Local Climate Change: 21.70 N, 120.29 E

Country:	Taiwan
Latitude:	21.7021 N
Longitude:	120.2885 E
Nearby Cities:	Chaochou, Tungkang

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Current Location	-	-	0.86 ± 0.21	1.04 ± 0.12	1.33 ± 0.37	1.14 ± 0.51
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

Local Climate Variabiity

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

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	± 1.41	± 0.56	± 0.30	± 0.24	± 0.17

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.48	0.83	0.94	0.96	0.97

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 1.69	± 1.84	± 1.50	± 1.31	± 1.16	± 0.98
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 0.90	± 0.85	± 0.77	± 1.06	± 1.26	± 1.60

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range