{"id":514,"date":"2021-11-02T17:02:45","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T17:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.cels.anl.gov\/clouds\/?page_id=514"},"modified":"2025-05-12T12:32:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T12:32:14","slug":"tower","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.cels.anl.gov\/clouds\/tower\/","title":{"rendered":"Argonne Tower"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Temperature fun facts<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Average yearly temperature 1972-2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.cels.anl.gov\/clouds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/04\/temp_boxplot-1-1024x251.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.cels.anl.gov\/clouds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/04\/temp_boxplot-1-1024x251.png 1024w, https:\/\/wordpress.cels.anl.gov\/clouds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/04\/temp_boxplot-1-300x74.png 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.cels.anl.gov\/clouds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/04\/temp_boxplot-1-768x188.png 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.cels.anl.gov\/clouds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/04\/temp_boxplot-1-1536x377.png 1536w, https:\/\/wordpress.cels.anl.gov\/clouds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/04\/temp_boxplot-1-2048x503.png 2048w, https:\/\/wordpress.cels.anl.gov\/clouds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/04\/temp_boxplot-1-268x66.png 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Average yearly temperature at the Argonne tower from 1972 to 2024 (. Top: Box and whisker plot; Center: year average; Bottom: Same as center, but smoothed with a 10 year running window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Average seasonal temperature 1972-2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.cels.anl.gov\/clouds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/04\/temp_seasonmean_10year-1024x449.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.cels.anl.gov\/clouds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/04\/temp_seasonmean_10year-1024x449.png 1024w, https:\/\/wordpress.cels.anl.gov\/clouds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/04\/temp_seasonmean_10year-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.cels.anl.gov\/clouds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/04\/temp_seasonmean_10year-768x336.png 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.cels.anl.gov\/clouds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/04\/temp_seasonmean_10year-1536x673.png 1536w, https:\/\/wordpress.cels.anl.gov\/clouds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/04\/temp_seasonmean_10year-2048x897.png 2048w, https:\/\/wordpress.cels.anl.gov\/clouds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/04\/temp_seasonmean_10year-205x90.png 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Average seasonal temperature at the Argonne tower from 1972 to 2024 smoothed with a 10 year running window. Trends are: MAM: 0.06 C\/decade, JJA: 0.16 C\/decade, SON: 0.29 C\/decade, DJF: 0.51 C\/decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Diurnal cycle of temperature<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"907\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.cels.anl.gov\/clouds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/05\/diurnalCycle-1024x907.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.cels.anl.gov\/clouds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/05\/diurnalCycle-1024x907.png 1024w, https:\/\/wordpress.cels.anl.gov\/clouds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/05\/diurnalCycle-300x266.png 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.cels.anl.gov\/clouds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/05\/diurnalCycle-10x10.png 10w, https:\/\/wordpress.cels.anl.gov\/clouds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/05\/diurnalCycle-768x680.png 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.cels.anl.gov\/clouds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/05\/diurnalCycle-1536x1360.png 1536w, https:\/\/wordpress.cels.anl.gov\/clouds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/05\/diurnalCycle-102x90.png 102w, https:\/\/wordpress.cels.anl.gov\/clouds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/05\/diurnalCycle.png 1884w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diurnal cycle of temperature in winter (DJF), spring (MAM), summer (JJA), and fall (SON). 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