Winter Days Above Normal
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Provided by: Climate Central|Published on: June 26, 2026
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Synopsis
- This interactive resource shows a graph of how many days a location's winter temperatures have been above normal since 1970.
- Students can create the graphs in English or Spanish for a range of United States cities.
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences
Authors: Climate Central
Region: North America, United States
Languages: English, Spanish
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Positives
- This resource is easy to navigate and can be utilized in a wide range of grade and ability levels.
- Students will enjoy looking at locations where they live or have visited, and will learn about how the climate is changing around them.
Prerequisites
- Students should be able to read graphs.
- Students would benefit from understanding how normal temperatures are calculated.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Cross-curricular connections can be made in math classes focusing on graphs and data, in social studies classes considering how different places are experiencing climate change, and in health classes that are learning about how our changing climate is impacting populations.
- This resource would be a great tool for students to explore after learning about average temperatures. Younger students can read the graph for a location near them together as a class, while older students can be assigned different locations to compare and contrast.
- To extend learning, have students use the data presented in the graph they read to predict the days above normal in the next several winters.
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Climate Central
Climate Central is an independent group of scientists and communicators who research and report the facts about our changing climate and how it affects people’s lives.
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