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Has the climate in Ardmore changed?

Ardmore has warmed about 1°F between 1971 and 2009.

About 0.3°F per decade, measured from Ardmore's official daily weather records, 1971–2009. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Ardmore'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
50 fewer nights
1970s
54 / yr
Recent
4 / yr
Milder winters — fewer frosts
Average temperature
+0.9°F
1970s
64.1°F
Recent
65.0°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
77 fewer days
1970s
86 / yr
Recent
9 / yr
Slightly fewer hot days
Rainy days
3 fewer days
1970s
72 / yr
Recent
69 / yr
Drier on average

Ardmore's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1971 to 2009.

59°61°63°65°67°69°1971: 65.0°F1972: 64.4°F1973: 64.2°F1974: 64.9°F1975: 63.9°F1976: 63.7°F1977: 66.2°F1978: 64.2°F1979: 62.5°F1980: 66.4°F1982: 62.5°F1983: 60.9°F1984: 63.1°F1985: 62.3°F1986: 64.7°F1987: 63.4°F1988: 63.5°F1989: 61.0°F1990: 66.6°F1991: 63.5°F1992: 62.7°F1993: 62.1°F1994: 63.0°F1995: 63.7°F1996: 62.7°F1997: 64.2°F1998: 66.3°F1999: 65.4°F2000: 64.2°F2001: 64.5°F2002: 63.3°F2003: 64.0°F2004: 63.8°F2005: 64.8°F2006: 66.1°F2007: 64.6°F2008: 64.6°F2009: 68.6°Flong-term trend19711980199020002009
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 24 fewer freezing nights a year and about 31 fewer 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.

0.0°+0.5°+1.0°+1.5°January: +0.7°F+0.7JFebruary: +0.3°F+0.3FMarch: +0.2°F+0.2MApril: +0.8°F+0.8AMay: +0.4°F+0.4MJune: +1.1°F+1.1JJuly: +1.1°F+1.1JAugust: +1.2°F+1.2ASeptember: +1.0°F+1.0SOctober: +0.1°F+0.1ONovember: +1.1°F+1.1NDecember: +0.6°F+0.6D

August has warmed the most — about 1.2°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 Ardmore (NOAA GHCN station USC00340292), about 2 km from the city centre.

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