Temperature Monitoring Station:
COLUMBUS BAKALAR AP

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		1.91
After quality control		1.77
After breakpoint alignment		0.96
Regional expectation during same months		1.06 ± 0.18
National average during same months		1.39 ± 0.09
Global land average during same months		1.60 ± 0.07

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

	Typical Difference (°C, 95% range)	Correlation (R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies	± 2.2	0.86
After Quality Control	± 1.9	0.89
After Breakpoint Adjustment	± 1.2	0.95

Quality Control Summary

Months missing 10 or more days	42
Serially repeated daily or monthly values	22
Extreme local outliers	0
Regional climatology outliers	2
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	43

Station ID Codes

FAA	BAK
GHCND	USW00013803
GHCNM	42572438003
GSOD	724360-13803
GSOD	724361-13803
GSOD	724363-13803
GSOD	724363-99999
ICAO	KBAK
NCDC	20006216
USAF	724360
USAF	724361
USAF	724363
WBAN	13803
WMO	72436

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.