Climate Change Chart of Torremolinos, Spain

Overview of climate changes

Temperature changes

Averaged across calendar months, monthly mean temperature shows a difference of +0.40 °C compared with the earlier reference period; this is an unweighted mean of the monthly means, not a day-weighted annual average or a measure of daytime highs. The clearest monthly contrast was in December, with a difference of +1.11 °C. By contrast, July had the largest monthly decrease, a difference of -0.10 °C. These are differences between period averages for those months, not evidence that temperatures changed continuously between the periods.

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 is an unweighted mean of monthly averages, not a day-weighted annual figure. The monthly pattern was not uniform: the largest decrease occurred in April, with a difference of -0.53 hours/day, whereas December had the largest increase, with a difference of +0.25 hours/day. These comparisons concern average daily sunshine in each month and do not imply the same change on every day.

Changes in rainfall

Mean daily rainfall changed little when averaged across calendar months: the difference was -0.01 mm/day, an unweighted comparison of monthly means rather than a day-weighted annual average or a monthly rainfall total. That small overall difference sits alongside sharper monthly contrasts. March recorded the largest monthly increase, with a difference of +0.81 mm/day, while December had the largest decrease, with a difference of -0.77 mm/day. These figures describe mean daily amounts in the respective monthly averages, not rainfall on every day.

Changes in snowfall

Mean daily snowfall averaged across calendar months had a difference of -0.02 mm/day; this is an unweighted comparison of monthly means, not an annual total. The largest monthly decrease was in December, with a difference of -0.11 mm/day. These period-average differences describe the recorded daily amounts in the monthly means and do not establish that snowfall was absent in either period or changed continuously between them.