warmer; Saint Lucia was between 0 to 0.75 ^oC cooler south to north; Martinique was between 0 to 0.75  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 cooler ^oC; St. Kitts was between 0.25 cooler to 0.25 ^oC warmer  south to north and St. Maarten was between 0 and 0.75 ^oC warmer. In the Guianas, conditions ranged from at least 0.25 ^oC cooler in southeastern Guyana, southern and central Suriname up to 2.50 ^oC warmer in north and central French Guiana. Aruba and Curacao were between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer. Puerto Rico and Haiti were between 0.25 and 1.50 ^oC warmer. Jamaica and Cuba were between 0.75 to 1.50 ^oC warmer. Grand Cayman was between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer. Belize ranged from 1.50 to 0.25 ^oC warmer south to north with a small area in central Belize ranging up to 2.50 ^oC warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0.75 and 2.50 ^oC warmer.

August to October 2020

Temperatures in the eastern Caribbean were warmer than the 1981 – 2010 average with the exception of Guadeloupe which was between 0 to 0.75 ^oC cooler and Antigua which was between 0 to 0.25 ^oC cooler. Trinidad, Tobago, Grenada and St. Thomas were between 0.75 to 1.50 ^oC warmer; Saint Lucia and St. Kitts were between 0 to 0.75 ^oC warmer, Martinique was between 0.25 to 1.50 ^oC warmer; Barbados and Dominica were between 0 to 1.50 ^oC warmer; St. Maarten and St. Croix were between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer. Most of the Guianas were between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer, with conditions ranging from at least0 ^oC warmer in northeast and southern Suriname up to 1.50 ^oC warmer in northeastern Guyana and eastern French Guiana. Aruba and Curacao were between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer. Puerto and Cuba were between 0.25 and 1.50 ^oC warmer. Haiti and Grand Cayman were between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer. Jamaica was between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC warmer. Belize was predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC warmer with a small area in northeast being between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0.75 and 2.50 ^oC warmer.

May 2020 to October 2020

Temperatures in the eastern Caribbean were higher than the 1981 – 2010 average. Trinidad, Tobago, Grenada, Martinique, St. Croix and St. Thomas were between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC warmer; Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and St. Maarten were between 0.25 to 0.75 ^oC warmer; Barbados and Dominica were between 0.25 to 1.50 ^oC warmer; Guadeloupe and Antigua were between 0.25 ^oC cooler to 0.25 ^oC warmer. The Guianas were predominantly between 0.25 to 0.75 ^oC warmer, ranging from at least 0.25 ^oC cooler in northeast Suriname up to 1.50 ^oC warmer in west-central French Guiana. Aruba and Curacao were between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer. Puerto Rico, Jamaica and Grand Cayman were between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC warmer. Cuba was predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC warmer with the southeastern tip between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer. Haiti was between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0.75 and 2.50 ^oC warmer. Belize was predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC with northeast and southeast portions between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer.

November 2019 to October 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. Trinidad, Tobago and St. Thomas were between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC warmer; Grenada, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts, St. Maarten and St. Croix were between 0.25 and 0.75 ^oC warmer; Barbados and Martinique were between 0.25 to 1.50 ^oC warmer; Dominica was between 0 and 0.75 ^oC warmer and Antigua between 0 and 0.25 ^oC warmer. The Guianas were predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC warmer, with conditions ranging from between 0 to 0.25 ^oC warmer in northeast Suriname and French Guiana up to 2.50 ^oC warmer in central and northern French Guiana. Aruba and Curacao were between 0.25 to 0.75 ^oC warmer. Puerto Rico, Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba and Grand Cayman were between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC warmer. Belize was predominantly between 0.75 and 1.50 ^oC warmer with a small area ranging up to 2.50 ^oC warmer. Northern Bahamas was between 0.75 and 2.50 ^oC warmer.

 

Mean Temperature for October 2020

Mean Temperature for the Period November 2019 to October 2020

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