Regional Climate Change: New Caledonia

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
New Caledonia	-	-	0.84 ± 0.21	0.95 ± 0.23	1.81 ± 0.35	1.95 ± 0.77
Melanesia	-	-	-	0.82 ± 0.15	1.29 ± 0.27	0.72 ± 1.47
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
Oceania	-	-	0.63 ± 0.23	0.93 ± 0.08	1.38 ± 0.24	0.65 ± 0.47
Southern Hemisphere	-	-	0.81 ± 0.24	0.94 ± 0.32	1.34 ± 0.38	1.15 ± 0.38
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
	± 1.06	± 0.53	± 0.27	± 0.19	± 0.10

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.59	0.83	0.94	0.97	0.99

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 0.99	± 0.90	± 0.84	± 0.91	± 0.90	± 1.03
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 0.94	± 0.97	± 0.97	± 1.04	± 0.88	± 1.01

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range