Local Climate Change: 44.20 N, 100.62 W

Country:	United States
Latitude:	44.2031 N
Longitude:	100.6211 W
Nearby Cities:	Pierre

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Current Location	-	0.92 ± 0.26	1.25 ± 0.18	1.04 ± 0.14	2.01 ± 0.21	3.30 ± 0.72
South Dakota	-	0.91 ± 0.27	1.25 ± 0.19	1.06 ± 0.09	2.15 ± 0.19	3.46 ± 0.57
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
	± 4.34	± 1.54	± 0.72	± 0.52	± 0.42

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.43	0.64	0.84	0.91	0.93

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 6.70	± 6.76	± 5.48	± 3.78	± 3.50	± 3.22
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 2.82	± 2.63	± 3.19	± 3.61	± 4.69	± 5.77

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range