Local Climate Change: 29.74 S, 29.54 E

Country:	South Africa
Latitude:	29.7428 S
Longitude:	29.5385 E
Nearby Cities:	Pietermaritzburg, Richmond, Howick, Mpophomeni, Kokstad, Mooi River

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Current Location	-	-	0.84 ± 0.27	1.00 ± 0.19	1.29 ± 0.34	0.54 ± 0.83
Lesotho	-	-	0.83 ± 0.29	0.98 ± 0.17	1.17 ± 0.38	0.49 ± 0.84
South Africa	-	-	0.84 ± 0.26	0.93 ± 0.18	1.23 ± 0.37	0.38 ± 0.82
Southern Africa	-	-	0.85 ± 0.27	0.91 ± 0.26	1.35 ± 0.44	-0.36 ± 1.16
Africa	-	-	0.83 ± 0.20	0.92 ± 0.12	1.99 ± 0.21	2.49 ± 0.45
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
	± 1.41	± 0.59	± 0.31	± 0.23	± 0.13

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.48	0.80	0.93	0.96	0.98

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 1.31	± 1.29	± 1.23	± 1.47	± 1.28	± 1.24
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 1.29	± 1.42	± 1.48	± 1.39	± 1.21	± 1.34

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range