Local Climate Change: 18.48 N, 70.99 W

Country:	Dominican Republic
Latitude:	18.4838 N
Longitude:	70.9859 W
Nearby Cities:	La Vega, Barahona, Bonao, San Juan de la Maguana, Baní, Azua

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Current Location	-	0.67 ± 0.23	0.82 ± 0.20	1.07 ± 0.15	1.63 ± 0.31	1.53 ± 0.90
Haiti	-	0.65 ± 0.24	0.80 ± 0.21	1.02 ± 0.16	1.54 ± 0.30	1.10 ± 0.85
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
	± 0.97	± 0.46	± 0.21	± 0.15	± 0.10

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.68	0.88	0.97	0.98	0.99

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 1.04	± 0.98	± 1.07	± 0.83	± 0.79	± 0.70
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 0.71	± 0.63	± 0.72	± 0.73	± 0.90	± 1.19

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range