Local Climate Change: 36.17 N, 83.54 W

Country:	United States
Latitude:	36.1720 N
Longitude:	83.5359 W
Nearby Cities:	Knoxville, Asheville, Kingsport, Oak Ridge, Maryville, Morristown

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Current Location	0.29 ± 0.28	0.47 ± 0.40	0.68 ± 0.27	0.57 ± 0.11	2.56 ± 0.33	2.69 ± 0.52
Kentucky	0.33 ± 0.26	0.53 ± 0.37	0.78 ± 0.21	0.63 ± 0.10	2.57 ± 0.17	3.00 ± 0.48
Virginia	0.36 ± 0.25	0.58 ± 0.33	0.79 ± 0.22	0.74 ± 0.08	2.62 ± 0.16	2.38 ± 0.55
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
North Carolina	0.31 ± 0.29	0.50 ± 0.40	0.69 ± 0.29	0.64 ± 0.08	2.57 ± 0.21	2.06 ± 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
	± 3.02	± 1.08	± 0.63	± 0.53	± 0.45

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.39	0.59	0.75	0.78	0.78

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 4.44	± 4.28	± 3.75	± 2.60	± 2.41	± 2.01
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 1.99	± 1.77	± 2.32	± 2.86	± 3.00	± 3.95

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range