Temperature Monitoring Station:
CAPE OTWAY (LIGHTHOUSE)/V

Monthly Mean Temperature Data

Raw Data relative to Expected Monthly Means

Difference from Regional Expectation

Breakpoint Adjusted Annual Average Comparison

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Raw monthly anomalies		-0.35
After quality control		-0.35
After breakpoint alignment		0.53
Regional expectation during same months		0.59 ± 0.08
National average during same months		0.62 ± 0.14
Global land average during same months		0.93 ± 0.06

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

	Typical Difference (°C, 95% range)	Correlation (R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies	± 1.9	0.63
After Quality Control	± 1.9	0.63
After Breakpoint Adjustment	± 1.5	0.74

Quality Control Summary

Months missing 10 or more days	2
Serially repeated daily or monthly values	4
Extreme local outliers	0
Regional climatology outliers	53
Abrupt jumps	0
Marked as bad or manually changed by source	0
Exceeds global climatological range	0
Isolated observations	0
Frame shift repetitions	0
TMAX / TMIN inconsistency	0
TAVG outside TMAX / TMIN range	0
Total Observations Rejected by Quality Control	56

Station ID Codes

GHCND	ASN00090015
GHCNM	50194842000
GSOD	948420-99999
HADCRU	948420
USAF	948420
WMO	94842
WMSSC	948420
WWR	94842

ID codes may be repeated if the identification of the station changed during its history or if two different records were found to contain the same data, in which case the records would be merged.