Regional Climate Change: South America

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
South America	-	-	0.86 ± 0.20	1.00 ± 0.16	1.39 ± 0.19	1.07 ± 0.36
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
	± 0.77	± 0.35	± 0.20	± 0.15	± 0.10

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.75	0.93	0.97	0.98	0.99

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 0.66	± 0.67	± 0.73	± 0.72	± 0.86	± 0.91
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 0.96	± 0.84	± 0.68	± 0.64	± 0.56	± 0.61

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range