
Tool
SCIPP Temperature Trends Dashboard - Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, & Louisiana
Description
This dashboard presents trends in extreme heat, extreme cold, warm nights, heating and cooling degree days, seasonal average temperatures, seasonal extreme temperatures, and yearly average temperatures stations in the Southern Great Plains. The graphs show individual data points for each year and overall trend lines. The dashboard also links to fact sheets discussing the temperature indicators shown and their importance.
By incorporating trends in indicators such as extreme heat and warm nights, the dashboard offers insight into changes that can have public health ramifications and economic impacts. Other indicators such as heating and cooling degree days are relevant to energy use and emissions analyses.