Climate Change Chart of Bhopal, India

Overview of climate changes

Temperature changes

The unweighted mean difference across calendar months was an increase of +0.48 °C in monthly mean temperature; this describes the average of the monthly means, not daytime maximum temperatures or a change shared by every month. The largest monthly increase was in November, with a difference of +1.87 °C. By contrast, January recorded the largest monthly decrease, a difference of -0.58 °C.

Changes in rainfall

Averaged across calendar months, mean daily rainfall had a difference of -0.04 mm/day. This is an unweighted mean of monthly means, not a day-weighted annual average or a monthly rainfall total, and it does not imply the same change in each month. The largest monthly increase in mean daily rainfall occurred in August, with a difference of +2.37 mm/day. The largest monthly decrease was in November, where the difference was -0.95 mm/day.

Changes in sunshine duration

Across calendar months, the unweighted mean difference in mean daily sunshine duration was an increase of +0.02 hours/day. This small aggregate difference should not be read as a uniform change in every month. Monthly differences varied in direction: the largest increase was in August, at +0.86 hours/day in mean daily sunshine, while the largest decrease was in June, at -0.72 hours/day.