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-0.50
After quality control-0.30
After breakpoint alignment0.88
Regional expectation during same months0.92 ± 0.29
National average during same months 0.80 ± 0.22
Global land average during same months 0.70 ± 0.05

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

Typical Difference
(°C, 95% range)
Correlation
(R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies ± 2.9 0.61
After Quality Control ± 2.5 0.63
After Breakpoint Adjustment ± 2.5 0.65

Quality Control Summary

Months missing 10 or more days 29
Serially repeated daily or monthly values 12
Extreme local outliers 1
Regional climatology outliers 39
Abrupt jumps 3
Marked as bad or manually changed by source 0
Exceeds global climatological range 0
Isolated observations 17
Frame shift repetitions 0
TMAX / TMIN inconsistency 0
TAVG outside TMAX / TMIN range 0
Total Observations Rejected by Quality Control 81

Station ID Codes

FAAGMAA
GHCNM13060250000
GSOD602500-99999
HADCRU602500
ICAOGMAA
NCDC20029814
NCDC20029815
USAF602500
WBAN13015
WBAN13016
WMO60250
WMSSC602500

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.