Temperature Monitoring Station:
FRYING PAN SHOALS, NC.

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		1.44
After quality control		1.27
After breakpoint alignment		2.80
Regional expectation during same months		2.70 ± 0.65
National average during same months		2.38 ± 0.13
Global land average during same months		2.76 ± 0.10

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

	Typical Difference (°C, 95% range)	Correlation (R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies	± 1.8	0.84
After Quality Control	± 1.0	0.94
After Breakpoint Adjustment	± 0.8	0.96

Quality Control Summary

Months missing 10 or more days	23
Serially repeated daily or monthly values	21
Extreme local outliers	3
Regional climatology outliers	4
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	27

Station ID Codes

FAA	46W
GSOD	720066-99999
GSOD	746990-99999
GSOD	994040-99999
GSOD	997030-99999
ICAO	DB703
ICAO	FPSN7
ICAO	K46W
NCDC	20013539
USAF	720066
USAF	746990
USAF	994040
USAF	997030
WBAN	93761
WBAN	93792
WMO	74699

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.