Table 3. Example of climate fluctuations for Bloomington, IN and species' ranges.
Annual Mean Temp | Min Temp of Coldest Month | Max Temp of Warmest Month | Temp Seasonality | |
Bloomington, IN | ||||
Present | 11.5 | −7.3 | 29.9 | 950 |
LGM | −8.5 | −29.1 | 11.6 | 910 |
120 kya | 9.7 | −22.8 | 38.4 | 1408 |
Species' Ranges | ||||
C. horridus | 2.5 – 21.5 | −17.9 – 6.9 | 21.0 – 35.9 | 562 – 1212 |
C. viridis | −3.8 – 22.1 | −22.6 – 5.6 | 15.7 – 38.0 | 543 – 1245 |
C. scutulatus | 5.9 – 24.2 | −9.6 – 14.7 | 14.9 – 43.2 | 106 – 949 |
C. enyo | 15.2 – 23.9 | 3.4 – 12.3 | 25.8 – 37.1 | 336 – 502 |
C. molossus | 5.9 – 28.2 | −11.0 – 16.5 | 14.9 – 41.4 | 106 – 864 |
C. basiliscus | 15.0 – 28.8 | 3.1 – 17.7 | 24.6 – 39.9 | 141 – 512 |
C. mitchellii | 7.5 – 24.3 | −6.7 – 12.3 | 25.4 – 42.2 | 336 – 913 |
C. tigris | 15.0 – 25.7 | −1.7 – 11.3 | 31.7 – 41.2 | 512 – 827 |
C. adamanteus | 15.9 – 23.8 | −0.8 – 13.7 | 31.5 – 33.8 | 332 – 776 |
C. atrox | 6.7 – 27.6 | −10.6 – 19.6 | 23.3 – 42.2 | 145 – 974 |
C. ruber | 10.1 – 23.9 | −3.6 – 12.3 | 25.8 – 38.9 | 336 – 740 |
Example of the variance of 4 bioclimatic variables for one 50 km point in the Midwest, Global ID #139912, (Bloomington, IN) and the range of these variables in the modern climate envelopes for 11 rattlesnake species.