Climate Change Chart of Konya, Türkiye

Overview of climate changes

Temperature changes

Averaged across calendar months, monthly mean temperature shows a difference of +1.20 °C in the more recent period; this unweighted comparison summarizes monthly means, not daytime maximum temperatures or a change in every month. The clearest monthly contrast is March, with a difference of +2.62 °C, against November, with a difference of -0.46 °C. These identify the largest monthly increase and decrease, respectively, rather than describing a uniform shift through the year.

Changes in snowfall

For mean daily snowfall—not monthly totals—the difference averaged across calendar months is +0.01 mm/day. This small positive aggregate difference does not mean that snowfall rose in every month; the largest increase is in December, with a difference of +1.62 mm/day, while March shows the largest decrease, a difference of -0.79 mm/day. The monthly contrasts therefore give a more qualified picture than the overall average alone.

Changes in rainfall

Mean daily rainfall, rather than monthly rainfall totals, has a difference of +0.07 mm/day averaged across calendar months. That modest overall comparison sits alongside opposing monthly changes: March records the largest increase, a difference of +0.45 mm/day, while April has the largest decrease, a difference of -0.47 mm/day. The mean summarizes the monthly averages and does not imply that rainfall increased in every month.

Changes in sunshine duration

Mean daily sunshine duration has a difference of -0.07 hours/day averaged across calendar months, so the aggregate comparison is a decrease, not a description of every month. The monthly extremes vary in direction: February has the largest decrease, a difference of -0.28 hours/day, whereas November has the largest increase, a difference of +0.21 hours/day. These are changes in mean daily hours, not measures of total sunshine over a month.