Temperature Monitoring Station:
WICHITA FALLS/SHEPS AFB/WICHITA FALLS/MUN., TX.

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		-0.58
After quality control		-0.61
After breakpoint alignment		0.43
Regional expectation during same months		0.54 ± 0.09
National average during same months		0.86 ± 0.10
Global land average during same months		1.14 ± 0.05

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

	Typical Difference (°C, 95% range)	Correlation (R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies	± 1.5	0.92
After Quality Control	± 1.5	0.92
After Breakpoint Adjustment	± 1.1	0.95

Quality Control Summary

Months missing 10 or more days	2
Serially repeated daily or monthly values	2
Extreme local outliers	0
Regional climatology outliers	0
Abrupt jumps	1
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	3

Station ID Codes

COOP	419729
FAA	SPS
GHCND	USW00013966
GHCNM	42572351000
GSOD	723510-13966
GSOD	999999-13966
ICAO	KSPS
NCDC	20025762
NWS	SPS
USAF	723510
WBAN	13966
WMO	72351
WMSSC	723510
WWR	72351

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.