Coral Bleaching - St Lucia

Corals around St Lucia have experienced elevated temperatures 15 times in the past 41 years.

1. Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 21.20 C on 31-Oct-2024
2. Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 18.45 C on 01-Nov-2023
3. Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 14.58 C on 01-Nov-2005
4. Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 13.95 C on 23-Oct-2010
5. Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 13.86 C on 17-Oct-2010
6. Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 13.28 C on 09-Oct-2010
7. Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 12.96 C on 04-Oct-2010
8. Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 11.91 C on 23-Sep-2010
9. Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 6.50 C on 11-Nov-2004
10. Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 6.31 C on 16-Nov-2003
11. Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 6.11 C on 02-Jan-2024
12. Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 5.85 C on 18-Oct-1998
13. Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 4.39 C on 15-Nov-2020
14. Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 4.09 C on 11-Nov-2016
15. Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 4.02 C on 11-Nov-2021

The ©Cumulative Damage Index caused by coral bleaching events (days when the DHW > 1C) over the past 40 years is 2352.

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