Temperature Monitoring Station:
RAPID CITY/REGIONAL AIRPORT,

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		0.64
After quality control		0.65
After breakpoint alignment		1.12
Regional expectation during same months		1.11 ± 0.18
National average during same months		0.91 ± 0.11
Global land average during same months		1.06 ± 0.04

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

	Typical Difference (°C, 95% range)	Correlation (R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies	± 1.4	0.96
After Quality Control	± 1.4	0.96
After Breakpoint Adjustment	± 1.2	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	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	3

Station ID Codes

COOP	396937
COOP	396947
FAA	RAP
GHCND	USC00396947
GHCND	USW00024090
GHCNM	42500396947
GHCNM	42572662004
GSOD	726620-24090
GSOD	999999-24026
GSOD	999999-24056
GSOD	999999-24090
HADCRU	726620
ICAO	KRAP
NCDC	20017746
NCDC	20017747
NCDC	20017749
NCDC	20017754
NWS	RACS2
NWS	RAP
USAF	726620
WBAN	24026
WBAN	24056
WBAN	24090
WMO	72662
WMSSC	726620
WWR	72662

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.