Midwest

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Summaries

Title	NCA Version
Summary for Part 3: Climate of the Midwest U.S.	NCA 3

Reports

Title	NCA Version
Regional Climate Trends and Scenarios for the U.S. National Climate Assessment. Part 3. Climate of the Midwest U.S.	NCA 3

Images

Title	NCA Version
CMIP3 Models Listing	NCA 3
(a) Average annual precipitation during the top 10 wettest days in a year for for the Midwest region (b) Trend in the sum of the top 10 wettest days in a year for for the Midwest region	NCA 3
Simulated seasonal mean temperature change	NCA 3
Simulated difference in the mean annual number of days with precipitation of greater than one inch	NCA 3
Hydrographs of lake levels for each of the Great Lakes	NCA 3
Simulated difference in the mean annual length of the freeze-free season	NCA 3
Time series of mean annual temperature	NCA 3
Average number of modified growing degree days for the Midwest region	NCA 3
Trends in temperature and precipitation anomaly	NCA 3
Simulated difference in annual and seasonal mean temperature	NCA 3
Simulated annual mean precipitation change	NCA 3
Snowfall trends for the Midwest region	NCA 3
Simulated difference in the mean annual maximum number of consecutive days with a maximum temperature greater than 95F	NCA 3
Observed decadal mean annual precipitation change	NCA 3
Average seasonal accumulated precipitation for the Midwest region	NCA 3
Annual temperature anomalies for the Midwest region	NCA 3
NARCCAP Models Listing	NCA 3
Distribution of the simulated change in seasonal mean precipitation	NCA 3
Annual mean wind speeds	NCA 3
Simulated difference in the mean annual number of days with a minimum temperature less than 10F	NCA 3
Observed decadal mean annual temperature change	NCA 3
Average annual temperature	NCA 3
Number of days with minimum temperatures equal to or exceeding 70F at 5 large Midwestern cities	NCA 3
Distribution of the simulated change in annual mean precipitation	NCA 3
Average annual precipitation	NCA 3
Average annual number of days with freezing rain for the Midwest region	NCA 3
Time series of extreme precipitation index for the occurrence of 1-day, 1 in 5-year extreme precipitation	NCA 3
Distribution of the simulated change in annual mean temperature	NCA 3
Simulated difference in the mean annual maximum number of consecutive days with precipitation of less than 0.1 inches	NCA 3
Long-term change in ice-cover duration for Lake Mendota, WI	NCA 3
Simulated difference in the mean annual number of cooling degree days	NCA 3
Simulated decadal mean change in annual temperature	NCA 3
Total precipitation expressed as the percentage of the long-term mean during the summer drought of 1988 for the Midwest region	NCA 3
Fraction of the mean annual total precipitation from the top 10 wettest days in a year for the Midwest region.	NCA 3
Simulated annual mean temperature change	NCA 3
Simulated seasonal mean precipitation change	NCA 3
Regional average annual percentages of homogeneous snowfall stations exceeding the 90th percentile for the Midwest region	NCA 3
Simulated annual mean change in select temperature variables	NCA 3
Observed decadal mean seasonal precipitation change	NCA 3
Average annual snowfall for the Midwest region	NCA 3
Annual and seasonal precipitation anomaly	NCA 3
Simulated difference in mean annual temperature	NCA 3
Simulated difference in annual and seasonal mean precipitation	NCA 3
Time series of freeze-free season anomalies	NCA 3
Simulated difference in the mean annual number of days with a minimum temperature less than 32F	NCA 3
Observed decadal mean seasonal temperature change	NCA 3
Average winter temperature for the Midwest region	NCA 3
Number of days with late afternoon dewpoint equal to or exceeding 70F at Minneapolis-St. Paul	NCA 3
Simulated difference in mean annual precipitation	NCA 3
Annual and seasonal temperature anomaly	NCA 3
Time series of an index for the occurrence of heat waves and cold waves	NCA 3
Simulated difference in the mean annual number of days with a maximum temperature greater than 95F	NCA 3
Simulated annual mean change in select precipitation variables	NCA 3
Average ice-out dates for Minnesota lakes	NCA 3
Simulated difference in the mean annual number of heating degree days	NCA 3
Simulated decadal mean change in annual precipitation	NCA 3
Average annual number of snowstorms for the Midwest region	NCA 3