Country: Ghana
Latitude:8.8396 N
Longitude:0.8108 W
Nearby Cities:Tamale, Yendi, Savelugu, Salaga

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since: 1760 1810 1860 1910 1960 1990
Current Location - - 0.99
± 0.21
0.65
± 0.11
1.77
± 0.40
3.11
± 0.68
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
± 1.09 ± 0.59 ± 0.43 ± 0.37 ± 0.32

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing Monthly Annual Five-year Ten-year Twenty-year
0.61 0.82 0.89 0.90 0.91

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

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
± 1.19 ± 1.08 ± 1.02 ± 1.07 ± 0.84 ± 0.76
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
± 0.79 ± 0.80 ± 0.74 ± 0.74 ± 0.74 ± 0.94

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range