Malawi

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Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Malawi	-	-	-	0.97 ± 0.13	1.94 ± 0.33	0.56 ± 1.19
Eastern Africa	-	-	-	0.97 ± 0.15	1.93 ± 0.20	1.83 ± 0.65
Africa	-	-	0.83 ± 0.20	0.92 ± 0.12	1.99 ± 0.21	2.49 ± 0.45
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

Hottest Monthly and Annual Averages

Rank	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
1	2016	2005	2016	2010	1983	1997	2002	2018	2018	2019	1957	2015	2016
2	1998	2016	1998	2020	1992	2005	2015	2014	2012	2015	1996	1987	2005
3	2010	1992	1992	1988	2018	2011	2017	2019	2013	2017	2005	2016	2015
4	1949	1998	1983	2005	2011	1990	1983	1995	2016	2012	1929	2005	2020
5	1983	1980	2005	1983	2017	1983	2016	2012	2017	1995	2014	1993	2019
6	2017	2018	1987	2019	1987	2009	2014	2005	1987	2010	2019	2019	2017
7	2004	2010	2019	1992	2015	2017	2019	2020	2009	1929	1953	2011	1992
8	2005	2003	2004	2007	2019	1988	1988	2001	2007	2011	2010	1998	1998
9	2020	2020	2018	2016	2005	2015	1990	2015	2020	2008	2015	1924	2014
10	1997	1983	1997	1990	1959	1992	1984	2017	2001	2006	2003	2001	1983

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	1894	1904	1913	1920	1962	1911	1928	1898	1953	1940	1910	1904	1907
2	1904	1935	1905	1929	1910	1945	1911	1935	1911	1950	1896	1910	1904
3	1956	1898	1911	1910	1930	1907	1964	1918	1933	1975	1963	1912	1911
4	1925	1893	1927	1918	1950	1927	1912	1911	1936	1910	1952	1970	1910
5	1911	1895	1907	1911	1907	1901	1910	1933	1907	1902	1985	1933	1893
6	1965	1911	1912	1894	1928	1913	1898	1926	1934	1965	1907	1903	1906
7	1951	1907	1968	1907	1893	1931	1956	1945	1974	1912	1950	1961	1965
8	1913	1892	1960	1924	1908	1909	1905	1946	1964	1906	1968	1934	1899
9	1909	1897	1929	1936	1918	1910	1958	1929	1939	1999	1916	1956	1935
10	1950	1925	1963	1904	1965	1930	1927	1932	1945	1942	1961	1931	1936

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	± 0.49	± 0.28	± 0.23	± 0.18

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.58	0.84	0.94	0.96	0.97

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 0.93	± 0.89	± 0.81	± 1.05	± 1.16	± 1.19
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 1.01	± 1.08	± 1.09	± 1.08	± 1.26	± 0.94

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

Malawi Global Context Map

Malawi Local Context Map

Land Area:	114,000 km²
Percent of Global Land Area:	0.08%

Active Stations:	1
Former Stations:	8
Monthly Mean Observations:	4,066
Earliest Observation:	November 1897

Active Stations:	14
Former Stations:	42
Monthly Mean Observations:	23,876
Earliest Observation:	May 1893

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