Temperature change in Polynesia
Polynesia: Temperature change was 0.894 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in Polynesia, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
In 2025, temperature change in Polynesia stood at 0.894 °C.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 28.5% on the previous year and up 44.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in Polynesia peaked at 1.25 °C in 2024 and was at its lowest, -0.356 °C, in 1968.
Polynesia ranks 222nd 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 Polynesia, year by year
| Year | °C | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.134 °C | — |
| 1962 | -0.089 °C | -166.4% |
| 1963 | -0.014 °C | -84.3% |
| 1964 | -0.035 °C | +150.0% |
| 1965 | -0.259 °C | +640.0% |
| 1966 | 0.028 °C | -110.8% |
| 1967 | -0.278 °C | -1092.9% |
| 1968 | -0.356 °C | +28.1% |
| 1969 | 0.198 °C | -155.6% |
| 1970 | 0.214 °C | +8.1% |
| 1971 | -0.286 °C | -233.6% |
| 1972 | 0.034 °C | -111.9% |
| 1973 | 0.306 °C | +800.0% |
| 1974 | -0.285 °C | -193.1% |
| 1975 | -0.186 °C | -34.7% |
| 1976 | -0.247 °C | +32.8% |
| 1977 | 0.12 °C | -148.6% |
| 1978 | -0.012 °C | -110.0% |
| 1979 | 0.139 °C | -1258.3% |
| 1980 | 0.216 °C | +55.4% |
| 1981 | 0.082 °C | -62.0% |
| 1982 | 0.232 °C | +182.9% |
| 1983 | 0.172 °C | -25.9% |
| 1984 | 0.222 °C | +29.1% |
| 1985 | 0.083 °C | -62.6% |
| 1986 | 0.177 °C | +113.3% |
| 1987 | 0.223 °C | +26.0% |
| 1988 | 0.377 °C | +69.1% |
| 1989 | 0.088 °C | -76.7% |
| 1990 | 0.335 °C | +280.7% |
| 1991 | 0.346 °C | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 0.255 °C | -26.3% |
| 1993 | -0.009 °C | -103.5% |
| 1994 | 0.34 °C | -3877.8% |
| 1995 | 0.508 °C | +49.4% |
| 1996 | 0.261 °C | -48.6% |
| 1997 | 0.124 °C | -52.5% |
| 1998 | 0.446 °C | +259.7% |
| 1999 | 0.245 °C | -45.1% |
| 2000 | 0.37 °C | +51.0% |
| 2001 | 0.567 °C | +53.2% |
| 2002 | 0.807 °C | +42.3% |
| 2003 | 0.604 °C | -25.2% |
| 2004 | 0.377 °C | -37.6% |
| 2005 | 0.701 °C | +85.9% |
| 2006 | 0.61 °C | -13.0% |
| 2007 | 0.8 °C | +31.1% |
| 2008 | 0.328 °C | -59.0% |
| 2009 | 0.685 °C | +108.8% |
| 2010 | 0.793 °C | +15.8% |
| 2011 | 0.381 °C | -52.0% |
| 2012 | 0.649 °C | +70.3% |
| 2013 | 0.715 °C | +10.2% |
| 2014 | 0.664 °C | -7.1% |
| 2015 | 0.619 °C | -6.8% |
| 2016 | 1.12 °C | +80.3% |
| 2017 | 0.947 °C | -15.1% |
| 2018 | 0.706 °C | -25.4% |
| 2019 | 1.01 °C | +43.1% |
| 2020 | 0.937 °C | -7.2% |
| 2021 | 0.835 °C | -10.9% |
| 2022 | 0.597 °C | -28.5% |
| 2023 | 0.925 °C | +54.9% |
| 2024 | 1.25 °C | +35.1% |
| 2025 | 0.894 °C | -28.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Temperature change in Polynesia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +3877.8% | -0.009 °C | 0.34 °C |
| 1979 | +1258.3% | -0.012 °C | 0.139 °C |
| 1967 | -1092.9% | 0.028 °C | -0.278 °C |
| 1973 | +800.0% | 0.034 °C | 0.306 °C |
| 1965 | -640.0% | -0.035 °C | -0.259 °C |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.0746 °C | -0.356 °C | 0.198 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | -0.0203 °C | -0.286 °C | 0.306 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1872 °C | 0.082 °C | 0.377 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2851 °C | -0.009 °C | 0.508 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5849 °C | 0.328 °C | 0.807 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.76 °C | 0.381 °C | 1.12 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9063 °C | 0.597 °C | 1.25 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near Polynesia
- 219 Samoa 0.919 °C compare
- 220 Maldives 0.911 °C compare
- 221 Philippines 0.905 °C compare
- 223 Cook Islands 0.886 °C compare
- 224 French Southern Territories 0.866 °C compare
- 225 French Polynesia 0.863 °C compare
More environment data for Polynesia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.29 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.211 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.17 ha/cap (2024)
- Land area — Area 794.6 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 14.8 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 89.76 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 117.57 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 130.97 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in Polynesia?
- Temperature change in Polynesia was 0.894 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in Polynesia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.25 °C in 2024.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in Polynesia?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.356 °C in 1968.
- How does Polynesia rank for temperature change?
- Polynesia ranks 222nd out of 254 countries with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in Polynesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Polynesia 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).