Regional Climate Change: Gambia

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Gambia	-	-	0.87 ± 0.18	1.01 ± 0.18	1.86 ± 0.39	1.32 ± 0.60
Senegal	-	-	0.87 ± 0.18	1.02 ± 0.18	1.87 ± 0.34	1.55 ± 0.56
Western Africa	-	-	0.92 ± 0.20	0.86 ± 0.13	2.02 ± 0.31	3.09 ± 0.54
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
	± 1.23	± 0.55	± 0.29	± 0.21	± 0.15

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.55	0.83	0.94	0.97	0.97

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 1.34	± 1.30	± 1.35	± 1.25	± 1.14	± 1.10
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 0.88	± 0.92	± 0.83	± 0.88	± 1.16	± 1.32

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range