Climate Change Chart of Barranquilla, Colombia

Overview of climate changes

Changes in rainfall

Averaged across calendar months, mean daily rainfall had a difference of -0.92 mm/day in the more recent period. This unweighted summary of monthly means describes daily amounts, not monthly rainfall totals, and does not mean that rainfall decreased in every month. The largest monthly decrease was in May, with a difference of -3.26 mm/day; in contrast, August recorded the largest monthly increase, a difference of +1.16 mm/day. These extremes show that the month-by-month comparisons did not all move in the same direction.

Temperature changes

Averaged across calendar months, monthly mean temperature shows a difference of +1.24 °C in the more recent period; this is an unweighted mean of the month-by-month averages, not a day-weighted annual average or a measure of daytime maximum temperatures. The largest monthly increase was in May, with a difference of +1.75 °C. That identifies the strongest increase among the supplied monthly comparisons, rather than implying the same change occurred in every month.

Changes in sunshine duration

Mean daily sunshine duration, averaged across calendar months, had a difference of +0.29 hours/day in the more recent period. This is an unweighted average of monthly means, rather than a day-weighted annual figure, and it does not describe every month individually. The largest monthly increase occurred in May, with a difference of +1.21 hours/day, while the largest decrease occurred in March, with a difference of -0.12 hours/day. The mean change and these contrasting monthly results together indicate why the overall average should not be read as a uniform month-by-month shift.