Local Climate Change: 29.74 N, 92.31 W

Country:	United States
Latitude:	29.7428 N
Longitude:	92.3077 W
Nearby Cities:	Lafayette, Lake Charles, New Iberia, Opelousas, Crowley, Eunice

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Current Location	-	0.50 ± 0.32	0.61 ± 0.19	0.58 ± 0.12	2.05 ± 0.24	3.11 ± 0.37
Louisiana	-	0.50 ± 0.34	0.62 ± 0.20	0.58 ± 0.11	2.13 ± 0.22	3.16 ± 0.46
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

Local Climate Variabiity

Difference from Global Land Average ( °C, 95% range )

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	± 2.87	± 1.06	± 0.56	± 0.41	± 0.33

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.23	0.52	0.78	0.87	0.92

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 4.38	± 4.00	± 3.29	± 2.40	± 1.72	± 1.40
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 1.24	± 1.26	± 1.81	± 2.53	± 3.24	± 3.49

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range