Climate Change Chart of Skopje, North Macedonia

Overview of climate changes

Changes in snowfall

Mean daily snowfall averaged across calendar months shows a difference of -0.79 mm/day. This is an unweighted summary of monthly means, not a day-weighted annual average, and does not mean that every month changed by the same amount. The largest monthly decrease was in January, with a difference of -4.05 mm/day; in April, the largest monthly increase was a difference of +0.46 mm/day. These are mean daily amounts, not monthly snowfall totals.

Temperature changes

Averaged across calendar months, monthly mean temperature shows a difference of +1.25 °C. This is an unweighted average of the monthly means, not a day-weighted annual average, and describes the aggregate rather than every month. The largest monthly increase was in January, at a difference of +3.26 °C. By contrast, September had the largest monthly decrease, a difference of -0.39 °C. These monthly means are not daytime maximum temperatures.

Changes in sunshine duration

Mean daily sunshine duration averaged across calendar months shows a difference of -0.13 hours/day. This unweighted summary describes the average of the monthly means, not a day-weighted annual value or an identical shift through the year. The largest monthly increase was in November, at a difference of +0.69 hours/day; the largest decrease was in March, with a difference of -0.79 hours/day. These figures refer to mean daily sunshine hours within those months.

Changes in rainfall

Mean daily rainfall, rather than monthly rainfall totals, averaged across calendar months shows a difference of +0.32 mm/day. This unweighted mean summarizes the monthly differences; it does not imply the same change in every month. The largest monthly increase occurred in March, with a difference of +0.78 mm/day, while November recorded the largest decrease, a difference of -0.09 mm/day. These comparisons describe daily averages within each month, not accumulated monthly amounts.