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Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Niger	-	-	0.97 ± 0.23	0.81 ± 0.20	2.27 ± 0.64	4.38 ± 0.95
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	2006	2010	2013	2016	2016	2020	1987	1931	2019	2015	2019	2020	2010
2	1996	2005	1969	2020	2018	2015	2015	1913	1997	1997	1962	1990	2016
3	1931	1963	2005	2010	1984	1914	2014	1987	1995	2009	2010	1995	2009
4	2010	1947	2011	1986	1998	1995	2011	1984	2017	2010	1993	2016	1931
5	1985	2009	2016	2007	2010	2014	1913	2015	1987	2019	1957	1960	2020
6	1970	1956	1971	1998	1983	2010	2002	1995	2015	2003	1914	1927	2018
7	1965	1969	1999	1988	2019	1922	2019	1983	1972	2020	2012	1958	2005
8	2009	2011	1994	1990	1914	2008	1914	2006	2016	2018	2016	2004	2014
9	1914	1991	1909	2012	1996	1999	1995	2009	1993	1940	1958	1967	2019
10	1917	2015	1916	2014	2017	1986	1972	2000	2009	1994	2014	2009	2011

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	1983	1905	1961	1950	1911	1907	1909	1954	1917	1956	1972	1919	1961
2	1975	1989	1920	1987	1945	1906	1936	1909	1961	1964	1982	1974	1903
3	1981	1961	1948	1953	1966	1909	1905	1907	1936	1961	1981	1986	1890
4	1989	1907	1983	1904	1934	1929	1923	1906	1964	1902	1965	1961	1907
5	1993	2000	1977	1985	1909	1943	1961	1918	1907	1948	1996	1912	1905
6	1921	1997	1990	1965	1896	1911	1954	1950	1954	1904	1903	2015	1896
7	1944	1920	1945	1977	1960	1905	1978	1961	1956	1971	1948	1994	1904
8	1967	1945	1998	1943	1968	1954	1974	1956	1912	1912	1973	1920	1887
9	2008	1990	1950	1935	1919	1965	1957	1952	1975	1967	2006	1980	1950
10	1900	1944	1976	2015	1917	1918	1953	1964	1943	1983	1977	1951	1886

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
	± 1.69	± 0.68	± 0.37	± 0.30	± 0.25

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.47	0.79	0.91	0.93	0.94

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 2.21	± 2.41	± 2.07	± 1.57	± 1.23	± 1.09
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 1.12	± 1.20	± 1.03	± 1.25	± 1.73	± 1.93

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

Niger Global Context Map

Niger Local Context Map

Land Area:	1,186,000 km²
Percent of Global Land Area:	0.81%

Active Stations:	17
Former Stations:	4
Monthly Mean Observations:	12,420
Earliest Observation:	January 1905

Active Stations:	58
Former Stations:	39
Monthly Mean Observations:	44,353
Earliest Observation:	June 1888

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