Regional Climate Change: Panama

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Panama	-	-	0.84 ± 0.21	0.94 ± 0.23	1.52 ± 0.32	-0.02 ± 0.59
Central America	-	-	0.63 ± 0.16	0.72 ± 0.13	1.55 ± 0.25	1.49 ± 0.44
North America	-	0.82 ± 0.23	1.02 ± 0.18	1.11 ± 0.11	2.90 ± 0.19	4.72 ± 0.28
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
	± 0.92	± 0.50	± 0.22	± 0.15	± 0.09

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.69	0.85	0.97	0.98	0.99

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 1.00	± 1.07	± 1.09	± 0.88	± 0.82	± 0.73
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 0.73	± 0.66	± 0.65	± 0.66	± 0.84	± 0.97

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range