Regional Climate Change: Colombia

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Colombia	-	-	0.87 ± 0.23	1.02 ± 0.18	1.23 ± 0.22	0.75 ± 0.55
South America	-	-	0.86 ± 0.20	1.00 ± 0.16	1.39 ± 0.19	1.07 ± 0.36
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
	± 0.79	± 0.44	± 0.22	± 0.17	± 0.13

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.76	0.89	0.96	0.98	0.98

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 1.05	± 1.14	± 1.10	± 0.81	± 0.69	± 0.59
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 0.68	± 0.57	± 0.74	± 0.63	± 0.67	± 0.78

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range