Coral Bleaching - Cayman Islands
Corals around Cayman Islands have experienced elevated temperatures 6 times in the past 41 years.
- Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 17.71 C on 22-Oct-2023
- Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 17.62 C on 17-Oct-2023
- Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 9.79 C on 06-Oct-2024
- Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 4.59 C on 13-Oct-2015
- Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 4.56 C on 28-Sep-1998
- Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 4.12 C on 13-Oct-2020
The ©Cumulative Damage Index caused by coral bleaching events (days when the DHW > 1C) over the past 40 years is 1321.
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 40 years
The ©Cumulative Damage Index caused by coral bleaching events (days exceeding DHW > 1) over the past 40 years
The data on this page were last updated on 3 May 2024. The next update is scheduled for 1 June 2024.
