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 anomalies0.98
After quality control0.49
After breakpoint alignment0.78
Regional expectation during same months1.11 ± 0.15
National average during same months 1.17 ± 0.11
Global land average during same months 1.06 ± 0.05

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

Typical Difference
(°C, 95% range)
Correlation
(R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies ± 3.4 0.49
After Quality Control ± 2.6 0.57
After Breakpoint Adjustment ± 2.5 0.60

Quality Control Summary

Months missing 10 or more days 38
Serially repeated daily or monthly values 4
Extreme local outliers 2
Regional climatology outliers 225
Abrupt jumps 1
Marked as bad or manually changed by source 0
Exceeds global climatological range 0
Isolated observations 1
Frame shift repetitions 0
TMAX / TMIN inconsistency 0
TAVG outside TMAX / TMIN range 0
Total Observations Rejected by Quality Control 260

Station ID Codes

CA242
GHCNDIR000408570
GHCNM20840858000
GSOD408460-99999
GSOD408570-99999
GSOD408580-99999
HADCRU408580
ICAOOIBB
USAF408460
USAF408570
USAF408580
WMO40857
WMO40858
WMSSC408460
WMSSC408580
WWR40857
WWR40858

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.