Local Climate Change: 49.03 N, 124.90 W

Country:	Canada
Latitude:	49.0268 N
Longitude:	124.8980 W
Nearby Cities:	Nanaimo, Courtenay, Duncan, Port Alberni, Parksville, Powell River

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Current Location	-	-	0.65 ± 0.20	0.86 ± 0.09	1.56 ± 0.22	-1.78 ± 0.55
Washington	-	-	0.63 ± 0.22	0.84 ± 0.09	1.40 ± 0.22	-0.54 ± 0.41
British Columbia	-	-	0.94 ± 0.20	1.15 ± 0.10	2.34 ± 0.19	-0.04 ± 0.32
Contiguous United States	-	0.66 ± 0.25	0.76 ± 0.18	0.87 ± 0.08	2.16 ± 0.16	2.76 ± 0.36
United States	-	0.69 ± 0.24	0.80 ± 0.16	0.89 ± 0.08	2.36 ± 0.13	2.42 ± 0.39
Canada	-	0.98 ± 0.26	1.31 ± 0.26	1.50 ± 0.18	3.64 ± 0.24	6.50 ± 0.43
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
	± 2.20	± 0.95	± 0.52	± 0.36	± 0.22

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.41	0.65	0.83	0.91	0.96

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 3.46	± 3.01	± 2.36	± 1.78	± 1.85	± 1.76
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 1.57	± 1.42	± 1.55	± 1.57	± 2.55	± 2.65

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range