Temperatures can fluctuate wildly from year to year and place to place. This chart shows how the state's average temperature each decade has varied from the
1981-2010 baseline average, rising rapidly in recent decades.
<0
>0
1.4
2010*
-2.0
-1.5
-1.0
-0.5
0.5
1.0
-1.5
1900s
-2.1
1910s
-1.3
1920s
-0.5
1930s
-1.4
1940s
-0.9
1950s
-1.1
1960s
-1.2
1970s
-0.5
1980s
1990s
0.0
2000s
0.5
2010*
1.4
Departures displayed in degrees Fahrenheit. *Indicates partial decade
