Local Climate Change: 7.23 S, 146.76 E

Country:	Papua New Guinea
Latitude:	7.2321 S
Longitude:	146.7568 E
Nearby Cities:	Lae, Bulolo, Wau

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Current Location	-	-	-	0.80 ± 0.16	1.25 ± 0.42	0.52 ± 2.12
Papua New Guinea	-	-	-	0.80 ± 0.15	1.24 ± 0.27	0.54 ± 1.58
Melanesia	-	-	-	0.82 ± 0.15	1.29 ± 0.27	0.72 ± 1.47
Oceania	-	-	0.63 ± 0.23	0.93 ± 0.08	1.38 ± 0.24	0.65 ± 0.47
Southern Hemisphere	-	-	0.81 ± 0.24	0.94 ± 0.32	1.34 ± 0.38	1.15 ± 0.38
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
	± 0.95	± 0.53	± 0.33	± 0.26	± 0.16

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.59	0.81	0.92	0.95	0.98

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 0.72	± 0.75	± 0.72	± 0.71	± 0.75	± 0.83
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 0.90	± 0.86	± 0.95	± 0.89	± 0.72	± 0.58

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range