Temperature Monitoring Station:
PUNTA ARENAS (CARLOS IBAN

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		-0.51
After quality control		-0.52
After breakpoint alignment		0.87
Regional expectation during same months		0.93 ± 0.12
National average during same months		0.86 ± 0.10
Global land average during same months		1.04 ± 0.04

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

	Typical Difference (°C, 95% range)	Correlation (R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies	± 5.9	0.23
After Quality Control	± 2.7	0.47
After Breakpoint Adjustment	± 2.4	0.59

Quality Control Summary

Months missing 10 or more days	1
Serially repeated daily or monthly values	0
Extreme local outliers	3
Regional climatology outliers	2
Abrupt jumps	1
Marked as bad or manually changed by source	0
Exceeds global climatological range	1
Isolated observations	6
Frame shift repetitions	0
TMAX / TMIN inconsistency	0
TAVG outside TMAX / TMIN range	0
Total Observations Rejected by Quality Control	9

Station ID Codes

CA	304000000026
GHCND	CI000085934
GHCNM	30485934000
GSOD	859340-99999
HADCRU	859340
ICAO	SCCI
NCDC	20029114
USAF	859340
WBAN	55701
WMO	85934
WMSSC	859340
WMSSC	859360
WWR	85934

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.