Local data
City Explorer
The Lab's narratives are built around Detroit, but its data tools work for other places too. Pick a city and the simulations, data labs, and bell-ringer charts switch to real weather from that city.
Local science
Connections for this city
These are starting points for your own examples. The written lessons, bell-ringers, and careers on subject pages still use Detroit, so swap in local examples where it helps.
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What changes with your city
- Seasons Over Detroit opens at your city's latitude.
- Heat Island Explorer starts from your city's typical July afternoon temperature.
- Fit the Line fits your city's temperature, energy, hot-day, and rainfall data.
- Bell-Ringer Bank charts and shadows use your city.
- Pothole Season, Temperature and Energy, Sun Angle, and Water Levels include a Your city box with data and answers.
Compare
All eight cities, 2015–2024
| City | Mean annual temp | July avg high | January avg low | Freeze–thaw days per winter | Days ≥ 32°C per year | Rain per year |
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Source: Open-Meteo historical weather (gridded reanalysis), daily values for 2015–2024. A grid cell near each city approximates local conditions, so single-station records, extremes, and urban effects can differ. Freeze–thaw winters run November–March; a freeze–thaw day has a low below 0°C and a high above 0°C.