Climate Change Chart of Leipzig, Germany

Overview of climate changes

Temperature changes

Averaged across calendar months, monthly mean temperature shows a difference of +2.01 °C compared with the earlier reference period. This is an unweighted mean of the monthly means, not a day-weighted annual average, and it does not mean every month warmed by the same amount. The largest monthly increase was in January, with a difference of +4.67 °C. These are monthly mean temperatures, not daytime maximum temperatures.

Changes in snowfall

Averaged across calendar months, mean daily snowfall had a difference of -0.54 mm/day in the more recent period. This is an unweighted comparison of monthly means, not a day-weighted annual average, and it does not indicate that every month had less snowfall. The largest monthly decrease in mean daily snowfall was in February, with a difference of -2.84 mm/day. In January, the largest monthly increase was a difference of +0.10 mm/day. These figures describe daily means rather than monthly snowfall totals.

Changes in sunshine duration

Averaged across calendar months, mean daily sunshine duration had a difference of -0.16 hours/day compared with the earlier reference period. This unweighted mean of monthly means summarizes the calendar months overall; it does not describe the change in every individual month. The largest monthly decrease was in January, with a difference of -0.98 hours/day, while February recorded the largest monthly increase, a difference of +0.39 hours/day.

Changes in rainfall

Averaged across calendar months, mean daily rainfall had a difference of +0.18 mm/day in the more recent period. This unweighted comparison of monthly means is not a day-weighted annual average, and it does not imply that rainfall increased in every month. The largest monthly increase in mean daily rainfall occurred in October, with a difference of +0.82 mm/day. By contrast, June had the largest monthly decrease, a difference of -0.33 mm/day. These are daily means, not monthly rainfall totals.