Local Climate Change: 44.20 N, 96.15 W

Country:	United States
Latitude:	44.2031 N
Longitude:	96.1491 W
Nearby Cities:	Sioux Falls, Watertown, Brookings, Marshall, Worthington

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Current Location	0.60 ± 0.28	0.95 ± 0.29	1.34 ± 0.22	1.00 ± 0.07	2.42 ± 0.18	4.34 ± 1.03
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
Minnesota	0.57 ± 0.28	0.99 ± 0.28	1.42 ± 0.21	1.18 ± 0.10	2.74 ± 0.23	4.48 ± 0.64
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	± 1.49	± 0.70	± 0.53	± 0.44

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.46	0.66	0.85	0.90	0.91

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 6.13	± 6.01	± 5.20	± 3.80	± 3.46	± 2.81
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 2.58	± 2.51	± 2.96	± 3.60	± 4.39	± 5.55

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range