Country: United States
Latitude:37.7785 N
Longitude:120.0000 W
Nearby Cities:Modesto, Merced, Turlock, Madera, Ceres, Atwater

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since: 1760 1810 1860 1910 1960 1990
Current Location - - 0.44
± 0.27
0.94
± 0.16
1.77
± 0.20
1.12
± 0.67
Nevada - - 0.39
± 0.25
0.93
± 0.09
1.75
± 0.16
1.32
± 0.38
California - - 0.47
± 0.26
0.99
± 0.14
1.76
± 0.13
0.83
± 0.39
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
± 2.68 ± 1.07 ± 0.61 ± 0.49 ± 0.41

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing Monthly Annual Five-year Ten-year Twenty-year
0.20 0.43 0.70 0.79 0.83

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

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
± 2.77 ± 2.88 ± 2.95 ± 3.00 ± 2.93 ± 2.58
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
± 1.87 ± 1.84 ± 2.25 ± 2.51 ± 2.49 ± 2.51

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range