Warming stripes

 

We got this buff to support our efforts to walk 1000 miles this year. This was the first I'd heard of the warming stripes graphic. Each stripe represents a year, with the top stripe being 2019. A baseline average temperature was set, I think from 1971 to 2000, and the colours represent fluctuations above or below that mean. Red means above and blue below. The graphic shows that things generally were colder and are now getting warmer. It is explained here and you can get a more geographically specific version from https://showyourstripes.info/