Local Climate Change: 42.59 N, 144.00 E

Country:	Japan
Latitude:	42.5945 N
Longitude:	144.0000 E
Nearby Cities:	Obihiro, Otofuke, Kushiro

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Current Location	-	-	0.90 ± 0.22	1.15 ± 0.16	1.61 ± 0.32	0.76 ± 0.71
Japan	-	-	0.90 ± 0.19	1.11 ± 0.08	1.66 ± 0.23	0.96 ± 0.34
Eastern Asia	-	0.78 ± 0.20	0.93 ± 0.19	1.23 ± 0.13	2.19 ± 0.24	1.64 ± 0.38
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
	± 2.27	± 0.99	± 0.51	± 0.36	± 0.23

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.39	0.64	0.84	0.90	0.95

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 2.79	± 2.55	± 2.18	± 1.91	± 1.86	± 2.12
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 2.61	± 2.53	± 1.76	± 1.43	± 1.96	± 2.58

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range