Climate Change Chart of Makassar, Indonesia

Overview of climate changes

Temperature changes

Monthly mean temperatures show an unweighted difference across calendar months of +0.84 °C compared with the earlier reference period; this describes the average of the monthly means, not daytime maximum temperatures or the change in every individual month. The largest monthly increase was in September, with a difference of +1.17 °C. This identifies the strongest increase among the reported monthly differences, rather than implying that every month changed by the same amount.

Changes in rainfall

Averaged across calendar months, mean daily rainfall had a difference of +0.44 mm/day compared with the earlier reference period. This is an unweighted mean of monthly means, not a day-weighted annual average, and the daily measure should not be read as a monthly rainfall total. The largest monthly increase in mean daily rainfall occurred in January, with a difference of +4.49 mm/day; in contrast, the largest decrease occurred in August, with a difference of -3.93 mm/day. These are the most pronounced reported monthly shifts in opposite directions, not a description of rainfall on every day in those months.

Changes in sunshine duration

Mean daily sunshine duration had an unweighted difference across calendar months of +0.01 hours/day. This small average difference summarizes the monthly means and does not mean that sunshine duration changed by that amount in each month. The largest monthly increase was in February, with a difference of +0.82 hours/day, while the largest decrease was in December, with a difference of -0.70 hours/day. The daily-hours measure captures these monthly mean differences, rather than the sunshine duration of any particular day.