Local Climate Change: 21.70 S, 45.87 W

Country:	Brazil
Latitude:	21.7021 S
Longitude:	45.8654 W
Nearby Cities:	Poços de Caldas, Varginha, Pouso Alegre, Itajubá, Lavras, Alfenas

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Current Location	-	-	0.87 ± 0.14	1.16 ± 0.29	1.89 ± 0.42	1.71 ± 0.87
São Paulo	-	-	0.86 ± 0.14	1.10 ± 0.28	1.92 ± 0.41	2.03 ± 0.87
Minas Gerais	-	-	0.87 ± 0.15	1.15 ± 0.26	1.95 ± 0.25	2.09 ± 0.56
Brazil	-	-	0.87 ± 0.17	1.06 ± 0.18	1.70 ± 0.17	1.50 ± 0.43
South America	-	-	0.86 ± 0.20	1.00 ± 0.16	1.39 ± 0.19	1.07 ± 0.36
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
	± 1.60	± 0.66	± 0.31	± 0.19	± 0.12

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.49	0.81	0.94	0.98	0.99

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 1.43	± 1.31	± 1.30	± 1.52	± 1.63	± 1.67
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 1.71	± 1.57	± 1.70	± 1.60	± 1.44	± 1.49

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range