Local Climate Change: 42.59 N, 89.45 W

Country:	United States
Latitude:	42.5945 N
Longitude:	89.4545 W
Nearby Cities:	Madison, Rockford, Janesville, DeKalb, Beloit, Clinton

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Current Location	0.44 ± 0.25	0.79 ± 0.29	1.10 ± 0.18	0.93 ± 0.19	2.62 ± 0.23	4.12 ± 0.50
Wisconsin	0.49 ± 0.25	0.88 ± 0.26	1.25 ± 0.18	1.09 ± 0.16	2.71 ± 0.23	4.58 ± 0.55
Iowa	0.49 ± 0.26	0.85 ± 0.29	1.12 ± 0.19	0.81 ± 0.11	2.39 ± 0.15	4.18 ± 0.60
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
	± 3.56	± 1.28	± 0.59	± 0.41	± 0.32

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.45	0.66	0.84	0.90	0.92

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 5.44	± 5.22	± 4.41	± 3.33	± 3.29	± 2.71
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 2.53	± 2.32	± 2.64	± 3.42	± 3.63	± 4.96

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range