Regional Climate Change: Kamchatka

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Kamchatka	-	-	0.98 ± 0.31	1.46 ± 0.30	2.45 ± 0.49	1.71 ± 0.56
Russia	-	0.90 ± 0.23	1.15 ± 0.25	1.57 ± 0.20	3.39 ± 0.28	3.47 ± 0.40
Asia	-	0.82 ± 0.18	1.00 ± 0.15	1.35 ± 0.09	2.57 ± 0.24	3.13 ± 0.25
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
	± 2.96	± 1.24	± 0.56	± 0.36	± 0.26

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.28	0.59	0.85	0.92	0.95

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 4.68	± 4.09	± 3.47	± 2.33	± 1.44	± 1.78
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 1.66	± 1.52	± 1.44	± 1.69	± 3.02	± 4.14

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range