Climate Change Chart of Goiânia, Brazil

Overview of climate changes

Temperature changes

Averaged across calendar months, monthly mean temperature shows a difference of +1.26 °C compared with the earlier reference period; this unweighted comparison of monthly means is not a day-weighted annual average, and it does not describe every month individually. The largest monthly increase was in October, at +2.30 °C. These are monthly mean temperatures, not daytime maximum temperatures.

Changes in rainfall

Mean daily rainfall averaged across calendar months shows a difference of -1.07 mm/day compared with the earlier reference period. This unweighted mean across monthly means describes an aggregate, not a change in every month or a monthly rainfall total. The largest monthly decrease occurred in October, with a difference of -1.83 mm/day. These figures are daily means rather than monthly totals.

Changes in sunshine duration

Mean daily sunshine duration averaged across calendar months shows a difference of +0.22 hours/day compared with the earlier reference period. As an unweighted mean of monthly means, this aggregate does not imply an increase in every month. The largest monthly increase was in February, with a difference of +0.72 hours/day; by contrast, November had the largest monthly decrease, a difference of -0.09 hours/day. These figures describe mean daily hours, not total sunshine over a month.