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Has the climate in Valentine changed?

Valentine has warmed about 0.7°F since 2000.

About 0.3°F per decade, measured from Valentine's official daily weather records, 2000–2025. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Valentine's climate has warmed more slowly than most other cities in United States.

What has actually changed

Each card compares the 1970s (the first ten years of the record) with recent years (the last ten) — the same span the headline and the chart use.

Freezing nights
11 more nights
1970s
145 / yr
Recent
156 / yr
Colder winters — more frosts
Average temperature
+0.3°F
1970s
49.7°F
Recent
50.0°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
5 fewer days
1970s
47 / yr
Recent
42 / yr
Slightly fewer hot days
Rainy days
26 more days
1970s
47 / yr
Recent
73 / yr
Wetter on average

Valentine's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 2000 to 2025.

45°47°49°51°53°2000: 48.1°F2001: 49.8°F2002: 48.4°F2003: 49.6°F2004: 50.9°F2005: 49.5°F2006: 50.6°F2007: 50.5°F2008: 47.5°F2009: 46.9°F2010: 49.1°F2011: 48.0°F2012: 52.7°F2013: 47.6°F2014: 47.5°F2015: 50.2°F2016: 50.8°F2017: 50.1°F2020: 49.9°F2021: 50.4°F2022: 49.3°F2023: 52.0°F2024: 49.1°F2025: 48.6°Flong-term trend2000201020202025
a warmer-than-average year a cooler-than-average year

Each bar is one year. Most recent years sit above the older ones. Some recent years still came in cool — warming is a slope, not a straight climb.

In day-to-day terms, that long-term shift shows up as about 47 more freezing nights a year and about 13 more days above 90°F compared with the 1970s.

When in the year the change shows up

How much warmer each month is now than in the 1970s. Useful if you garden or care about a particular season — otherwise the headline above already has the answer.

-1.5°-1.0°-0.5°0.0°+0.5°+1.0°+1.5°+2.0°+2.5°+3.0°+3.5°+4.0°+4.5°+5.0°January: +3.0°F+3.0JFebruary: +0.9°F+0.9FMarch: +3.5°F+3.5MApril: +2.1°F+2.1AMay: -1.2°F-1.2MJune: +4.6°F+4.6JJuly: +2.0°F+2.0JAugust: +1.3°F+1.3ASeptember: +1.8°F+1.8SOctober: +0.2°F+0.2ONovember: +2.9°F+2.9NDecember: +1.6°F+1.6D

June has warmed the most — about 4.6°F. The warming runs across the whole year, not just one season.

Methodology & sources

Temperature — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Valentine #1 (NOAA GHCN station USC00258751), inside the city.

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