Country: Ghana
Latitude:5.6266 N
Longitude:0.0000 W
Nearby Cities:Accra, Tema, Teshie, Koforidua, Nungua, Madina

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since: 1760 1810 1860 1910 1960 1990
Current Location - - 1.02
± 0.21
0.63
± 0.12
1.65
± 0.44
2.96
± 0.90
Ghana - - 1.00
± 0.20
0.67
± 0.11
1.75
± 0.37
3.04
± 0.60
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
± 1.06 ± 0.63 ± 0.46 ± 0.40 ± 0.35

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing Monthly Annual Five-year Ten-year Twenty-year
0.62 0.81 0.87 0.89 0.90

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

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
± 0.91 ± 0.89 ± 0.89 ± 0.93 ± 0.77 ± 0.80
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
± 0.93 ± 0.96 ± 0.78 ± 0.65 ± 0.71 ± 0.89

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range