Temperature Monitoring Station:
IQUIQUE DIEGO ARACENA

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		0.52
After quality control		0.55
After breakpoint alignment		0.72
Regional expectation during same months		0.73 ± 0.22
National average during same months		0.83 ± 0.11
Global land average during same months		1.11 ± 0.04

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

	Typical Difference (°C, 95% range)	Correlation (R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies	± 1.7	0.67
After Quality Control	± 1.5	0.71
After Breakpoint Adjustment	± 1.3	0.80

Quality Control Summary

Months missing 10 or more days	12
Serially repeated daily or monthly values	6
Extreme local outliers	7
Regional climatology outliers	3
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	19

Station ID Codes

GHCNM	30485417001
GSOD	854170-99999
GSOD	854180-99999
HADCRU	854170
HADCRU	854180
ICAO	SCDA
USAF	854170
USAF	854180
WMO	85417
WMO	85418
WMSSC	854170
WMSSC	854180
WWR	85418

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.