Mauritania

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Mauritania	-	-	0.85 ± 0.18	1.12 ± 0.21	2.28 ± 0.63	2.55 ± 1.15
Western Africa	-	-	0.92 ± 0.20	0.86 ± 0.13	2.02 ± 0.31	3.09 ± 0.54
Africa	-	-	0.83 ± 0.20	0.92 ± 0.12	1.99 ± 0.21	2.49 ± 0.45
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
	± 1.52	± 0.59	± 0.28	± 0.20	± 0.16

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.49	0.82	0.95	0.97	0.98

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 1.91	± 1.94	± 1.74	± 1.66	± 1.53	± 1.04
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 0.79	± 0.98	± 0.94	± 1.30	± 1.49	± 1.75

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range