El Salvador

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Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
El Salvador	-	-	0.82 ± 0.19	0.86 ± 0.18	1.41 ± 0.30	-0.95 ± 1.14
Central America	-	-	0.63 ± 0.16	0.72 ± 0.13	1.55 ± 0.25	1.49 ± 0.44
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

Hottest Monthly and Annual Averages

Rank	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
1	1998	2020	1973	2020	1983	2019	2014	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015
2	2020	2003	2020	2016	2020	1998	2018	1997	2019	2006	1997	1987	2020
3	2007	1995	2016	1998	2016	1878	2020	2019	2020	2020	1972	2016	2019
4	1995	1897	1998	2015	1998	2015	2015	2018	2009	2009	2019	2002	2016
5	2016	2010	1897	2017	1946	1915	2019	1953	2018	1994	1994	1994	1998
6	2013	2019	1969	1958	2015	2020	1997	2020	1953	1947	2018	2020	1997
7	1990	1998	1958	2005	1909	1987	2016	2016	1997	2016	1987	2019	1994
8	1980	2014	1995	1941	1997	1946	1994	1982	2017	1993	2000	1995	1987
9	1988	2013	2005	1953	1987	1983	2009	2006	2006	2004	1992	1965	1995
10	2011	2004	2003	1973	1988	1995	2012	2004	2016	1997	1978	1978	2003

Months and years with an estimated uncertainty greater than 1 °C are omitted.

Coldest Monthly and Annual Averages

Rank	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
1	1902	1886	1914	1888	1910	1890	1913	1913	1890	1887	1917	1910	1890
2	1956	1885	1986	1885	1888	1918	1904	1892	1868	1866	1903	1917	1910
3	1884	1905	1989	1866	1892	1868	1858	1890	1888	1903	1910	1894	1892
4	1914	1888	1968	1918	1868	1929	1955	1916	1984	1916	1949	1938	1887
5	1906	1912	1889	1891	1913	1962	1887	1889	1975	1889	1885	1903	1885
6	1901	1917	1879	1913	1891	1964	1883	1971	1859	1913	1882	1893	1860
7	1895	1907	1939	1887	1885	1938	1908	1868	1971	1938	1939	1889	1888
8	1919	1906	1918	1868	1911	1892	1916	1988	1892	1920	1912	1973	1868
9	1885	1890	1925	1971	1968	1968	1984	1969	1879	1884	1908	1975	1917
10	1927	1935	1888	1938	1917	1904	1863	1883	1913	1908	1866	1888	1866

Months and years with an estimated uncertainty greater than 1 °C are omitted.

Seasonal Changes

Regional Climate Variability

Difference from Global Land Average ( °C, 95% range )

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	± 1.09	± 0.55	± 0.29	± 0.20	± 0.10

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.62	0.84	0.94	0.97	0.99

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 1.20	± 1.13	± 1.19	± 0.96	± 0.88	± 0.85
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 0.71	± 0.66	± 0.80	± 0.84	± 1.10	± 1.25

History of Temperature Stations

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Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

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Mean of Daily Low Temperature

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Change in Diurnal Range

El Salvador Global Context Map

El Salvador Local Context Map

Land Area:	19,000 km²
Percent of Global Land Area:	0.01%

Active Stations:	5
Former Stations:	4
Monthly Mean Observations:	2,695
Earliest Observation:	January 1912

Active Stations:	47
Former Stations:	62
Monthly Mean Observations:	31,789
Earliest Observation:	February 1857

Dataset Updated:	15-Nov-2013 16:20:30
Temperature Sites:	40,747
Monthly Mean Observations:	15,717,007
Most Recent Month:	October 2013
Earliest Month:	January 1701