Statistical Downscaling for Wisconsin

The source of observed temperature data was 176 weather stations measuring daily maximum temperature, minimum temperature, and precipitation during 1950-2006 in and around Wisconsin, from the National Weather Service’s Cooperative Observer Program. This data was interpolated to an 8-km grid (Serbin and Kucharik, 2009). Daily average temperature was estimated by averaging the daily maximum and minimum temperatures. Trends were estimated using the slopes of linear regression fits for the entire 1950-2006 time series.

Contact: Michael Notaro, mnotaro@wisc.edu.

Period of Change

Observed Century (1950-2006)
  • Observed Century (1950-2006)
  • Mid 21st Century (1980-2055)
  • Late 21st Century (1980-2090)

Variable

Temperature
  • Temperature
  • Precipitation

Specific Variable

Mean Temperature
  • Mean Temperature
  • Daily high temperature
  • Daily low temperature

Season

Annual
  • Annual
  • Winter
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn

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