Regional Climate Change: Aruba

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Aruba	-	-	0.82 ± 0.20	1.04 ± 0.16	1.31 ± 0.34	1.25 ± 0.92
Caribbean	-	0.61 ± 0.28	0.76 ± 0.22	0.96 ± 0.13	1.54 ± 0.25	0.73 ± 0.56
Venezuela	-	-	0.88 ± 0.20	1.09 ± 0.17	1.33 ± 0.31	1.53 ± 0.43
South America	-	-	0.86 ± 0.20	1.00 ± 0.16	1.39 ± 0.19	1.07 ± 0.36
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
	± 0.94	± 0.51	± 0.25	± 0.19	± 0.14

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.67	0.85	0.95	0.97	0.98

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 0.98	± 1.08	± 1.13	± 0.86	± 0.81	± 0.68
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 0.66	± 0.57	± 0.72	± 0.74	± 0.76	± 0.95

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range