Climate Change Chart of Naypyidaw, Myanmar

Overview of climate changes

Temperature changes

Monthly mean temperatures averaged across calendar months show a difference of +1.08 °C compared with the earlier reference period; this unweighted mean summarizes the monthly averages, not a day-weighted annual temperature or daytime highs. The clearest monthly increase was in December, with a difference of +2.05 °C. That marks the largest monthly increase in the supplied temperature differences, rather than a statement about every month.

Changes in rainfall

Mean daily rainfall averaged across calendar months had a difference of +1.34 mm/day in the more recent period. This is an unweighted summary of monthly means, not a change in monthly rainfall totals or a day-weighted annual average. The largest monthly increase was in August, at a difference of +5.24 mm/day. By contrast, November had a difference of -0.41 mm/day, the largest monthly decrease in the supplied rainfall differences. These monthly contrasts show why the across-month average should not be read as applying uniformly to each month.

Changes in sunshine duration

Mean daily sunshine duration, averaged across calendar months, had a difference of +0.13 hours/day compared with the earlier period. This unweighted mean describes monthly averages rather than a day-weighted annual figure. The largest monthly increase was in June, with a difference of +0.98 hours/day; August instead recorded the largest monthly decrease, a difference of -0.82 hours/day. These are differences in mean daily hours for the named months, not claims that sunshine changed by the same amount on every day.