Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba	-	-	0.84 ± 0.20	1.10 ± 0.16	1.43 ± 0.34	1.93 ± 0.77
Curaçao	-	-	0.83 ± 0.20	1.06 ± 0.16	1.32 ± 0.37	1.50 ± 0.81
Netherlands	0.39 ± 0.25	0.58 ± 0.17	0.83 ± 0.11	1.07 ± 0.10	2.89 ± 0.21	1.87 ± 0.21
Caribbean	-	0.61 ± 0.28	0.76 ± 0.22	0.96 ± 0.13	1.54 ± 0.25	0.73 ± 0.56
Venezuela	-	-	0.88 ± 0.20	1.09 ± 0.17	1.33 ± 0.31	1.53 ± 0.43
South America	-	-	0.86 ± 0.20	1.00 ± 0.16	1.39 ± 0.19	1.07 ± 0.36
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
	± 0.89	± 0.47	± 0.24	± 0.18	± 0.14

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.70	0.87	0.96	0.97	0.98

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 0.91	± 1.01	± 1.08	± 0.85	± 0.77	± 0.63
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 0.61	± 0.55	± 0.67	± 0.67	± 0.68	± 0.84

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range