Local Climate Change: 44.20 N, 102.86 W

Country:	United States
Latitude:	44.2031 N
Longitude:	102.8571 W
Nearby Cities:	Rapid City

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Current Location	-	0.85 ± 0.25	1.11 ± 0.16	1.09 ± 0.15	1.90 ± 0.30	3.26 ± 0.67
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
	± 4.01	± 1.35	± 0.60	± 0.41	± 0.28

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.44	0.67	0.87	0.93	0.96

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 6.14	± 6.17	± 5.04	± 3.65	± 3.30	± 3.15
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 2.68	± 2.50	± 3.11	± 3.49	± 4.45	± 5.35

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range