Country: United States
Latitude:37.7785 N
Longitude:93.5593 W
Nearby Cities:Springfield, Joplin, Ozark, Nixa, Carthage, Lebanon

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since: 1760 1810 1860 1910 1960 1990
Current Location 0.50
± 0.28
0.74
± 0.33
0.87
± 0.23
0.64
± 0.08
2.14
± 0.25
3.71
± 0.60
Missouri 0.45
± 0.26
0.73
± 0.33
0.89
± 0.21
0.65
± 0.10
2.24
± 0.22
3.62
± 0.50
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
± 3.41 ± 1.18 ± 0.56 ± 0.38 ± 0.28

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing Monthly Annual Five-year Ten-year Twenty-year
0.41 0.65 0.84 0.91 0.93

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

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
± 4.98 ± 4.78 ± 4.41 ± 3.16 ± 2.68 ± 2.45
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
± 2.37 ± 2.59 ± 2.78 ± 3.12 ± 3.58 ± 4.46

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range