Country: Senegal
Latitude:15.2653 N
Longitude:17.5000 W
Nearby Cities:Dakar, Thiès, Tivaouane, Pout, Khombole

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since: 1760 1810 1860 1910 1960 1990
Current Location - - 0.85
± 0.20
1.06
± 0.18
1.98
± 0.42
1.88
± 0.57
Senegal - - 0.87
± 0.18
1.02
± 0.18
1.87
± 0.34
1.55
± 0.56
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

Local Climate Variabiity

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

Smoothing Monthly Annual Five-year Ten-year Twenty-year
± 1.43 ± 0.66 ± 0.35 ± 0.26 ± 0.19

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing Monthly Annual Five-year Ten-year Twenty-year
0.49 0.78 0.91 0.95 0.96

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

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
± 1.55 ± 1.68 ± 1.74 ± 1.48 ± 1.41 ± 1.35
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
± 0.84 ± 0.82 ± 0.80 ± 0.99 ± 1.42 ± 1.58

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range