Regional Climate Change: Kursk

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Kursk	0.45 ± 0.22	0.84 ± 0.18	1.16 ± 0.12	1.74 ± 0.12	3.22 ± 0.26	6.80 ± 0.39
Russia	-	0.90 ± 0.23	1.15 ± 0.25	1.57 ± 0.20	3.39 ± 0.28	3.47 ± 0.40
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

Regional Climate Variability

Difference from Global Land Average ( °C, 95% range )

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	± 3.90	± 1.46	± 0.63	± 0.40	± 0.26

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.52	0.64	0.84	0.91	0.94

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 6.48	± 6.00	± 4.72	± 3.78	± 3.57	± 3.15
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 2.80	± 2.91	± 3.01	± 3.43	± 4.38	± 5.76

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range