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 anomalies0.42
After quality control0.27
After breakpoint alignment1.22
Regional expectation during same months1.30 ± 0.19
National average during same months 1.09 ± 0.10
Global land average during same months 1.33 ± 0.06

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

Typical Difference
(°C, 95% range)
Correlation
(R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies ± 2.1 0.79
After Quality Control ± 1.7 0.85
After Breakpoint Adjustment ± 1.5 0.89

Quality Control Summary

Months missing 10 or more days 40
Serially repeated daily or monthly values 18
Extreme local outliers 2
Regional climatology outliers 1
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 1
Total Observations Rejected by Quality Control 43

Station ID Codes

COOP177250
FAARKD
GHCNDUSC00177250
GSOD726079-94601
GSOD726079-99999
GSOD999999-94601
ICAOKRKD
NCDC20009729
NCDC20009733
NCDC20009736
USAF726079
WBAN94601

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.