Temperature Monitoring Station:
PIERRE, SD, PIERRE RGNL 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		0.78
After quality control		0.73
After breakpoint alignment		1.38
Regional expectation during same months		1.26 ± 0.14
National average during same months		0.85 ± 0.13
Global land average during same months		0.95 ± 0.06

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

	Typical Difference (°C, 95% range)	Correlation (R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies	± 1.7	0.95
After Quality Control	± 1.7	0.95
After Breakpoint Adjustment	± 1.4	0.97

Quality Control Summary

Months missing 10 or more days	1
Serially repeated daily or monthly values	1
Extreme local outliers	1
Regional climatology outliers	1
Abrupt jumps	1
Marked as bad or manually changed by source	0
Exceeds global climatological range	0
Isolated observations	3
Frame shift repetitions	0
TMAX / TMIN inconsistency	0
TAVG outside TMAX / TMIN range	0
Total Observations Rejected by Quality Control	5

Station ID Codes

COOP	396597
FAA	PIR
GHCND	USW00024025
GHCNM	42500396597
GSOD	726560-24025
GSOD	726560-99999
GSOD	726686-24025
GSOD	999999-94089
HADCRU	720492
HADCRU	726622
ICAO	KPIR
NCDC	20017788
NCDC	20017797
NWS	PIR
USAF	726560
USAF	726686
WBAN	24025
WBAN	94089
WMO	72656

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.