1. Climate Change Highlands, NC
Jake Anderson, Lauren Davis, Dale Hammer,
Bryce Koukopoulos, Mary Ellen Pearce,

2. Annual Temperature
My topic will in a sense be a summary of the group’s data. Rather than looking at a particular season, I will be looking at the annual averages for both temperature and precipitation (rain and snow) over the past century (I may look for data that goes further back for the final project)
Between 1936 – 2008
Maximum in 1998 with 57.9°F
Minimum in 1940 with 52.4°F
Trend shows that there is a slight increase in temperature

3. Annual Precipitation Between 1933 – 2002
Maximum in 1979 with in
Minimum in 1933 with 58.37
Trend shows there is a slight increase in precipitation over the years

4. Winter Temperature Average January Temperatures from 1893-2009
Average February Temperatures from

5. Winter Temperature Average January Temperatures from 1979-2009
Average February Temperatures from

6. Winter Temperature
Average January/February Temperatures from
Average January/February Temperatures from

7. Annual Snowfall with Linear Fit: Highlands, NC

8. Snowfall
Annual Snowfall:

9. Snowfall Periodic Components of Annual Snowfall
Periodic Fit to Annual Snowfall

10. Snowfall
Linear Fit
Periodic Fit

11. Average Maximum Temperature for June and July
Summer Temperature
Average Maximum Temperature for June and July

12. Average Maximum Temperature for June and July
Summer Temperature
Average Maximum Temperature for June and July

13. Summer Precipitation

14. Summer Precipitation

15. Summer Precipitation vs. TemperatureB D C A
Last 30 year extremes A 1989 low T (73.75 oF) high P (16.55 in)
B 1993 high T (80.4 oF) low P (3.28 in)
Last 10 year extremes C low T (74.95 oF) high P (11 in)
D high T (80.5 oF) low P (2.26 in)

16. Trends observed
Overall precipitation and temperature Precipitation constant Temperature up
Winter temperature Long term decrease
Short term decrease
Snowfall Long term increase
Summer temperature Long term decrease
Summer precipitation No significant change
Possible explanations explored in papers
Elevation
Location between weather sources (West coast, Gulf of Mexico, East coast)
Lee slope of Appalachians
Station history