Local Climate Change: 40.99 N, 42.60 E

Country:	Turkey
Latitude:	40.9885 N
Longitude:	42.6036 E
Nearby Cities:	Kars, Artvin, Oltu, Ardahan

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Current Location	-	0.84 ± 0.20	0.95 ± 0.19	1.28 ± 0.15	1.98 ± 0.21	6.38 ± 0.39
Armenia	-	0.87 ± 0.21	1.01 ± 0.19	1.45 ± 0.19	2.38 ± 0.29	6.33 ± 0.74
Georgia	-	0.86 ± 0.18	1.01 ± 0.18	1.41 ± 0.16	2.10 ± 0.26	6.53 ± 0.46
Turkey	0.45 ± 0.18	0.73 ± 0.16	0.78 ± 0.13	0.89 ± 0.09	1.60 ± 0.22	6.18 ± 0.27
Asia	-	0.82 ± 0.18	1.00 ± 0.15	1.35 ± 0.09	2.57 ± 0.24	3.13 ± 0.25
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
	± 2.83	± 1.15	± 0.49	± 0.32	± 0.18

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.50	0.70	0.90	0.95	0.97

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 4.13	± 4.03	± 3.75	± 2.81	± 2.03	± 2.06
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 1.94	± 2.02	± 2.38	± 2.81	± 3.02	± 3.90

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range