Climate Change Chart of Guayaquil, Ecuador

Overview of climate changes

Changes in rainfall

Averaged across calendar months, mean daily rainfall shows a difference of -2.41 mm/day in the more recent period. This unweighted mean summarizes the monthly differences; it is not a day-weighted annual average or a monthly rainfall total, and it does not mean that rainfall decreased in every month. The largest monthly decrease occurred in February, with a difference of -6.26 mm/day in mean daily rainfall. This marks the largest decrease in the supplied monthly comparisons, rather than a monthly total. By contrast, November had the largest monthly increase, a difference of +0.07 mm/day in mean daily rainfall. The monthly extremes show that the period-average rainfall difference was not uniform across the calendar.

Temperature changes

Averaged across calendar months, monthly mean temperature shows a difference of +0.54 °C in the more recent period; this is an unweighted mean of the monthly means, not a day-weighted annual average, and it describes the overall monthly pattern rather than every month. The largest monthly increase was in May, with a difference of +0.83 °C. This identifies the strongest increase among the supplied monthly temperature differences, not a change in daytime maximum temperatures.

Changes in sunshine duration

Averaged across calendar months, mean daily sunshine duration shows a difference of +0.41 hours/day in the more recent period. This unweighted mean describes the aggregate monthly differences, not a day-weighted annual average or a uniform change in every month. The largest monthly increase in mean daily sunshine was in April, with a difference of +1.13 hours/day. The largest decrease occurred in November, at a difference of -0.50 hours/day, showing that the monthly changes included movement in both directions.