Climate Change Chart of Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Overview of climate changes

Temperature changes

Averaged across calendar months, monthly mean temperature shows a difference of +0.69 °C compared with the earlier reference period; this unweighted comparison does not describe every month or daytime maximum temperatures. The largest monthly increase was in July, with a difference of +1.09 °C in mean temperature, while the overall figure summarizes the calendar-month averages rather than a continuous change.

Changes in rainfall

For mean daily rainfall, the average difference across calendar months was +0.76 mm/day; these are daily means, not monthly rainfall totals, and the aggregate does not imply the same change in every month. The largest monthly rainfall increase occurred in October, at a difference of +2.09 mm/day in mean daily rainfall; by contrast, July had the largest decrease, a difference of -0.44 mm/day.

Changes in sunshine duration

Mean daily sunshine averaged across calendar months had a difference of -0.39 hours/day, a summary of monthly means rather than a guarantee of the same shift on individual days. The largest sunshine decrease was in May, with a difference of -0.80 hours/day in mean daily hours; the largest increase was in July, at a difference of +0.19 hours/day.