Regional Climate Change: Palmyra Atoll

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Palmyra Atoll	-	-	-	1.06 ± 0.37	1.72 ± 0.84	0.84 ± 2.06

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
	± 0.75	± 0.45	± 0.21	± 0.11	± 0.06

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.76	0.88	0.97	0.99	1.00

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 0.79	± 0.80	± 0.67	± 0.63	± 0.58	± 0.58
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 0.67	± 0.72	± 0.73	± 0.80	± 0.78	± 0.70

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range