Africa Climate Update
Continental temperature trends from NOAA Climate at a Glance
Latest temperature anomaly
Monthly temperature anomaly history
NOAA continental series. Gold line is rebased to the 1961–1990 comparison baseline; the lighter line shows the source-native 1901–2000 anomaly published by NOAA.
Africa – Monthly Temperature – All Years
Each line represents one year of monthly mean temperatures.
4BYO continent aggregate · equal-weight mean of member country monthly absolute temperatures (OWID/CRU TS).
Shifting Seasons
Weakly seasonalAfrica is weakly seasonal - temperature barely changes across the year (2.6°C range) and rainfall is fairly even. The clearest climate signal here is overall warming: monthly temperature has risen in every month.
Baseline vs recent monthly temperature climatology. Biggest warming: Mar (+1.8°C). The warmest month has shifted from Aug to May.
4BYO continent aggregate · OWID/CRU TS country monthly temperatures.
Explore countries on this continent
This page shows the NOAA continental series. To browse country-level pages within Africa, use the countries tab on the Climate Updates hub and filter by continent.
Open Climate Updates → CountriesHottest & Coolest in Africa this month
1-month anomaly vs 1961–1990 across the 15 members we cover. Click a name to open its profile.
Data source
- NOAA Climate at a Glance — continental land temperature · Open at NOAA
- Two-baseline model — comparison baseline 1961–1990; native baseline 1901-2000. Methodology →