Temperature Monitoring Station:
SIOUX FALLS/FOSS FIELD SD.

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		0.10
After quality control		0.07
After breakpoint alignment		0.86
Regional expectation during same months		1.00 ± 0.15
National average during same months		0.93 ± 0.11
Global land average during same months		1.22 ± 0.06

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

	Typical Difference (°C, 95% range)	Correlation (R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies	± 1.8	0.94
After Quality Control	± 1.8	0.94
After Breakpoint Adjustment	± 1.6	0.95

Quality Control Summary

Months missing 10 or more days	1
Serially repeated daily or monthly values	1
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	0
Frame shift repetitions	0
TMAX / TMIN inconsistency	0
TAVG outside TMAX / TMIN range	0
Total Observations Rejected by Quality Control	1

Station ID Codes

COOP	397667
FAA	FSD
GHCND	USW00014944
GHCNM	42572651000
GSOD	726510-14944
GSOD	999999-14908
GSOD	999999-14944
HADCRU	726510
ICAO	KFSD
NCDC	20017673
NCDC	20017674
NCDC	30001944
NWS	FSD
USAF	726510
WBAN	14908
WBAN	14944
WMO	72651
WMSSC	726510
WWR	72651

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.