Temperature Monitoring Station:
SYDNEY AIRPORT

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		0.37
After quality control		0.36
After breakpoint alignment		1.10
Regional expectation during same months		1.11 ± 0.18
National average during same months		1.38 ± 0.13
Global land average during same months		0.97 ± 0.06

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

	Typical Difference (°C, 95% range)	Correlation (R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies	± 1.2	0.92
After Quality Control	± 1.2	0.92
After Breakpoint Adjustment	± 0.9	0.96

Quality Control Summary

Months missing 10 or more days	2
Serially repeated daily or monthly values	4
Extreme local outliers	2
Regional climatology outliers	1
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	5

Station ID Codes

FAA	CYQY
GHCND	CA008205698
GHCND	CA008205700
GHCNM	40371707000
GSOD	717070-14646
GSOD	717070-99999
GSOD	727070-99999
HADCRU	717070
ICAO	CYQY
NCDC	20028427
USAF	717070
USAF	727070
WBAN	14646
WMO	71707
WMO	72707
WMSSC	717070
WWR	71707

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.