Temperature Monitoring Station:
PRUDHOE BAY

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		7.73
After quality control		8.70
After breakpoint alignment		8.55
Regional expectation during same months		7.91 ± 2.18
National average during same months		2.99 ± 0.31
Global land average during same months		2.44 ± 0.19

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

	Typical Difference (°C, 95% range)	Correlation (R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies	± 4.7	0.78
After Quality Control	± 3.7	0.84
After Breakpoint Adjustment	± 3.6	0.84

Quality Control Summary

Months missing 10 or more days	36
Serially repeated daily or monthly values	7
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	4
Frame shift repetitions	0
TMAX / TMIN inconsistency	0
TAVG outside TMAX / TMIN range	0
Total Observations Rejected by Quality Control	42

Station ID Codes

COOP	507780
FAA	PUO
GHCND	USC00507780
GSOD	700636-27405
GSOD	999999-27405
ICAO	PAUD
NCDC	20022448
NCDC	20022449
NCDC	20022522
NWS	PUO
USAF	700636
WBAN	27405
WBAN	27407

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.