Coral Bleaching - Barbados
 
   Corals around Barbados have experienced elevated temperatures 20 times in the past 41 years.
- Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 23.10 C on 12-Nov-2024 
 
- Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 18.60 C on 03-Nov-2023 
 
- Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 18.59 C on 05-Nov-2023 
 
- Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 15.48 C on 26-Oct-2010 
 
- Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 14.25 C on 10-Oct-2010 
 
- Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 13.75 C on 02-Oct-2010 
 
- Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 13.54 C on 31-Oct-2005 
 
- Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 12.74 C on 23-Sep-2010 
 
- Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 10.22 C on 09-Sep-2010 
 
- Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 7.70 C on 13-Nov-2003 
 
- Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 7.52 C on 14-Nov-2020 
 
- Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 7.21 C on 21-Oct-2011 
 
- Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 6.80 C on 15-Nov-2004 
 
- Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 6.17 C on 19-Nov-2016 
 
- Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 6.16 C on 05-Nov-2021 
 
- Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 6.12 C on 23-Oct-1998 
 
- Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 5.98 C on 02-Jan-2024 
 
- Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 5.50 C on 04-Nov-2008 
 
- Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 5.19 C on 18-Nov-2008 
 
- Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 4.14 C on 12-Nov-2006 
 
 The ©Cumulative Damage Index caused by coral bleaching events (days when the DHW > 1C) over the past 41 years is 2642. 
 
 
For information about why elevated temperatures are so damaging to corals, go to 
Coral Bleaching. 
    
The record of Degree Heating Weeks (DHW) over the past 41 years
 
     
   
    The ©Cumulative Damage Index caused by coral bleaching events (days exceeding DHW > 1) over the past 41 years 
 
     
   
   The data on this page were last updated on 4 June 2025.  The next update is scheduled for 7 July 2025.