Trends in twentieth-century temperature extremes across the United States

From: Journal of Climate | Date: November 15, 2002| Author: Allen, Robert J; DeGaetano, Arthur T | Copyright information

ABSTRACT

A long-term, homogeneous set of daily maximum and minimum temperature data representing a subset of daily U.S. Historical Climatology Network stations is used to analyze trends in extreme temperature occurrence across the contiguous United States. Time series of various lengths are analyzed, with the longest spanning the period 1900-96. Trends in the annual occurrence of extreme maximum and minimum temperatures (e.g., values greater than the 90th, 95th, or 99th percentile) ar...

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