Regional Climate Change: France

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
France	0.35 ± 0.20	0.61 ± 0.17	0.84 ± 0.11	1.11 ± 0.13	2.60 ± 0.21	1.41 ± 0.46
Northern Hemisphere	-	0.79 ± 0.16	0.96 ± 0.10	1.19 ± 0.05	2.56 ± 0.20	3.56 ± 0.20
Global Land	0.43 ± 0.18	0.79 ± 0.13	0.91 ± 0.08	1.11 ± 0.03	2.16 ± 0.11	2.78 ± 0.13

Temperature Record Months and Years

Seasonal Changes

Regional Climate Variability

Difference from Global Land Average ( °C, 95% range )

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	± 2.36	± 0.84	± 0.43	± 0.31	± 0.24

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.41	0.69	0.88	0.93	0.95

Variability in Monthly Means ( °C, 95% range )

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 3.15	± 3.01	± 2.37	± 2.01	± 2.02	± 1.88
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 1.99	± 1.62	± 1.82	± 2.00	± 2.12	± 2.81

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range