On the Evolution of U.S. Temperature Dynamics

Francis Diebold and Glenn Rudebusch

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Abstract: Climate change is a massive multidimensional shift. Temperature shifts, in particular, have important implications for urbanization, agriculture, health, productivity, and poverty, among other things. While much research has documented rising mean temperature \emph{levels}, we also examine range-based measures of daily temperature \emph{volatility}. Specifically, using data for select U.S. cities over the past half-century, we compare the evolving time series dynamics of the average temperature level, AVG, and the diurnal temperature range, DTR (the difference between the daily maximum and minimum temperatures). We characterize trend and seasonality in these two series using linear models with time-varying coefficients. These straightforward yet flexible approximations provide evidence of evolving DTR seasonality and stable AVG seasonality.

Date: 2019-07, Revised 2021-01
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Chapter: On the Evolution of US Temperature Dynamics (2022)
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