Regional Climate Change: Central African Republic

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Central African Republic	-	-	0.85 ± 0.18	0.70 ± 0.18	1.78 ± 0.33	2.34 ± 1.76
Middle Africa	-	-	0.88 ± 0.18	0.77 ± 0.17	1.73 ± 0.25	1.78 ± 0.79
Africa	-	-	0.83 ± 0.20	0.92 ± 0.12	1.99 ± 0.21	2.49 ± 0.45
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
	± 1.10	± 0.50	± 0.27	± 0.23	± 0.20

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.60	0.85	0.94	0.96	0.96

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 1.59	± 1.42	± 1.13	± 0.96	± 0.89	± 0.77
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 0.83	± 0.76	± 0.78	± 0.75	± 0.89	± 1.26

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range