Temperature change in Melanesia
Melanesia: Temperature change was 0.857 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in Melanesia, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
In 2025, temperature change in Melanesia stood at 0.857 °C.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 17.8% on the previous year and up 225.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in Melanesia peaked at 1.04 °C in 2024 and was at its lowest, -0.519 °C, in 1965.
Melanesia ranks 227th of 254 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 Melanesia, year by year
| Year | °C | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | -0.144 °C | — |
| 1962 | 0.187 °C | -229.9% |
| 1963 | -0.042 °C | -122.5% |
| 1964 | 0.089 °C | -311.9% |
| 1965 | -0.519 °C | -683.1% |
| 1966 | -0.129 °C | -75.1% |
| 1967 | -0.216 °C | +67.4% |
| 1968 | -0.103 °C | -52.3% |
| 1969 | 0.157 °C | -252.4% |
| 1970 | 0.218 °C | +38.9% |
| 1971 | -0.009 °C | -104.1% |
| 1972 | -0.339 °C | +3666.7% |
| 1973 | 0.211 °C | -162.2% |
| 1974 | 0.044 °C | -79.1% |
| 1975 | 0.054 °C | +22.7% |
| 1976 | -0.258 °C | -577.8% |
| 1977 | -0.099 °C | -61.6% |
| 1978 | 0.144 °C | -245.5% |
| 1979 | 0.086 °C | -40.3% |
| 1980 | 0.122 °C | +41.9% |
| 1981 | 0.229 °C | +87.7% |
| 1982 | -0.128 °C | -155.9% |
| 1983 | 0.257 °C | -300.8% |
| 1984 | 0.212 °C | -17.5% |
| 1985 | 0.144 °C | -32.1% |
| 1986 | 0.165 °C | +14.6% |
| 1987 | 0.188 °C | +13.9% |
| 1988 | 0.544 °C | +189.4% |
| 1989 | 0.261 °C | -52.0% |
| 1990 | 0.268 °C | +2.7% |
| 1991 | 0.097 °C | -63.8% |
| 1992 | 0.322 °C | +232.0% |
| 1993 | 0.141 °C | -56.2% |
| 1994 | 0.15 °C | +6.4% |
| 1995 | 0.44 °C | +193.3% |
| 1996 | 0.369 °C | -16.1% |
| 1997 | -0.059 °C | -116.0% |
| 1998 | 0.864 °C | -1564.4% |
| 1999 | 0.18 °C | -79.2% |
| 2000 | 0.231 °C | +28.3% |
| 2001 | 0.339 °C | +46.8% |
| 2002 | 0.539 °C | +59.0% |
| 2003 | 0.517 °C | -4.1% |
| 2004 | 0.274 °C | -47.0% |
| 2005 | 0.507 °C | +85.0% |
| 2006 | 0.171 °C | -66.3% |
| 2007 | 0.366 °C | +114.0% |
| 2008 | 0.204 °C | -44.3% |
| 2009 | 0.213 °C | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 0.791 °C | +271.4% |
| 2011 | 0.205 °C | -74.1% |
| 2012 | 0.123 °C | -40.0% |
| 2013 | 0.541 °C | +339.8% |
| 2014 | 0.325 °C | -39.9% |
| 2015 | 0.263 °C | -19.1% |
| 2016 | 0.891 °C | +238.8% |
| 2017 | 0.72 °C | -19.2% |
| 2018 | 0.473 °C | -34.3% |
| 2019 | 0.512 °C | +8.2% |
| 2020 | 0.843 °C | +64.6% |
| 2021 | 0.918 °C | +8.9% |
| 2022 | 0.992 °C | +8.1% |
| 2023 | 0.549 °C | -44.7% |
| 2024 | 1.04 °C | +89.8% |
| 2025 | 0.857 °C | -17.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Temperature change in Melanesia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | -3666.7% | -0.009 °C | -0.339 °C |
| 1998 | +1564.4% | -0.059 °C | 0.864 °C |
| 1965 | -683.1% | 0.089 °C | -0.519 °C |
| 1976 | -577.8% | 0.054 °C | -0.258 °C |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.08 °C | -0.519 °C | 0.187 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0052 °C | -0.339 °C | 0.218 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1994 °C | -0.128 °C | 0.544 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2772 °C | -0.059 °C | 0.864 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3361 °C | 0.171 °C | 0.539 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4844 °C | 0.123 °C | 0.891 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8668 °C | 0.549 °C | 1.04 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 224 French Southern Territories 0.866 °C compare
- 225 French Polynesia 0.863 °C compare
- 226 Tonga 0.858 °C compare
- 228 Sri Lanka 0.849 °C compare
- 229 Tuvalu 0.836 °C compare
- 230 Papua New Guinea 0.834 °C compare
More environment data for Melanesia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.37 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.59 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.179 °C (2025)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 3.85 kg/ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 52,995 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 0.47 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 1.3 g/Int$ (2024)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value US$ 118.85 USD (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 21,133 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in Melanesia?
- Temperature change in Melanesia was 0.857 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 °C in 2024.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.519 °C in 1965.
- How does Melanesia rank for temperature change?
- Melanesia ranks 227th out of 254 countries with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 225.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Melanesia 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).