Local Climate Change: 12.05 N, 87.12 W

Country:	Nicaragua
Latitude:	12.0516 N
Longitude:	87.1233 W
Nearby Cities:	León, Chinandega, El Viejo, Chichigalpa, Nagarote, San Rafael del Sur

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Current Location	-	-	0.83 ± 0.19	0.90 ± 0.20	1.58 ± 0.41	-0.95 ± 1.13
Honduras	-	0.71 ± 0.21	0.81 ± 0.18	0.86 ± 0.19	1.44 ± 0.27	-0.63 ± 0.92
Nicaragua	-	-	0.82 ± 0.19	0.90 ± 0.21	1.55 ± 0.39	-0.40 ± 0.67
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

Seasonal Changes

Local Climate Variabiity

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

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	± 1.06	± 0.55	± 0.27	± 0.19	± 0.10

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.61	0.83	0.95	0.97	0.99

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 1.08	± 1.10	± 1.09	± 0.89	± 0.92	± 0.86
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 0.73	± 0.76	± 0.88	± 0.81	± 0.99	± 1.02

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range