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Has the climate in Saipan changed?
How Saipan's climate has changed
Based on long-term climate records. Year-to-year weather always varies; what this page shows is the longer-term shift underneath it.
What has actually changed
Each card compares the 1970s (the first ten years of the record) with recent years (the last ten) — the same span the headline and the chart use.
Freezing nights
about the same
1970s
0 / yr
Recent
0 / yr
Winters about as cold as before
Hot days above 90°F
about the same
1970s
0 / yr
Recent
0 / yr
About the same number of heat days
Rainy days
37 more days
1970s
226 / yr
Recent
263 / yr
Wetter on average
Methodology & sources
Temperature — 1991–2020 normals computed from 15 years of daily observations at Saipan Intl AP, a weather station, about 11 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.