Local Climate Change: 7.23 N, 2.43 E

Country:	Benin
Latitude:	7.2321 N
Longitude:	2.4324 E
Nearby Cities:	Cotonou, Abomey-Calavi, Bohicon, Ifo, Lokossa, Abomey

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Current Location	-	-	1.01 ± 0.23	0.62 ± 0.13	1.71 ± 0.50	3.02 ± 1.07
Togo	-	-	1.00 ± 0.21	0.62 ± 0.12	1.75 ± 0.46	3.03 ± 0.84
Benin	-	-	0.99 ± 0.22	0.63 ± 0.13	1.82 ± 0.42	3.04 ± 0.85
Nigeria	-	-	0.97 ± 0.22	0.64 ± 0.15	1.88 ± 0.43	3.71 ± 1.00
Western Africa	-	-	0.92 ± 0.20	0.86 ± 0.13	2.02 ± 0.31	3.09 ± 0.54
Africa	-	-	0.83 ± 0.20	0.92 ± 0.12	1.99 ± 0.21	2.49 ± 0.45
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
	± 1.07	± 0.61	± 0.46	± 0.41	± 0.36

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.62	0.82	0.87	0.89	0.90

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 1.09	± 0.95	± 1.01	± 0.98	± 0.72	± 0.75
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 0.82	± 0.86	± 0.69	± 0.63	± 0.67	± 0.94

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range