Temperature Monitoring Station:
LOS ANGELES DWTN USC CAMPUS

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		1.24
After quality control		1.23
After breakpoint alignment		0.82
Regional expectation during same months		0.85 ± 0.19
National average during same months		0.88 ± 0.12
Global land average during same months		1.01 ± 0.05

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

	Typical Difference (°C, 95% range)	Correlation (R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies	± 4.8	0.45
After Quality Control	± 4.8	0.45
After Breakpoint Adjustment	± 4.8	0.43

Quality Control Summary

Months missing 10 or more days	1
Serially repeated daily or monthly values	1
Extreme local outliers	0
Regional climatology outliers	0
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	1

Station ID Codes

COOP	45114
COOP	45115
FAA	CQT
FAA	LAX
GHCND	USW00023174
GHCND	USW00093134
GHCNM	42572295000
GSOD	722950-23174
GSOD	999999-23174
HADCRU	722950
ICAO	KCQT
ICAO	KLAX
NCDC	20001641
NCDC	20001642
NCDC	20001690
NCDC	20003285
NCDC	20003286
NWS	CQT
NWS	LAX
NWS	LCCC1
USAF	722950
WBAN	23145
WBAN	23174
WBAN	93134
WMO	72295
WMSSC	722950
WMSSC	722970
WWR	72295

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.