Local Climate Change: 18.48 N, 69.30 W

Country:	Dominican Republic
Latitude:	18.4838 N
Longitude:	69.2958 W
Nearby Cities:	Santo Domingo, San Pedro de Macorís, La Romana, San Cristóbal, Higüey, Bajos de Haina

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Current Location	-	0.68 ± 0.23	0.84 ± 0.20	1.09 ± 0.16	1.76 ± 0.40	1.92 ± 0.92
Dominican Republic	-	0.67 ± 0.24	0.82 ± 0.21	1.07 ± 0.16	1.67 ± 0.33	1.61 ± 0.90
Caribbean	-	0.61 ± 0.28	0.76 ± 0.22	0.96 ± 0.13	1.54 ± 0.25	0.73 ± 0.56
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
	± 0.93	± 0.44	± 0.21	± 0.14	± 0.10

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.70	0.89	0.97	0.98	0.99

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 0.97	± 0.98	± 1.09	± 0.84	± 0.79	± 0.68
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 0.68	± 0.58	± 0.67	± 0.66	± 0.87	± 1.11

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range