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Fluctuations and Trends Graph

  • Sep 3, 2023
  • 1 min read

Updated: Feb 18, 2025

The graph below shows Average Annual Temperature data for Washington, D.C., from 1895 through 2021.



What do you notice about temperature data from year to year? Is there a predictable pattern?


What do you notice about the trend in temperature over time? Is there a predictable pattern?


Credits

Climate Education Pathways

Data sourced from NOAA’s National Center for Environmental Information. Discussion questions adapted from CarbonTIME (https://carbontime.create4stem.msu.edu/).

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The development of this material was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DRL 2100808. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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