Regional Climate Change: Guadeloupe

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Guadeloupe	-	-	0.87 ± 0.20	1.16 ± 0.19	1.83 ± 0.28	2.30 ± 0.66
Dominica	-	-	0.88 ± 0.20	1.17 ± 0.18	1.75 ± 0.31	2.34 ± 0.74
Martinique	-	-	0.88 ± 0.20	1.17 ± 0.18	1.75 ± 0.31	2.34 ± 0.74
Caribbean	-	0.61 ± 0.28	0.76 ± 0.22	0.96 ± 0.13	1.54 ± 0.25	0.73 ± 0.56
France	0.35 ± 0.20	0.61 ± 0.17	0.84 ± 0.11	1.11 ± 0.13	2.60 ± 0.21	1.41 ± 0.46
North America	-	0.82 ± 0.23	1.02 ± 0.18	1.11 ± 0.11	2.90 ± 0.19	4.72 ± 0.28
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
	± 0.84	± 0.39	± 0.19	± 0.14	± 0.11

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.72	0.91	0.97	0.98	0.99

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 0.77	± 0.83	± 0.94	± 0.83	± 0.73	± 0.56
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 0.57	± 0.50	± 0.65	± 0.57	± 0.61	± 0.75

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range