Local Climate Change: 42.59 N, 91.64 W

Country:	United States
Latitude:	42.5945 N
Longitude:	91.6364 W
Nearby Cities:	Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Dubuque, Cedar Falls, Marion

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Current Location	0.46 ± 0.26	0.83 ± 0.29	1.12 ± 0.19	0.87 ± 0.17	2.54 ± 0.18	4.29 ± 0.60
Wisconsin	0.49 ± 0.25	0.88 ± 0.26	1.25 ± 0.18	1.09 ± 0.16	2.71 ± 0.23	4.58 ± 0.55
Iowa	0.49 ± 0.26	0.85 ± 0.29	1.12 ± 0.19	0.81 ± 0.11	2.39 ± 0.15	4.18 ± 0.60
Illinois	0.40 ± 0.26	0.71 ± 0.33	0.92 ± 0.20	0.74 ± 0.15	2.50 ± 0.21	3.59 ± 0.40
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
	± 3.67	± 1.33	± 0.60	± 0.42	± 0.33

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.46	0.66	0.84	0.90	0.92

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 5.62	± 5.44	± 4.66	± 3.46	± 3.32	± 2.72
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 2.60	± 2.42	± 2.70	± 3.53	± 3.80	± 5.17

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range