Temperature change in American Samoa
American Samoa: Temperature change was 1 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in American Samoa, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
In 2025, temperature change in American Samoa stood at 1 °C.
The figure is down 39.4% on the previous year and up 24.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in American Samoa peaked at 1.66 °C in 2024 and was at its lowest, -2.72 °C, in 1998.
American Samoa ranks 198th of 233 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Temperature change in American Samoa, year by year
| Year | °C | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.049 °C | — |
| 1962 | -0.04 °C | -181.6% |
| 1963 | 0.269 °C | -772.5% |
| 1964 | -0.031 °C | -111.5% |
| 1965 | -0.542 °C | +1648.4% |
| 1966 | 0.185 °C | -134.1% |
| 1967 | -0.386 °C | -308.6% |
| 1968 | -0.244 °C | -36.8% |
| 1969 | 0.081 °C | -133.2% |
| 1970 | -0.1 °C | -223.5% |
| 1971 | -0.512 °C | +412.0% |
| 1972 | -0.041 °C | -92.0% |
| 1973 | 0.377 °C | -1019.5% |
| 1974 | -0.263 °C | -169.8% |
| 1975 | -0.074 °C | -71.9% |
| 1976 | -0.132 °C | +78.4% |
| 1977 | 0.195 °C | -247.7% |
| 1978 | 0.131 °C | -32.8% |
| 1979 | 0.38 °C | +190.1% |
| 1980 | 0.37 °C | -2.6% |
| 1981 | 0.199 °C | -46.2% |
| 1982 | 0.296 °C | +48.7% |
| 1983 | 0.326 °C | +10.1% |
| 1984 | 0.284 °C | -12.9% |
| 1985 | 0.262 °C | -7.7% |
| 1986 | 0.399 °C | +52.3% |
| 1987 | 0.359 °C | -10.0% |
| 1988 | 0.536 °C | +49.3% |
| 1989 | 0.204 °C | -61.9% |
| 1990 | 0.551 °C | +170.1% |
| 1991 | 0.686 °C | +24.5% |
| 1992 | 0.468 °C | -31.8% |
| 1993 | 0.052 °C | -88.9% |
| 1994 | 0.318 °C | +511.5% |
| 1995 | 0.697 °C | +119.2% |
| 1996 | 0.714 °C | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 0.632 °C | -11.5% |
| 1998 | -2.72 °C | -529.9% |
| 1999 | 0.032 °C | -101.2% |
| 2000 | 0.387 °C | +1109.4% |
| 2001 | 0.572 °C | +47.8% |
| 2002 | 0.706 °C | +23.4% |
| 2003 | 0.475 °C | -32.7% |
| 2004 | 0.324 °C | -31.8% |
| 2005 | 0.742 °C | +129.0% |
| 2006 | 0.541 °C | -27.1% |
| 2007 | 0.898 °C | +66.0% |
| 2008 | 0.286 °C | -68.2% |
| 2009 | 0.58 °C | +102.8% |
| 2010 | 0.697 °C | +20.2% |
| 2011 | 0.763 °C | +9.5% |
| 2012 | 0.859 °C | +12.6% |
| 2013 | 1.15 °C | +34.0% |
| 2014 | 0.971 °C | -15.6% |
| 2015 | 0.81 °C | -16.6% |
| 2016 | 1.34 °C | +65.4% |
| 2017 | 1.24 °C | -7.8% |
| 2018 | 0.99 °C | -19.9% |
| 2019 | 1.34 °C | +35.4% |
| 2020 | 1.23 °C | -8.1% |
| 2021 | 1.07 °C | -13.2% |
| 2022 | 1.06 °C | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 1.08 °C | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 1.66 °C | +53.2% |
| 2025 | 1 °C | -39.4% |
American Samoa compared with similar countries
- American Samoa's 1 °C is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.86 °C, 54% of the median. (71 countries reporting)
- American Samoa's 1 °C is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.01 °C, 99% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Temperature change in American Samoa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | -1648.4% | -0.031 °C | -0.542 °C |
| 2000 | +1109.4% | 0.032 °C | 0.387 °C |
| 1973 | +1019.5% | -0.041 °C | 0.377 °C |
| 1963 | +772.5% | -0.04 °C | 0.269 °C |
| 1998 | -529.9% | 0.632 °C | -2.72 °C |
| 1994 | +511.5% | 0.052 °C | 0.318 °C |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.0732 °C | -0.542 °C | 0.269 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | -0.0039 °C | -0.512 °C | 0.38 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3235 °C | 0.199 °C | 0.536 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1433 °C | -2.72 °C | 0.714 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5511 °C | 0.286 °C | 0.898 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.02 °C | 0.697 °C | 1.34 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.18 °C | 1 °C | 1.66 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near American Samoa
More environment data for American Samoa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.25 °C (2025)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 13.58 % (2024)
- Land area — Area 19.9 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 0.17 % (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 2.7 1000 ha (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 2.7 1000 ha (2024)
- Aquaculture production 15 metric tons (2024)
- Cropland — Area 2.67 1000 ha (2024)
- Total fisheries production 1,527 metric tons (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in American Samoa?
- Temperature change in American Samoa was 1 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in American Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.66 °C in 2024.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in American Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was -2.72 °C in 1998.
- How does American Samoa rank for temperature change?
- American Samoa ranks 198th out of 233 countries with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in American Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this American Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Temperature change. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Temperature change on land domain disseminates statistics of mean surface temperature change by country, with annual updates. Statistics are available for monthly, seasonal and annual mean temperature anomalies, i.e., temperature change with respect to a baseline climatology, corresponding to the period 1951–1980. The standard deviation of the temperature change of the baseline methodology is also available. Data are based on the publicly available GISTEMP data, the Global Surface Temperature Change data distributed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA-GISS).