Greenland vs Mississippi: Exposure to extreme temperature — Annual temperature change
Exposure to extreme temperature — Annual temperature change over time
- Greenland
- Mississippi
How they compare
Mississippi currently reports 1.88 Degrees celsius against 1.21 Degrees celsius in Greenland, a difference of 0.67 Degrees celsius.
That makes Mississippi's figure about 1.5 times Greenland's.
The two have swapped places 21 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Greenland ahead.
Greenland ranks 98th and Mississippi ranks 98th of 263 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Greenland averaged higher in 4 and Mississippi in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greenland | Mississippi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | -0.6472 Degrees celsius | -1.09 Degrees celsius | 0.4458 Degrees celsius | Greenland |
| 1980s | -0.4818 Degrees celsius | -0.3346 Degrees celsius | 0.1472 Degrees celsius | Mississippi |
| 1990s | -0.294 Degrees celsius | 0.083 Degrees celsius | 0.377 Degrees celsius | Mississippi |
| 2000s | 0.5585 Degrees celsius | 0.2308 Degrees celsius | 0.3277 Degrees celsius | Greenland |
| 2010s | 0.9327 Degrees celsius | 0.6153 Degrees celsius | 0.3174 Degrees celsius | Greenland |
| 2020s | 1.28 Degrees celsius | 1.08 Degrees celsius | 0.1976 Degrees celsius | Greenland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher exposure to extreme temperature — annual temperature change, Greenland or Mississippi?
- Mississippi, at 1.88 Degrees celsius against 1.21 Degrees celsius in Greenland as of 2023.
- What is the difference in exposure to extreme temperature — annual temperature change between Greenland and Mississippi?
- 0.67 Degrees celsius, with Mississippi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greenland and Mississippi?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2023.
- How do Greenland and Mississippi rank globally for exposure to extreme temperature — annual temperature change?
- Greenland ranks 98th and Mississippi ranks 98th of 263 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Exposure to extreme temperature — Annual temperature change. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The dataset provides a global assessment of changes in average temperature by providing the temperature anomaly, days with above-average temperatures and days with below-average temperatures. Exposure indicators to extreme temperature have been prepared jointly by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the International Energy Agency (IEA). Please see the working paper for a more complete description of the methods. The dataset also provides a global assessment of extreme temperatures through the use of a variety of climate indices, including hot days, tropical nights, the Universal Thermal Climate Index and icing days. The datasets span the period 1979-2022, depending on data availability and are the result of the use of a variety of geospatial data sources. The dataset has a global coverage on a national level; on the sub-national TL2 level (i.e. large subnational regions) results are reported for all OECD countries as well as for Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa. A number of aggregates are included: Euro area, European Union, Advanced economies, Emerging market economies, G7, G20, OECD, OECD Europe, OECD Asia Oceania, OECD Americas and the LAC region. Data source(s): Copernicus Climate Data Store temperature data (ERA5) and Global Human Settlement Layer population grid data. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Database documentation