Local Climate Change: 26.52 N, 87.76 E

Country:	Nepal
Latitude:	26.5227 N
Longitude:	87.7612 E
Nearby Cities:	Shiliguri, Purnia, Biratnagar, Darjiling, Dharan, Kishanganj

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Current Location	-	0.67 ± 0.17	0.66 ± 0.19	0.79 ± 0.13	1.33 ± 0.49	3.24 ± 1.59
Sikkim	-	0.68 ± 0.18	0.68 ± 0.20	0.82 ± 0.12	1.58 ± 0.54	3.54 ± 1.30
West Bengal	-	0.68 ± 0.17	0.67 ± 0.19	0.75 ± 0.15	1.03 ± 0.37	2.24 ± 0.58
Bihar	-	0.67 ± 0.18	0.66 ± 0.20	0.80 ± 0.17	1.30 ± 0.34	2.08 ± 0.98
Bangladesh	-	0.67 ± 0.18	0.66 ± 0.19	0.73 ± 0.15	0.90 ± 0.41	2.14 ± 0.46
Nepal	-	0.68 ± 0.19	0.66 ± 0.22	0.89 ± 0.18	1.65 ± 0.34	2.32 ± 1.18
India	-	0.67 ± 0.18	0.66 ± 0.20	0.85 ± 0.15	1.44 ± 0.30	2.30 ± 0.43
Southern Asia	-	0.73 ± 0.19	0.80 ± 0.18	1.16 ± 0.12	2.29 ± 0.25	3.70 ± 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
	± 1.32	± 0.55	± 0.33	± 0.28	± 0.24

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.62	0.84	0.94	0.95	0.96

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 1.57	± 1.81	± 1.74	± 1.68	± 1.33	± 1.00
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 0.98	± 0.79	± 1.01	± 1.21	± 1.30	± 1.37

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range