Local Climate Change: 42.59 N, 98.18 W

Country:	United States
Latitude:	42.5945 N
Longitude:	98.1818 W
Nearby Cities:	Norfolk, Yankton

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Current Location	-	0.89 ± 0.27	1.21 ± 0.19	0.87 ± 0.07	2.20 ± 0.20	4.10 ± 0.49
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
	± 4.16	± 1.48	± 0.70	± 0.53	± 0.44

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.42	0.64	0.83	0.89	0.91

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 6.38	± 6.26	± 5.35	± 3.77	± 3.46	± 2.94
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 2.69	± 2.64	± 3.11	± 3.59	± 4.37	± 5.54

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range