Local Climate Change: 42.59 N, 96.00 W

Country:	United States
Latitude:	42.5945 N
Longitude:	96.0000 W
Nearby Cities:	Sioux City, South Sioux City, Spencer, Vermillion

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Current Location	0.57 ± 0.27	0.90 ± 0.29	1.21 ± 0.20	0.86 ± 0.09	2.35 ± 0.14	4.40 ± 0.72
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
South Dakota	-	0.91 ± 0.27	1.25 ± 0.19	1.06 ± 0.09	2.15 ± 0.19	3.46 ± 0.57
Nebraska	-	0.82 ± 0.27	1.06 ± 0.17	0.87 ± 0.09	2.08 ± 0.18	3.55 ± 0.41
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
	± 3.87	± 1.40	± 0.66	± 0.48	± 0.40

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.45	0.66	0.84	0.90	0.91

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 5.91	± 5.74	± 5.06	± 3.61	± 3.35	± 2.72
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 2.54	± 2.58	± 2.89	± 3.52	± 4.09	± 5.34

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range