Country: United States
Latitude:32.9545 N
Longitude:112.0213 W
Nearby Cities:Phoenix, Mesa, Glendale, Chandler, Scottsdale, Gilbert

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since: 1760 1810 1860 1910 1960 1990
Current Location - - 0.40
± 0.23
0.97
± 0.14
2.51
± 0.22
2.92
± 0.43
Arizona - - 0.40
± 0.22
0.97
± 0.10
2.33
± 0.21
2.66
± 0.33
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
± 2.46 ± 1.00 ± 0.59 ± 0.53 ± 0.47

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing Monthly Annual Five-year Ten-year Twenty-year
0.30 0.55 0.75 0.77 0.77

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

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
± 2.55 ± 2.81 ± 2.96 ± 2.62 ± 2.55 ± 2.24
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
± 1.50 ± 1.68 ± 1.88 ± 2.20 ± 2.65 ± 2.82

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range