Guyana warms up

A great post on the Facebook page of the Office of Climate Change gives a link to a service available through the Hydromet Service (Maproom) showing the upward trend of local maximum temperatures for July to September - see first chart. A change of variable also shows an upward trend in rainfall - see second chart.

The post says:

"Maximum Temperatures continue to rise annually. The trend shows for July to September, the maximum temperature for Demerara Mahaica, Region 4, has been continuously rising since 1985."

Apart from taking urgent action to cut our carbon emissions we should be taking action to mitigate against the changes e.g. advising all those building homes and offices.

Also relevant here is the post I made about increasing storms.

Guyana rainy season prolonged

Just to note that the rainy seasons has been unusually long. The ITCZ (Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone) did not move north away from Guyana until about a week ago. We are now having hot dry weather more usual for this time of year.