Winter temperature anomalies in Gambia
Gambia: Winter temperature anomalies was -0.7792 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Winter temperature anomalies in Gambia, 1940–2025
Source: Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in °C.
Analysis
The most recent figure for winter temperature anomalies in Gambia is -0.7792 °C, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 1,723.9% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, winter temperature anomalies in Gambia peaked at 1.39 °C in 2021 and was at its lowest, -3.58 °C, in 1965.
That places Gambia 187th out of 193 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Winter temperature anomalies in Gambia, year by year
| Year | °C | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 0.7629 °C | — |
| 1941 | 0.7405 °C | -2.9% |
| 1942 | -0.7937 °C | -207.2% |
| 1943 | -0.971 °C | +22.3% |
| 1944 | -1.91 °C | +97.0% |
| 1945 | 0.5662 °C | -129.6% |
| 1946 | -0.3557 °C | -162.8% |
| 1947 | 0.0175 °C | -104.9% |
| 1948 | -0.2702 °C | -1646.1% |
| 1949 | -0.9749 °C | +260.7% |
| 1950 | -0.945 °C | -3.1% |
| 1951 | -2.13 °C | +125.6% |
| 1952 | -0.8144 °C | -61.8% |
| 1953 | -0.2158 °C | -73.5% |
| 1954 | -0.6069 °C | +181.2% |
| 1955 | -0.6899 °C | +13.7% |
| 1956 | -0.8399 °C | +21.7% |
| 1957 | -0.4801 °C | -42.8% |
| 1958 | -1.16 °C | +140.6% |
| 1959 | -0.2054 °C | -82.2% |
| 1960 | -1.17 °C | +471.6% |
| 1961 | -2 °C | +70.0% |
| 1962 | -1.8 °C | -9.7% |
| 1963 | -1.43 °C | -20.8% |
| 1964 | -1.57 °C | +10.0% |
| 1965 | -3.58 °C | +127.9% |
| 1966 | -1.95 °C | -45.5% |
| 1967 | -2.81 °C | +43.8% |
| 1968 | -0.7513 °C | -73.2% |
| 1969 | -1.38 °C | +83.7% |
| 1970 | -0.1949 °C | -85.9% |
| 1971 | -0.5006 °C | +156.9% |
| 1972 | 0.3383 °C | -167.6% |
| 1973 | -0.988 °C | -392.0% |
| 1974 | -1.51 °C | +52.8% |
| 1975 | -0.7652 °C | -49.3% |
| 1976 | -1.55 °C | +102.9% |
| 1977 | 0.6681 °C | -143.0% |
| 1978 | -1.45 °C | -316.5% |
| 1979 | -0.4454 °C | -69.2% |
| 1980 | -0.8613 °C | +93.4% |
| 1981 | -1.12 °C | +29.7% |
| 1982 | -1.91 °C | +70.7% |
| 1983 | -0.3006 °C | -84.2% |
| 1984 | -0.6731 °C | +123.9% |
| 1985 | -1.65 °C | +144.6% |
| 1986 | -1.53 °C | -6.9% |
| 1987 | -0.242 °C | -84.2% |
| 1988 | -1.26 °C | +421.5% |
| 1989 | -0.4896 °C | -61.2% |
| 1990 | 0.1913 °C | -139.1% |
| 1991 | 0.3054 °C | +59.7% |
| 1992 | -0.1684 °C | -155.1% |
| 1993 | -0.4408 °C | +161.7% |
| 1994 | -0.3704 °C | -16.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0242 °C | -106.5% |
| 1996 | -0.0287 °C | -218.3% |
| 1997 | -0.5434 °C | +1795.7% |
| 1998 | 0.1079 °C | -119.9% |
| 1999 | -0.301 °C | -379.1% |
| 2000 | -0.6043 °C | +100.7% |
| 2001 | 1.26 °C | -309.3% |
| 2002 | 0.9438 °C | -25.4% |
| 2003 | -0.1563 °C | -116.6% |
| 2004 | 0.3733 °C | -338.8% |
| 2005 | 1.02 °C | +172.2% |
| 2006 | -1.11 °C | -209.6% |
| 2007 | -0.2617 °C | -76.5% |
| 2008 | 0.008 °C | -103.1% |
| 2009 | 0.1682 °C | +1993.3% |
| 2010 | 0.8041 °C | +377.9% |
| 2011 | -0.5241 °C | -165.2% |
| 2012 | -0.354 °C | -32.5% |
| 2013 | -0.1288 °C | -63.6% |
| 2014 | -0.1372 °C | +6.5% |
| 2015 | -0.8012 °C | +484.1% |
| 2016 | 0.7819 °C | -197.6% |
| 2017 | -0.5674 °C | -172.6% |
| 2018 | 0.0369 °C | -106.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0928 °C | +151.4% |
| 2020 | 0.5734 °C | +518.0% |
| 2021 | 1.39 °C | +142.5% |
| 2022 | -0.0518 °C | -103.7% |
| 2023 | 0.3521 °C | -779.9% |
| 2024 | -0.0427 °C | -112.1% |
| 2025 | -0.7792 °C | +1723.9% |
Gambia compared with similar countries
- Gambia's -0.7792 °C is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.4723 °C. (25 countries reporting)
- Gambia's -0.7792 °C is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4189 °C. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Winter temperature anomalies in Gambia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +1993.3% | 0.008 °C | 0.1682 °C |
| 1997 | -1795.7% | -0.0287 °C | -0.5434 °C |
| 2025 | -1723.9% | -0.0427 °C | -0.7792 °C |
| 1948 | -1646.1% | 0.0175 °C | -0.2702 °C |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -0.3191 °C | -1.91 °C | 0.7629 °C | 10 |
| 1950s | -0.8084 °C | -2.13 °C | -0.2054 °C | 10 |
| 1960s | -1.84 °C | -3.58 °C | -0.7513 °C | 10 |
| 1970s | -0.6395 °C | -1.55 °C | 0.6681 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | -1 °C | -1.91 °C | -0.242 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | -0.1224 °C | -0.5434 °C | 0.3054 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1639 °C | -1.11 °C | 1.26 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.0797 °C | -0.8012 °C | 0.8041 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2404 °C | -0.7792 °C | 1.39 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
More climate change data for Gambia
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 7.29 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,177 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 380.7 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 795.99 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1.44 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 28.43 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 275.94 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 74.92 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 201.03 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.2827 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is winter temperature anomalies in Gambia?
- Winter temperature anomalies in Gambia was -0.7792 °C in 2025, according to Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest winter temperature anomalies recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.39 °C in 2021.
- What is the lowest winter temperature anomalies recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was -3.58 °C in 1965.
- How does Gambia rank for winter temperature anomalies?
- Gambia ranks 187th out of 193 countries with data for 2025.
- Is winter temperature anomalies rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Gambia data come from?
- The figures come from Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Winter temperature anomalies. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Difference in a specific month's average surface temperature from the mean temperature of the same month during the period 1991-2020, measured in degrees Celsius.