Ceará

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Ceará	-	-	-	1.19 ± 0.24	2.09 ± 0.35	0.71 ± 1.77
Brazil	-	-	0.87 ± 0.17	1.06 ± 0.18	1.70 ± 0.17	1.50 ± 0.43
South America	-	-	0.86 ± 0.20	1.00 ± 0.16	1.39 ± 0.19	1.07 ± 0.36
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
	± 1.05	± 0.57	± 0.28	± 0.19	± 0.10

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.62	0.82	0.94	0.97	0.99

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 0.98	± 1.28	± 1.21	± 1.08	± 1.14	± 1.13
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 0.99	± 0.75	± 0.55	± 0.66	± 0.64	± 0.77

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range