Regional Climate Change: Congo (Democratic Republic of the)

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Congo (Democratic Republic of the)	-	-	0.87 ± 0.16	0.81 ± 0.14	1.70 ± 0.23	1.50 ± 0.89
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
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	± 0.40	± 0.23	± 0.17	± 0.13

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.73	0.90	0.96	0.98	0.99

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 0.93	± 0.87	± 0.83	± 0.73	± 0.70	± 0.72
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 0.69	± 0.63	± 0.60	± 0.55	± 0.61	± 0.72

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range