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 anomalies2.12
After quality control1.71
After breakpoint alignment1.10
Regional expectation during same months1.08 ± 0.23
National average during same months 1.03 ± 0.18
Global land average during same months 0.87 ± 0.03

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

Typical Difference
(°C, 95% range)
Correlation
(R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies ± 1.5 0.72
After Quality Control ± 1.2 0.74
After Breakpoint Adjustment ± 0.6 0.83

Quality Control Summary

Months missing 10 or more days 188
Serially repeated daily or monthly values 10
Extreme local outliers 0
Regional climatology outliers 2
Abrupt jumps 2
Marked as bad or manually changed by source 0
Exceeds global climatological range 0
Isolated observations 16
Frame shift repetitions 1
TMAX / TMIN inconsistency 0
TAVG outside TMAX / TMIN range 0
Total Observations Rejected by Quality Control 195

Station ID Codes

GHCNM50396781000
GSOD967810-99999
GSOD967830-99999
HADCRU967810
ICAOWIIB
USAF967810
USAF967830
WMO96781
WMO96783
WMSSC967810
WMSSC967830

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.