Local Climate Change: 8.84 N, 78.65 E

Country:	India
Latitude:	8.8396 N
Longitude:	78.6486 E
Nearby Cities:	Kovilpatti, Aruppukkottai, Ramanathapuram, Rameswaram, Kayalpattinam, Sattur

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Current Location	-	0.67 ± 0.16	0.65 ± 0.19	0.82 ± 0.09	1.30 ± 0.20	1.60 ± 0.43
Tamil Nadu	-	0.66 ± 0.16	0.64 ± 0.19	0.80 ± 0.10	1.32 ± 0.24	1.77 ± 0.50
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
	± 1.00	± 0.45	± 0.31	± 0.26	± 0.22

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.71	0.89	0.95	0.96	0.96

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 0.89	± 1.00	± 0.90	± 0.89	± 1.02	± 0.89
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 0.78	± 0.70	± 0.87	± 0.80	± 0.66	± 0.81

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range