Regional Climate Change: Lebanon

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Lebanon	-	0.75 ± 0.17	0.81 ± 0.11	1.03 ± 0.13	1.97 ± 0.19	5.23 ± 0.55
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
	± 2.07	± 0.85	± 0.37	± 0.28	± 0.21

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.50	0.76	0.93	0.95	0.96

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 2.49	± 2.62	± 2.68	± 2.12	± 1.98	± 1.42
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 1.37	± 1.38	± 1.61	± 2.10	± 2.40	± 2.50

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range