Local Climate Change: 42.59 N, 85.09 W

Country:	United States
Latitude:	42.5945 N
Longitude:	85.0909 W
Nearby Cities:	Grand Rapids, Lansing, Kalamazoo, Wyoming, Battle Creek, East Lansing

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Current Location	0.42 ± 0.24	0.74 ± 0.28	1.05 ± 0.19	0.99 ± 0.12	2.74 ± 0.23	4.02 ± 0.57
Indiana	0.37 ± 0.25	0.62 ± 0.34	0.89 ± 0.21	0.76 ± 0.13	2.62 ± 0.17	3.35 ± 0.43
Michigan	0.47 ± 0.23	0.84 ± 0.24	1.17 ± 0.17	1.15 ± 0.12	2.85 ± 0.23	4.91 ± 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
	± 3.28	± 1.20	± 0.58	± 0.40	± 0.30

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.44	0.66	0.83	0.90	0.91

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 4.73	± 4.64	± 4.25	± 3.13	± 3.23	± 2.63
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 2.36	± 2.19	± 2.59	± 3.20	± 3.17	± 4.22

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range