Local Climate Change: 32.95 N, 87.13 W

Country:	United States
Latitude:	32.9545 N
Longitude:	87.1277 W
Nearby Cities:	Birmingham, Montgomery, Tuscaloosa, Hoover, Vestavia Hills, Bessemer

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Current Location	0.31 ± 0.28	0.50 ± 0.38	0.61 ± 0.25	0.50 ± 0.10	2.33 ± 0.14	2.52 ± 0.38
Alabama	0.30 ± 0.28	0.50 ± 0.38	0.61 ± 0.25	0.52 ± 0.09	2.30 ± 0.14	2.47 ± 0.44
Contiguous United States	-	0.66 ± 0.25	0.76 ± 0.18	0.87 ± 0.08	2.16 ± 0.16	2.76 ± 0.36
United States	-	0.69 ± 0.24	0.80 ± 0.16	0.89 ± 0.08	2.36 ± 0.13	2.42 ± 0.39
North America	-	0.82 ± 0.23	1.02 ± 0.18	1.11 ± 0.11	2.90 ± 0.19	4.72 ± 0.28
Northern Hemisphere	-	0.79 ± 0.16	0.96 ± 0.10	1.19 ± 0.05	2.56 ± 0.20	3.56 ± 0.20
Global Land	0.43 ± 0.18	0.79 ± 0.13	0.91 ± 0.08	1.11 ± 0.03	2.16 ± 0.11	2.78 ± 0.13

Temperature Record Months and Years

Seasonal Changes

Regional Climate Variability

Difference from Global Land Average ( °C, 95% range )

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	± 2.82	± 1.02	± 0.56	± 0.46	± 0.38

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.42	0.61	0.80	0.84	0.86

Variability in Monthly Means ( °C, 95% range )

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 4.26	± 4.02	± 3.50	± 2.47	± 2.13	± 1.93
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 1.90	± 1.74	± 2.17	± 2.74	± 2.97	± 3.74

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range