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Has the climate in Glen Cove changed?

Glen Cove has warmed about 1.4°F between 1995 and 2004.

About 1.4°F per decade, measured from Glen Cove's official daily weather records, 1995–2004. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Glen Cove's climate has warmed faster 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
12 fewer nights
1970s
96 / yr
Recent
84 / yr
Milder winters — fewer frosts
Average temperature
+1.2°F
1970s
51.5°F
Recent
52.7°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
2 more days
1970s
5 / yr
Recent
7 / yr
More days of serious heat
Rainy days
3 more days
1970s
118 / yr
Recent
121 / yr
Wetter on average

Glen Cove's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1995 to 2004.

49°51°53°55°57°1995: 50.9°F1996: 51.5°F1997: 52.0°F1998: 54.8°F1999: 53.9°F2000: 51.5°F2001: 55.1°F2002: 53.9°F2003: 51.2°F2004: 52.9°Flong-term trend199520002004
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.

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.

-4.0°-3.5°-3.0°-2.5°-2.0°-1.5°-1.0°-0.5°0.0°+0.5°+1.0°January: -3.7°F-3.7JFebruary: -2.5°F-2.5FMarch: -3.1°F-3.1MApril: -1.3°F-1.3AMay: -1.8°F-1.8MJune: -0.5°F-0.5JJuly: -0.2°F-0.2JAugust: +0.6°F+0.6ASeptember: +0.5°F+0.5SOctober: -0.6°F-0.6ONovember: -1.9°F-1.9NDecember: -1.4°F-1.4D

January has cooled the most — about 3.7°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 Laguardia AP (NOAA GHCN station USW00014732), about 23 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →