Temperature Monitoring Station:
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL AP

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		0.46
After breakpoint alignment		0.57
Regional expectation during same months		0.69 ± 0.15
National average during same months		0.91 ± 0.11
Global land average during same months		1.06 ± 0.04

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

	Typical Difference (°C, 95% range)	Correlation (R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies	± 1.5	0.90
After Quality Control	± 1.3	0.92
After Breakpoint Adjustment	± 1.1	0.94

Quality Control Summary

Months missing 10 or more days	3
Serially repeated daily or monthly values	2
Extreme local outliers	1
Regional climatology outliers	1
Abrupt jumps	0
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	1
Total Observations Rejected by Quality Control	3

Station ID Codes

COOP	165026
FAA	LFT
GHCND	USW00013976
GHCNM	42500165026
GSOD	722405-13976
GSOD	999999-13976
HADCRU	720202
ICAO	KLFT
NCDC	20008742
NWS	LFT
USAF	722405
WBAN	13976

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.