Regional Climate Change: Massachusetts

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Massachusetts	0.61 ± 0.26	1.03 ± 0.23	1.20 ± 0.21	1.15 ± 0.15	2.88 ± 0.24	4.70 ± 0.43
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

Regional Climate Variability

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

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	± 3.01	± 1.11	± 0.60	± 0.46	± 0.37

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.40	0.72	0.88	0.92	0.94

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

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 4.33	± 3.91	± 3.45	± 2.46	± 2.46	± 2.30
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 2.16	± 1.87	± 2.15	± 2.55	± 2.81	± 3.89

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range