On October 18, 2026, the small Caribbean nation of Grenada officially secured membership in the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), becoming the intergovernmental body’s 194th full member following the formal deposit of its instrument of accession to the WMO Convention. The milestone expands the WMO’s global network to encompass 188 sovereign Member States and six affiliated Member Territories, including fellow Caribbean nation Belize.
For Grenada, a low-lying island state disproportionately exposed to extreme weather events and accelerating climate disruption, the membership marks a critical turning point in its disaster resilience roadmap. The country suffered catastrophic, nationwide damage when Hurricane Beryl made landfall in July 2024, destroying critical infrastructure, displacing communities and disrupting core public services for weeks. As part of its new WMO affiliation, Grenada will be integrated directly into the Organization’s Regional Association for North America, Central America and the Caribbean, as well as its specialized Hurricane Committee, the regional governing body that coordinates tropical cyclone tracking and response across the basin.
Access to WMO’s global suite of specialized services will now enable Grenada to upgrade its local weather observation infrastructure, refine the accuracy and lead time of its severe weather forecasts, expand its public early-warning coverage, and build long-term technical and institutional capacity for local meteorological staff.
Officials from the Government of Belize issued an official public statement extending formal congratulations to Grenada on its successful WMO admission, framing the accession as a landmark advancement for cross-border regional collaboration on meteorology, climate adaptation and hydrological monitoring. The statement emphasized that shared, transboundary climate hazards across the Caribbean create an urgent mandate for regional states to pool limited resources, exchange localized technical knowledge, and deepen coordinated action to boost collective resilience to climate impacts. Belize’s government added that it anticipates expanding long-term collaborative partnerships with Grenada, alongside other WMO and Caribbean Meteorological Organization members, to strengthen regional early warning systems, safeguard civilian lives and livelihoods, reduce property loss from extreme weather, and advance inclusive sustainable development across the Caribbean basin.