Local Climate Change: 39.38 N, 95.72 W

Country:	United States
Latitude:	39.3836 N
Longitude:	95.7225 W
Nearby Cities:	Topeka, Olathe, Lawrence, Saint Joseph, Shawnee, Manhattan

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Current Location	-	0.79 ± 0.31	1.00 ± 0.22	0.67 ± 0.07	2.02 ± 0.25	3.87 ± 0.71
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
Nebraska	-	0.82 ± 0.27	1.06 ± 0.17	0.87 ± 0.09	2.08 ± 0.18	3.55 ± 0.41
Kansas	-	0.75 ± 0.29	0.92 ± 0.19	0.75 ± 0.08	1.98 ± 0.14	3.83 ± 0.34
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
	± 3.78	± 1.33	± 0.64	± 0.45	± 0.35

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.40	0.63	0.82	0.89	0.91

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 5.57	± 5.42	± 4.86	± 3.46	± 3.04	± 2.70
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 2.65	± 2.81	± 3.01	± 3.38	± 3.81	± 5.00

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range