Last edited 23 Apr 2025

Diurnal temperature range

Climate Change 2021 – The Physical Science Basis, Annex VII: Glossary, written by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and published by Cambridge University Press in 2023, defines diurnal temperature range (DTR) as: ‘The difference between the maximum and minimum temperature during a 24-hour period.’

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