Climate Change Chart of Nicosia, Cyprus

Overview of climate changes

Temperature changes

Averaged across calendar months, monthly mean temperature shows a difference of +1.30 °C compared with the earlier reference period; this is an unweighted mean of monthly means, not a day-weighted annual average or a measure of daytime highs. The largest monthly increase was in September, with a difference of +1.88 °C. That marks the strongest increase among the supplied monthly temperature differences, not a claim that every month warmed by the same amount.

Changes in rainfall

Averaged across calendar months, mean daily rainfall had a difference of -0.25 mm/day; this unweighted comparison of monthly means describes daily amounts, not monthly rainfall totals, and does not imply the same change in each month. The largest monthly decrease was in January, with a difference of -1.05 mm/day. By contrast, May had the largest monthly increase, a difference of +0.40 mm/day. Together, these contrasting monthly differences show why the overall mean should not be read as a uniform shift throughout the calendar.

Changes in sunshine duration

Mean daily sunshine duration, averaged across calendar months, had a difference of -0.30 hours/day compared with the earlier period. This is an unweighted mean across monthly averages rather than a day-weighted annual figure, and it does not mean that every month had less sunshine. The largest monthly decrease occurred in February, with a difference of -0.74 hours/day. This identifies the strongest decrease among the supplied monthly sunshine differences, while the mean summarizes the calendar months as a whole.

Changes in snowfall

Mean daily snowfall had an unweighted, across-month mean difference of -0.01 mm/day. This is a comparison of monthly means, not monthly snowfall totals, and its small size does not establish that snowfall was absent or unchanged at finer precision. The largest monthly decrease was in February, with a difference of -0.14 mm/day; January recorded the largest monthly increase, with a difference of +0.02 mm/day. These monthly contrasts describe differences in mean daily amounts rather than conditions on every day.