Regional Climate Change: Turks and Caicas Islands

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Turks and Caicas Islands	-	0.62 ± 0.29	0.78 ± 0.23	1.02 ± 0.17	1.50 ± 0.39	1.01 ± 1.06

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
	± 1.09	± 0.51	± 0.26	± 0.20	± 0.14

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.61	0.85	0.96	0.98	0.99

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 1.21	± 1.14	± 1.09	± 0.89	± 0.83	± 0.72
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 0.71	± 0.66	± 0.71	± 0.76	± 1.06	± 1.34

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range