Regional Climate Change: Victoria

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Victoria	-	-	0.54 ± 0.13	1.00 ± 0.08	1.65 ± 0.24	4.04 ± 0.39
Australia	-	-	0.61 ± 0.23	0.94 ± 0.08	1.40 ± 0.25	0.58 ± 0.43
Oceania	-	-	0.63 ± 0.23	0.93 ± 0.08	1.38 ± 0.24	0.65 ± 0.47
Southern Hemisphere	-	-	0.81 ± 0.24	0.94 ± 0.32	1.34 ± 0.38	1.15 ± 0.38
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
	± 1.89	± 0.78	± 0.51	± 0.47	± 0.42

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.30	0.63	0.80	0.82	0.83

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 2.40	± 2.21	± 1.93	± 1.79	± 1.41	± 1.40
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 1.14	± 1.19	± 1.38	± 1.65	± 2.07	± 1.97

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range