Local Climate Change: 5.63 S, 150.13 E

Country:	Papua New Guinea
Latitude:	5.6266 S
Longitude:	150.1345 E
Nearby Cities:	Kimbe

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Current Location	-	-	-	0.85 ± 0.18	1.39 ± 0.39	1.08 ± 1.79
Papua New Guinea	-	-	-	0.80 ± 0.15	1.24 ± 0.27	0.54 ± 1.58
Melanesia	-	-	-	0.82 ± 0.15	1.29 ± 0.27	0.72 ± 1.47
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
	± 0.87	± 0.46	± 0.29	± 0.23	± 0.14

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.62	0.84	0.93	0.96	0.98

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 0.68	± 0.72	± 0.64	± 0.64	± 0.64	± 0.68
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 0.77	± 0.71	± 0.79	± 0.76	± 0.65	± 0.52

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range