British Columbia

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
British Columbia	-	-	0.94 ± 0.20	1.15 ± 0.10	2.34 ± 0.19	-0.04 ± 0.32
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
	± 3.25	± 1.21	± 0.57	± 0.39	± 0.25

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.41	0.67	0.86	0.92	0.96

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 5.66	± 4.90	± 3.48	± 2.40	± 1.92	± 1.79
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 1.55	± 1.65	± 1.89	± 2.13	± 4.30	± 4.82

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range