Regional Climate Change: Sao Tome and Principe

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Sao Tome and Principe	-	-	0.97 ± 0.16	0.64 ± 0.15	1.54 ± 0.40	3.06 ± 0.80

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
	± 0.98	± 0.55	± 0.39	± 0.33	± 0.29

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.64	0.83	0.90	0.91	0.92

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 0.79	± 0.82	± 0.88	± 0.75	± 0.74	± 1.04
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 0.98	± 0.84	± 0.64	± 0.61	± 0.61	± 0.67

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range