Temperature Monitoring Station:
LEXINGTON BLUEGRASS FIELD

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		0.42
After quality control		0.40
After breakpoint alignment		0.73
Regional expectation during same months		0.79 ± 0.15
National average during same months		0.92 ± 0.12
Global land average during same months		1.02 ± 0.05

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

	Typical Difference (°C, 95% range)	Correlation (R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies	± 1.0	0.97
After Quality Control	± 1.0	0.97
After Breakpoint Adjustment	± 0.9	0.97

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	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	2

Station ID Codes

COOP	154746
FAA	LEX
GHCND	USW00093820
GHCNM	42572422000
GSOD	724220-93820
GSOD	999999-93820
HADCRU	724220
ICAO	KLEX
NCDC	20008412
NWS	LEX
USAF	724220
WBAN	93820
WMO	72422
WMSSC	724220
WWR	72422

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.