Taiwan

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Taiwan	-	-	0.87 ± 0.20	1.08 ± 0.11	1.46 ± 0.28	1.36 ± 0.60
Eastern Asia	-	0.78 ± 0.20	0.93 ± 0.19	1.23 ± 0.13	2.19 ± 0.24	1.64 ± 0.38
Asia	-	0.82 ± 0.18	1.00 ± 0.15	1.35 ± 0.09	2.57 ± 0.24	3.13 ± 0.25
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
	± 1.57	± 0.58	± 0.31	± 0.24	± 0.18

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.44	0.82	0.93	0.95	0.97

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 1.89	± 2.04	± 1.69	± 1.54	± 1.26	± 1.15
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 0.95	± 0.90	± 0.96	± 1.24	± 1.45	± 1.82

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range