Table 5: Rural/urban dependence of annual temperature trends for 1907-2014. A rural station is defined as having a population under 10,000. There were 247 rural and 52 urban stations.
Temperature |
Type |
Trend (oC per Century)
|
|
|
|
Minimum Temperature |
Rural |
0.68 ± 0.19 |
Urban |
0.67 ± 0.18 |
|
|
|
Maximum Temperature |
Rural |
0.54 ± 0.27 |
Urban |
0.77 ± 0.24 |