Temperature Monitoring Station:
VALDEZ ALASKA U.S.

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		2.67
After quality control		2.69
After breakpoint alignment		1.27
Regional expectation during same months		1.09 ± 0.18
National average during same months		0.95 ± 0.08
Global land average during same months		1.11 ± 0.02

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

	Typical Difference (°C, 95% range)	Correlation (R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies	± 4.9	0.54
After Quality Control	± 4.9	0.54
After Breakpoint Adjustment	± 4.8	0.54

Quality Control Summary

Months missing 10 or more days	9
Serially repeated daily or monthly values	7
Extreme local outliers	0
Regional climatology outliers	1
Abrupt jumps	1
Marked as bad or manually changed by source	0
Exceeds global climatological range	0
Isolated observations	2
Frame shift repetitions	0
TMAX / TMIN inconsistency	0
TAVG outside TMAX / TMIN range	0
Total Observations Rejected by Quality Control	14

Station ID Codes

COOP	509685
COOP	509686
FAA	VDZ
FAA	VWS
GHCND	USC00509685
GHCND	USW00026442
GHCNM	42570275000
GSOD	702750-26442
GSOD	702754-99999
GSOD	999999-26442
HADCRU	702750
ICAO	PAVD
ICAO	PAVW
NCDC	20022028
NCDC	20022527
NWS	VDZ
NWS	VWS
USAF	702750
USAF	702754
WBAN	26442
WBAN	26479
WMO	70275
WMSSC	702750
WWR	70275

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.