Temperature Monitoring Station:
DES MOINES MUNICIPAL ARPT

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		0.81
After quality control		0.79
After breakpoint alignment		0.94
Regional expectation during same months		0.98 ± 0.14
National average during same months		0.92 ± 0.12
Global land average during same months		1.04 ± 0.05

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

	Typical Difference (°C, 95% range)	Correlation (R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies	± 1.1	0.97
After Quality Control	± 1.1	0.97
After Breakpoint Adjustment	± 1.0	0.98

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	132203
COOP	132208
FAA	DSM
GHCND	USC00132208
GHCND	USW00014933
GHCNM	42572546000
GSOD	725460-14933
GSOD	999999-14933
GSOD	999999-14967
HADCRU	725460
ICAO	KDSM
NCDC	20006769
NCDC	20006787
NWS	DESI4
NWS	DSM
USAF	725460
WBAN	14933
WBAN	14967
WMO	72546
WMSSC	725460
WWR	72546

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.