Temperature Monitoring Station:
SPENCER MUNICIPAL AP

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		-0.13
After quality control		-0.08
After breakpoint alignment		0.90
Regional expectation during same months		0.92 ± 0.09
National average during same months		0.89 ± 0.09
Global land average during same months		1.05 ± 0.03

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

	Typical Difference (°C, 95% range)	Correlation (R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies	± 1.5	0.95
After Quality Control	± 1.5	0.96
After Breakpoint Adjustment	± 1.2	0.97

Quality Control Summary

Months missing 10 or more days	10
Serially repeated daily or monthly values	10
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	12

Station ID Codes

COOP	137844
FAA	3SE
FAA	SPW
GHCND	USC00137844
GHCND	USW00014972
GSOD	726500-14972
GSOD	726500-99999
GSOD	999999-14972
ICAO	KSPW
NCDC	20007083
NCDC	20007084
NWS	3SE
USAF	726500
WBAN	14972
WMO	72650
WWR	72650

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.