South Australia

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
South Australia	-	-	0.55 ± 0.19	1.03 ± 0.17	1.57 ± 0.34	1.66 ± 0.67
Australia	-	-	0.61 ± 0.23	0.94 ± 0.08	1.40 ± 0.25	0.58 ± 0.43
Oceania	-	-	0.63 ± 0.23	0.93 ± 0.08	1.38 ± 0.24	0.65 ± 0.47
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
	± 1.93	± 0.78	± 0.50	± 0.46	± 0.42

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.36	0.66	0.80	0.82	0.82

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 2.25	± 2.20	± 1.92	± 1.88	± 1.84	± 1.77
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 1.48	± 1.66	± 1.71	± 1.87	± 2.12	± 1.98

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range