Regional Climate Change: Norway

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Norway	0.44 ± 0.31	0.66 ± 0.22	0.96 ± 0.17	0.92 ± 0.16	3.15 ± 0.37	3.23 ± 0.52
Europe	0.37 ± 0.21	0.63 ± 0.15	0.88 ± 0.08	1.09 ± 0.10	2.69 ± 0.23	2.94 ± 0.26
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
	± 2.97	± 1.27	± 0.67	± 0.47	± 0.35

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.38	0.55	0.76	0.85	0.88

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 4.08	± 4.18	± 3.52	± 2.30	± 2.13	± 2.27
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 2.07	± 2.04	± 1.79	± 2.68	± 2.96	± 3.85

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range