Explore historical and projected climate data, climate data by sector, impacts, key vulnerabilities and what adaptation measures are being taken. Explore the overview for a general context of how climate change is affecting Nicaragua.
This page presents Nicaragua's climate context for the current climatology, 1991-2020, derived from observed, historical data. Information should be used to build a strong understanding of current climate conditions in order to appreciate future climate scenarios and projected change. You can visualize data for the current climatology through spatial variation, the seasonal cycle, or as a time series. Analysis is available for both annual and seasonal data. Data presentation defaults to national-scale aggregation, however sub-national data aggregations can be accessed by clicking within a country, on a sub-national unit. Other historical climatologies can be selected from the Time Period dropdown list. Data for specific coordinates can be downloaded for in the Data Download page.
Observed, historical data is produced by the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) of University of East Anglia. Data is presented at a 0.5º x 0.5º (50km x 50km) resolution.
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Heatplots shows the magnitude of change for rainfall and temperature through the variation in color intensity. This heatplot shows the average anomaly (change) by month per ten-year climatologies for to provide detailed insight into seasonal change overtime. The chart above shows mean historical monthly temperature and rainfall for during the time period . The dataset was produced by the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) of University of East Anglia (UEA).
Nicaragua has a tropical climate with little seasonal variation in temperature, which ranges between 21˚C-27˚C, and two distinct rainfall seasons: a ‘wet’ season’ (May-October) and a ‘dry’ season (November-April). A dry period called the ‘Canícula’ regularly interrupts the wet season during late July and early August. From July to October the country is subject to increased rainfall intensity and strong winds resulting from its geographic location in the path of Pacific cyclones and Atlantic hurricanes. El Niño Southern Oscillation fluctuations during June and August bring relatively warmer and drier or colder and wetter conditions, respectively.
Click on map to change chart data from country aggregated to site-specific data.
Heatplots shows the magnitude of change for rainfall and temperature through the variation in color intensity. This heatplot shows the average anomaly (change) by month per ten-year climatologies for to provide detailed insight into seasonal change overtime. The chart above shows mean historical monthly temperature and rainfall for during the time period . The dataset was produced by the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) of University of East Anglia (UEA).
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