Country: United States
Latitude:40.9885 N
Longitude:72.4260 W
Nearby Cities:Bridgeport, New Haven, Hartford, Waterbury, Norwalk, Danbury

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since: 1760 1810 1860 1910 1960 1990
Current Location 0.57
± 0.24
0.97
± 0.21
1.13
± 0.20
1.11
± 0.12
2.84
± 0.24
4.50
± 0.55
Rhode Island 0.59
± 0.25
1.00
± 0.22
1.16
± 0.20
1.12
± 0.13
2.86
± 0.23
4.57
± 0.47
Connecticut 0.58
± 0.25
0.99
± 0.21
1.16
± 0.20
1.12
± 0.13
2.86
± 0.23
4.55
± 0.45
New York 0.56
± 0.24
0.94
± 0.20
1.13
± 0.16
1.17
± 0.10
2.96
± 0.22
4.95
± 0.45
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
± 2.86 ± 1.08 ± 0.57 ± 0.41 ± 0.31

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing Monthly Annual Five-year Ten-year Twenty-year
0.41 0.71 0.87 0.92 0.95

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

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
± 4.13 ± 3.81 ± 3.18 ± 2.24 ± 2.24 ± 2.16
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
± 2.06 ± 1.76 ± 2.06 ± 2.48 ± 2.67 ± 3.68

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range