Temperature Monitoring Station:
CATANIA SIGONELLA

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		1.42
After quality control		1.49
After breakpoint alignment		2.48
Regional expectation during same months		2.50 ± 0.29
National average during same months		2.63 ± 0.22
Global land average during same months		2.16 ± 0.11

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

	Typical Difference (°C, 95% range)	Correlation (R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies	± 1.3	0.81
After Quality Control	± 1.3	0.81
After Breakpoint Adjustment	± 1.1	0.86

Quality Control Summary

Months missing 10 or more days	6
Serially repeated daily or monthly values	6
Extreme local outliers	0
Regional climatology outliers	0
Abrupt jumps	0
Marked as bad or manually changed by source	0
Exceeds global climatological range	0
Isolated observations	1
Frame shift repetitions	0
TMAX / TMIN inconsistency	0
TAVG outside TMAX / TMIN range	0
Total Observations Rejected by Quality Control	7

Station ID Codes

GHCND	ITW00033126
GHCNM	62316459000
GSOD	164590-99999
GSOD	164594-33126
GSOD	999999-33126
ICAO	KQNS
ICAO	LICZ
NCDC	20029522
USAF	164590
USAF	164594
WBAN	33126
WMO	16459
WMSSC	164590
WWR	16459

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.