Climate Change Chart of Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Overview of climate changes

Temperature changes

Averaged across calendar months, monthly mean temperature shows a difference of +0.89 °C compared with the earlier reference period; this unweighted mean describes the set of monthly averages, not a day-weighted annual average or daytime highs. The largest monthly increase was in September, with a difference of +1.20 °C in mean temperature, indicating a stronger change in that month's average than elsewhere without describing every day's conditions.

Changes in rainfall

Mean daily rainfall averaged across calendar months had a difference of -1.43 mm/day in the more recent period; this is not a monthly rainfall total and does not show that every month became drier. The largest monthly decrease was in June, where mean daily rainfall had a difference of -3.29 mm/day; by contrast, March recorded the largest increase, a difference of +0.13 mm/day.

Changes in sunshine duration

Mean daily sunshine duration averaged across calendar months had a difference of +0.08 hours/day. The largest increase was in June, with a difference of +0.54 hours/day, while October had the largest decrease, a difference of -0.28 hours/day; these monthly averages do not describe sunshine on any particular day.