Mauritania

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Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Mauritania	-	-	0.85 ± 0.18	1.12 ± 0.21	2.28 ± 0.63	2.55 ± 1.15
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

Hottest Monthly and Annual Averages

Rank	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
1	2016	2010	2010	2010	2015	2020	2009	2019	2017	2004	1995	2010	2010
2	2010	1998	1990	1987	2017	2015	2019	2020	1983	2017	2012	2001	2017
3	1979	1969	2017	1945	1987	2011	2015	1983	2011	2014	2006	2009	1987
4	1963	2020	1969	2017	2005	2016	2006	1987	2002	2009	1983	1989	2016
5	2011	2008	2000	2006	2020	2017	1983	2009	1987	2006	1955	2002	2020
6	1969	1985	2008	2008	1973	1994	2017	1984	2014	2013	1987	2005	1998
7	1997	1990	2001	1998	2012	2019	2011	2016	2019	1990	1997	1925	1983
8	1953	2004	1983	2014	2011	1999	1982	1995	2020	1983	1981	2016	1996
9	1926	1997	2013	2016	2010	1998	1987	2001	2016	1989	1937	1949	2011
10	1991	2017	1998	1980	2003	1996	2010	1998	1984	2015	2016	1987	2015

Months and years with an estimated uncertainty greater than 1 °C are omitted.

Coldest Monthly and Annual Averages

Rank	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
1	1952	1999	1974	1974	1971	1972	1900	1950	1952	1951	1975	1973	1976
2	1976	1976	1976	1952	1976	1953	1911	1890	1965	1969	1929	1967	1890
3	1965	1954	1934	1969	1975	1930	1929	1945	1950	1957	1943	1982	1862
4	1891	2012	1953	1954	1963	1900	1954	1942	1933	1901	1986	1960	1885
5	1907	1974	1971	1964	1972	1895	1903	1909	1929	1912	1907	1877	1907
6	1928	1928	1874	1967	1936	1890	1921	1911	1956	1974	1936	1972	1884
7	1968	1935	1972	1975	1957	1917	1912	1918	1922	1886	1918	1956	1889
8	1934	1906	1904	1965	1977	1929	1936	1929	1969	1935	1917	1896	1974
9	1904	1920	1956	1948	1947	1907	1927	1896	1909	1966	1966	1903	1886
10	1986	1949	1968	1976	1968	1909	1975	1954	1951	1917	1976	1912	1849

Months and years with an estimated uncertainty greater than 1 °C are omitted.

Seasonal Changes

Regional Climate Variability

Difference from Global Land Average ( °C, 95% range )

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	± 1.52	± 0.59	± 0.28	± 0.20	± 0.16

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.49	0.82	0.95	0.97	0.98

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 1.91	± 1.94	± 1.74	± 1.66	± 1.53	± 1.04
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 0.79	± 0.98	± 0.94	± 1.30	± 1.49	± 1.75

History of Temperature Stations

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Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

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Mean of Daily Low Temperature

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Change in Diurnal Range

Mauritania Global Context Map

Mauritania Local Context Map

Land Area:	1,031,000 km²
Percent of Global Land Area:	0.70%

Active Stations:	10
Former Stations:	10
Monthly Mean Observations:	9,519
Earliest Observation:	November 1907

Active Stations:	56
Former Stations:	40
Monthly Mean Observations:	52,561
Earliest Observation:	January 1856

Dataset Updated:	15-Nov-2013 16:20:30
Temperature Sites:	40,747
Monthly Mean Observations:	15,717,007
Most Recent Month:	October 2013
Earliest Month:	January 1701