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Hottest January on record exceeds 1.5°C benchmark

Hottest January on record exceeds 1.5°C benchmark

| 09/02/2024 | 37 Comments

(CNS): The average global temperature last month was 1.66°C above pre-industrial levels, the warmest January on record, and rounded off a 12-month period over which the planet topped the 1.5°C benchmark, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has confirmed. In its monthly climate update on the changes in global air and sea temperatures, C3S reported […]

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Scientists suggest introducing cat 6 hurricane level

Scientists suggest introducing cat 6 hurricane level

| 09/02/2024 | 14 Comments

(CNS): A group of scientists are suggesting changes to the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale to account for stronger storms. As global warming leads to more intense tropical cyclones (TCs), a new study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer-reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests […]

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Storm mashes north shorelines of Cayman Islands

Storm mashes north shorelines of Cayman Islands

| 06/02/2024 | 67 Comments

(CNS): The storm currently passing the Cayman Islands brought extensive damage and severe flooding to the north shore of the three islands. However, in a video posted on social media, Henry Scott showed how some properties on Cayman Brac were saved from extreme damage by the seagrape trees left to grow on the beach in […]

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Residents urged to heed warning over gale force winds

Residents urged to heed warning over gale force winds

| 05/02/2024 | 18 Comments

(CNS): The National Weather Service and Hazard Management Cayman Islands have said that as the strong cold front expected to affect the Cayman Islands tonight moves closer to our area, residents should expect near gale force winds and very rough seas. Weather conditions began deteriorating Monday and will get worse into tomorrow. Wave heights of up […]

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CINWS issues severe weather alert and marine warning

CINWS issues severe weather alert and marine warning

| 04/02/2024 | 24 Comments

(CNS): A marine warning is in effect for all of the Cayman Islands for Monday and Tuesday as a strong cold front is expected to enter this area tomorrow morning. According to the Cayman Island National Weather Service, there is a strong high-pressure system behind the front over the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. As the […]

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2023 confirmed as Cayman’s hottest year on record

2023 confirmed as Cayman’s hottest year on record

| 09/01/2024 | 25 Comments

(CNS): The Cayman Islands, like many countries around the world, endured its hottest year on record in 2023, the CI National Weather Service has confirmed. According to the data gathered at the Owen Roberts International Airport, Grand Cayman, last year, the annual average land temperature was 84°F, the highest average on record. The previous highest […]

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2023 was the hottest year ever recorded worldwide

2023 was the hottest year ever recorded worldwide

| 04/01/2024 | 27 Comments

(CNS): Following predictions over the last few months that 2023 would be the world’s hottest year ever recorded after two decades of escalating temperatures, scientists say that last year may have been the warmest in 125,000 years. While the official data for last month has not been calculated, the results were already locked in by […]

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Cayman escapes busy storm season unscathed

Cayman escapes busy storm season unscathed

| 01/12/2023 | 21 Comments

(CNS): Another record breaking hurricane season in the Atlantic has come to an end and once again the Cayman Islands remained out of the eyes of the many storms that brewed, The season was above-normal with 20 named storms and unusual because this is an El Nino year, a weather phenomena that usually dampens down […]

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Cayman Islands dodges potential storm system

Cayman Islands dodges potential storm system

| 17/11/2023 | 9 Comments

(CNS): The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on potential Tropical Cyclone 22 which passed just over 200 miles south of Grand Cayman Friday morning and was due to pass about 150 miles south east of Cayman Brac this afternoon. No warning or watches have been put in place here as by 3pm the system […]

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Storm brewing in southwestern Caribbean

Storm brewing in southwestern Caribbean

| 13/11/2023 | 7 Comments

(CNS): A broad area of low pressure expected to form over the southwestern Caribbean Sea in a few days may impact the Cayman Islands towards the end of this week. The National Hurricane Centre in Miami said the gradual development of this system could see a tropical depression forming as it moves northeastward across western […]

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Low pressure system could cook up a local storm

Low pressure system could cook up a local storm

| 30/10/2023 | 10 Comments

(CNS): A trough of low pressure over the eastern Caribbean Sea, which is producing disorganised showers and thunderstorms, appears conducive for gradual development this week as it heads towards our area. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the system is expected to move westward during the coming days. A tropical depression could form late […]

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