Country: United States
Latitude:39.3836 N
Longitude:93.6416 W
Nearby Cities:Kansas City, Kansas City, Overland Park, Independence, Blue Springs, Leawood

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since: 1760 1810 1860 1910 1960 1990
Current Location 0.52
± 0.28
0.78
± 0.32
0.96
± 0.22
0.67
± 0.09
2.21
± 0.23
3.63
± 0.54
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
± 3.60 ± 1.26 ± 0.59 ± 0.40 ± 0.30

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing Monthly Annual Five-year Ten-year Twenty-year
0.42 0.65 0.84 0.91 0.93

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

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
± 5.35 ± 5.15 ± 4.67 ± 3.32 ± 2.93 ± 2.55
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
± 2.50 ± 2.64 ± 2.84 ± 3.29 ± 3.73 ± 4.81

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range