Local Climate Change: 34.56 N, 87.57 W

Country:	United States
Latitude:	34.5629 N
Longitude:	87.5676 W
Nearby Cities:	Decatur, Madison, Florence, Athens, Cullman, Corinth

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Current Location	0.32 ± 0.28	0.53 ± 0.38	0.66 ± 0.23	0.52 ± 0.10	2.40 ± 0.15	2.53 ± 0.61
Tennessee	0.32 ± 0.27	0.52 ± 0.38	0.70 ± 0.23	0.56 ± 0.10	2.48 ± 0.14	2.85 ± 0.50
Mississippi	0.39 ± 0.27	0.55 ± 0.34	0.63 ± 0.22	0.55 ± 0.09	2.25 ± 0.16	2.68 ± 0.46
Alabama	0.30 ± 0.28	0.50 ± 0.38	0.61 ± 0.25	0.52 ± 0.09	2.30 ± 0.14	2.47 ± 0.44
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
	± 2.96	± 1.05	± 0.57	± 0.46	± 0.38

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.42	0.62	0.80	0.84	0.86

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 4.41	± 4.20	± 3.73	± 2.65	± 2.33	± 2.07
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 1.99	± 1.95	± 2.39	± 2.86	± 3.07	± 3.94

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range