Climate Change Chart of Valencia, Spain

Overview of climate changes

Temperature changes

Averaged across calendar months, monthly mean temperature shows a difference of +0.97 °C compared with the earlier reference period; this is an unweighted summary of monthly means, not a day-weighted annual average or a measure of daytime maximum temperatures. The largest monthly increase was in January, with a difference of +1.86 °C. This identifies the strongest increase among the supplied monthly comparisons, rather than implying that every month warmed by the same amount.

Changes in sunshine duration

Mean daily sunshine duration, averaged across calendar months, had a difference of -0.35 hours/day compared with the earlier reference period. This is an unweighted summary of monthly means, not a day-weighted annual average, and it does not mean that every month changed by this amount. The largest monthly decrease occurred in both March / April, with a difference of -0.84 hours/day. By contrast, the largest monthly increase was in January, at a difference of +0.39 hours/day, showing that monthly sunshine comparisons did not all move in the same direction.

Changes in rainfall

Averaged across calendar months, mean daily rainfall was unchanged at the displayed precision, with a difference of 0.00 mm/day. This unweighted summary describes the average of the monthly means, not monthly rainfall totals or a day-weighted annual average. Monthly comparisons show contrasting changes: in March, mean daily rainfall had a difference of +1.04 mm/day, while in December it had a difference of -1.03 mm/day. These are differences in daily means for the named months, not changes in monthly totals.

Changes in snowfall

Averaged across calendar months, mean daily snowfall had a difference of -0.02 mm/day. This unweighted comparison summarizes monthly mean daily amounts; it should not be read as a change in monthly snowfall totals or as evidence that snowfall was absent in either period. The largest monthly decrease was in February, where mean daily snowfall had a difference of -0.16 mm/day. This describes the daily mean for that month, not a monthly total, and the comparison is limited to the supplied reference periods.