Climate Change Chart of Malaga, Spain

Overview of climate changes

Temperature changes

Averaged across calendar months, monthly mean temperature shows a difference of +0.58 °C in the more recent period; this is an unweighted average of monthly means, not a day-weighted annual average or a measure of daytime highs. The largest monthly increase was in December, with a difference of +1.69 °C. In contrast, July had the largest monthly decrease, a difference of -0.45 °C. These extrema show that the size and direction of the period difference varied by month, rather than describing every month alike.

Changes in rainfall

Mean daily rainfall, rather than monthly rainfall totals, had an unweighted across-month average difference of -0.10 mm/day compared with the earlier reference period. The monthly contrasts were not uniform: March recorded the largest increase, a difference of +0.52 mm/day, while the largest decrease occurred in February, with a difference of -0.91 mm/day. The overall mean summarizes monthly means and should not be read as a change applying to each month or to every day.

Changes in sunshine duration

Across calendar months, mean daily sunshine duration had an unweighted average difference of -0.11 hours/day. This summarizes the monthly means, not a day-weighted annual figure. The monthly extremes point in opposite directions: the largest increase was in January, a difference of +0.27 hours/day, while April had the largest decrease, a difference of -0.56 hours/day. These comparisons describe differences between the reference-period averages, not a continuous change over the intervening years.

Changes in snowfall

Mean daily snowfall also has a reported difference between the reference periods. Averaged across calendar months, the difference was -0.02 mm/day; this is an unweighted average of monthly means, not a monthly total or a day-weighted annual average. The largest monthly decrease occurred in December, with a difference of -0.11 mm/day. These figures describe recorded snowfall differences at the stated daily-mean scale and do not imply that the same change occurred in every month.