Local Climate Change: 5.63 S, 154.98 E

Country:	Papua New Guinea
Latitude:	5.6266 S
Longitude:	154.9776 E
Nearby Cities:	Arawa

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Current Location	-	-	-	0.91 ± 0.19	1.54 ± 0.45	1.82 ± 1.71
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
	± 0.80	± 0.40	± 0.25	± 0.21	± 0.14

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.67	0.88	0.95	0.96	0.97

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 0.63	± 0.64	± 0.58	± 0.58	± 0.56	± 0.54
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 0.66	± 0.58	± 0.67	± 0.66	± 0.58	± 0.53

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range