Local Climate Change: 10.45 N, 84.27 W

Country:	Costa Rica
Latitude:	10.4469 N
Longitude:	84.2727 W
Nearby Cities:	San José, San Francisco, San Francisco, Alajuela, Paraíso, Desamparados

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Current Location	-	-	0.83 ± 0.19	0.91 ± 0.22	1.60 ± 0.47	-0.29 ± 0.53
Costa Rica	-	-	0.84 ± 0.21	0.92 ± 0.23	1.60 ± 0.45	-0.34 ± 0.60
Nicaragua	-	-	0.82 ± 0.19	0.90 ± 0.21	1.55 ± 0.39	-0.40 ± 0.67
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
	± 0.98	± 0.53	± 0.24	± 0.17	± 0.09

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.64	0.84	0.96	0.98	0.99

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 1.00	± 1.05	± 1.07	± 0.88	± 0.86	± 0.81
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 0.72	± 0.68	± 0.76	± 0.72	± 0.90	± 0.99

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range