Local Climate Change: 36.17 N, 117.35 W

Country:	United States
Latitude:	36.1720 N
Longitude:	117.3481 W
Nearby Cities:	Ridgecrest

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Current Location	-	-	0.45 ± 0.27	1.06 ± 0.14	1.93 ± 0.19	1.62 ± 0.49
Nevada	-	-	0.39 ± 0.25	0.93 ± 0.09	1.75 ± 0.16	1.32 ± 0.38
California	-	-	0.47 ± 0.26	0.99 ± 0.14	1.76 ± 0.13	0.83 ± 0.39
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
	± 2.81	± 1.13	± 0.64	± 0.53	± 0.45

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.20	0.42	0.67	0.74	0.77

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 2.94	± 3.11	± 3.18	± 3.19	± 3.11	± 2.72
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 1.84	± 1.86	± 2.21	± 2.68	± 2.70	± 2.79

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range