Overall Warming with Reduced Seasonality: Temperature Change in New England, USA, 1900–2020
The ecology, economy, and cultural heritage of New England is grounded in its seasonal climate, and this seasonality is now changing as the world warms due to human activity. This research uses temperature data from the U.S. Historical Climatology Network (USHCN) to analyze annual and seasonal tempe...
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| description | The ecology, economy, and cultural heritage of New England is grounded in its seasonal climate, and this seasonality is now changing as the world warms due to human activity. This research uses temperature data from the U.S. Historical Climatology Network (USHCN) to analyze annual and seasonal temperature changes in the New England region of the United States from 1900 to 2020 at the regional and state levels. Results show four broad trends: (1) New England and each of the states (annually and seasonally) have warmed considerably between 1900 and 2020; (2) all of the states and the region as a whole show three general periods of change (warming, cooling, and then warming again); (3) the winter season is experiencing the greatest warming; and (4) the minimum temperatures are generally warming more than the average and maximum temperatures, especially since the 1980s. The average annual temperature (analyzed at the 10-year and the five-year average levels) for every state, and New England as a whole, has increased greater than 1.5 °C from 1900 to 2020. This warming is diminishing the distinctive four-season climate of New England, resulting in changes to the region’s ecology and threatening the rural economies throughout the region. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-25dd24c7d21345bea3f2f78c0f66ee752023-11-23T07:45:04ZengMDPI AGClimate2225-11542021-12-0191217610.3390/cli9120176Overall Warming with Reduced Seasonality: Temperature Change in New England, USA, 1900–2020Stephen S. Young0Joshua S. Young1Geography and Sustainability Department, School of Arts & Sciences, Salem State University, Salem, MA 01970, USADepartment of Linguistics, College of Humanities and Fine Arts, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USAThe ecology, economy, and cultural heritage of New England is grounded in its seasonal climate, and this seasonality is now changing as the world warms due to human activity. This research uses temperature data from the U.S. Historical Climatology Network (USHCN) to analyze annual and seasonal temperature changes in the New England region of the United States from 1900 to 2020 at the regional and state levels. Results show four broad trends: (1) New England and each of the states (annually and seasonally) have warmed considerably between 1900 and 2020; (2) all of the states and the region as a whole show three general periods of change (warming, cooling, and then warming again); (3) the winter season is experiencing the greatest warming; and (4) the minimum temperatures are generally warming more than the average and maximum temperatures, especially since the 1980s. The average annual temperature (analyzed at the 10-year and the five-year average levels) for every state, and New England as a whole, has increased greater than 1.5 °C from 1900 to 2020. This warming is diminishing the distinctive four-season climate of New England, resulting in changes to the region’s ecology and threatening the rural economies throughout the region.https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/9/12/176New Englandtemperature changeUSHCNseasonal analysisclimate change |
| spellingShingle | Stephen S. Young Joshua S. Young Overall Warming with Reduced Seasonality: Temperature Change in New England, USA, 1900–2020 Climate New England temperature change USHCN seasonal analysis climate change |
| title | Overall Warming with Reduced Seasonality: Temperature Change in New England, USA, 1900–2020 |
| title_full | Overall Warming with Reduced Seasonality: Temperature Change in New England, USA, 1900–2020 |
| title_fullStr | Overall Warming with Reduced Seasonality: Temperature Change in New England, USA, 1900–2020 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Overall Warming with Reduced Seasonality: Temperature Change in New England, USA, 1900–2020 |
| title_short | Overall Warming with Reduced Seasonality: Temperature Change in New England, USA, 1900–2020 |
| title_sort | overall warming with reduced seasonality temperature change in new england usa 1900 2020 |
| topic | New England temperature change USHCN seasonal analysis climate change |
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