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Has the climate in Clovis changed?

Clovis has warmed about 2.2°F between 1971 and 2007.

About 0.6°F per decade, measured from Clovis's official daily weather records, 1971–2007. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Clovis's warming is broadly in line with other cities in United States — neither unusually fast nor unusually slow.

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
8 fewer nights
1970s
102 / yr
Recent
94 / yr
Milder winters — fewer frosts
Average temperature
+1.1°F
1970s
57.4°F
Recent
58.5°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
13 more days
1970s
58 / yr
Recent
71 / yr
More days of serious heat
Rainy days
10 more days
1970s
54 / yr
Recent
64 / yr
Wetter on average

Clovis's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1971 to 2007.

53°55°57°59°61°1971: 56.9°F1972: 56.6°F1973: 55.8°F1974: 57.2°F1975: 55.7°F1976: 56.2°F1977: 58.4°F1978: 58.4°F1979: 58.5°F1980: 58.2°F1981: 60.6°F1982: 56.5°F1983: 55.9°F1984: 55.4°F1985: 56.3°F1986: 57.0°F1987: 54.5°F1988: 55.6°F1989: 58.0°F1990: 57.9°F1991: 57.3°F1992: 57.1°F1993: 57.2°F1994: 59.0°F1995: 59.2°F1996: 58.5°F1997: 56.4°F1998: 59.6°F1999: 58.7°F2000: 57.7°F2001: 58.9°F2002: 58.4°F2003: 59.2°F2004: 57.5°F2005: 58.9°F2006: 59.9°F2007: 58.0°Flong-term trend19711980199020002007
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 19 fewer freezing nights a year and about 2 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.

0.0°+0.5°+1.0°+1.5°+2.0°+2.5°January: +2.2°F+2.2JFebruary: +1.1°F+1.1FMarch: +1.7°F+1.7MApril: +1.3°F+1.3AMay: +1.5°F+1.5MJune: +2.5°F+2.5JJuly: +1.8°F+1.8JAugust: +2.2°F+2.2ASeptember: +1.8°F+1.8SOctober: +0.9°F+0.9ONovember: +1.2°F+1.2NDecember: +1.9°F+1.9D

June has warmed the most — about 2.5°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 Clovis (NOAA GHCN station USC00291939), about 3 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →