Local Climate Change: 40.99 N, 87.34 W

Country:	United States
Latitude:	40.9885 N
Longitude:	87.3373 W
Nearby Cities:	Aurora, Naperville, Joliet, Gary, Hammond, Bolingbrook

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Current Location	0.39 ± 0.25	0.69 ± 0.32	0.95 ± 0.21	0.81 ± 0.16	2.58 ± 0.18	3.37 ± 0.40
Indiana	0.37 ± 0.25	0.62 ± 0.34	0.89 ± 0.21	0.76 ± 0.13	2.62 ± 0.17	3.35 ± 0.43
Illinois	0.40 ± 0.26	0.71 ± 0.33	0.92 ± 0.20	0.74 ± 0.15	2.50 ± 0.21	3.59 ± 0.40
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
	± 3.46	± 1.21	± 0.58	± 0.40	± 0.31

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.43	0.64	0.82	0.89	0.90

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 5.17	± 4.95	± 4.30	± 3.19	± 3.25	± 2.61
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 2.43	± 2.28	± 2.64	± 3.24	± 3.45	± 4.75

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range