Climate Change Chart of Miami, USA

Overview of climate changes

Changes in rainfall

Averaged across calendar months, mean daily rainfall increased by a difference of +1.04 mm/day in the more recent period. This is an unweighted average of monthly means and describes daily amounts, not monthly rainfall totals. The largest monthly increase was in May, where mean daily rainfall had a difference of +2.72 mm/day compared with the earlier reference period. The largest monthly decrease was in October, with a difference of -0.13 mm/day; these monthly contrasts show that the mean change does not describe every month.

Temperature changes

Averaged across calendar months, monthly mean temperature shows a difference of +0.52 °C in the more recent period; this is an unweighted comparison of monthly means, not a day-weighted annual average or a measure of daytime maximum temperatures. The largest monthly increase was in February, with a difference of +1.22 °C compared with the earlier reference period. In contrast, January had the largest monthly decrease, a difference of -0.33 °C.

Changes in sunshine duration

Mean daily sunshine duration, averaged across calendar months, had a difference of -0.55 hours/day in the more recent period. This is an unweighted comparison of monthly means, not a day-weighted annual figure. The largest monthly decrease was in June, with a difference of -0.92 hours/day compared with the earlier reference period; that monthly result should not be taken to describe every month.