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