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 anomalies1.20
After quality control1.32
After breakpoint alignment2.32
Regional expectation during same months2.31 ± 0.49
National average during same months 2.22 ± 0.24
Global land average during same months 2.49 ± 0.10

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

Typical Difference
(°C, 95% range)
Correlation
(R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies ± 2.4 0.63
After Quality Control ± 1.6 0.77
After Breakpoint Adjustment ± 1.0 0.90

Quality Control Summary

Months missing 10 or more days 120
Serially repeated daily or monthly values 31
Extreme local outliers 4
Regional climatology outliers 3
Abrupt jumps 0
Marked as bad or manually changed by source 0
Exceeds global climatological range 0
Isolated observations 8
Frame shift repetitions 0
TMAX / TMIN inconsistency 0
TAVG outside TMAX / TMIN range 1
Total Observations Rejected by Quality Control 129

Station ID Codes

GHCNDBR00D6-0010
GHCNDBR00D6-0820
GSOD837220-99999
GSOD868650-99999
HADCRU837220
ICAOSBBU
USAF837220
USAF868650
WMO83722
WMO86865
WMSSC837220

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.