Climate Change Chart of Paramaribo, Suriname

Overview of climate changes

Temperature changes

Averaged across calendar months, monthly mean temperature shows a difference of +0.87 °C in the more recent 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 July, with a difference of +1.08 °C compared with the earlier reference period. 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 shows a difference of -0.39 mm/day in the more recent period. This describes the unweighted average of the monthly means, not an annual total or a change that necessarily occurred in every month. The largest monthly decrease was in January, with a difference of -2.54 mm/day; the largest monthly increase was in November, with a difference of +1.20 mm/day. These are changes in mean daily amounts, not monthly rainfall totals, and show that the monthly differences were not uniform in direction.

Changes in sunshine duration

Mean daily sunshine duration, averaged across calendar months, shows a difference of -0.35 hours/day compared with the earlier reference period. This is an unweighted average of monthly means and does not indicate an identical change in every month. The largest monthly decrease was in April, with a difference of -0.63 hours/day. By contrast, the largest monthly increase was in January, with a difference of +0.09 hours/day, showing contrasting monthly changes in mean daily sunshine.