Temperature Monitoring Station:
PASCO TRI CITIES 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		-1.14
After quality control		-1.06
After breakpoint alignment		0.18
Regional expectation during same months		0.59 ± 0.23
National average during same months		0.73 ± 0.13
Global land average during same months		1.12 ± 0.05

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

	Typical Difference (°C, 95% range)	Correlation (R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies	± 3.4	0.63
After Quality Control	± 3.3	0.64
After Breakpoint Adjustment	± 2.9	0.72

Quality Control Summary

Months missing 10 or more days	3
Serially repeated daily or monthly values	10
Extreme local outliers	1
Regional climatology outliers	1
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	11

Station ID Codes

COOP	456400
FAA	PSC
GHCND	USC00456400
GHCND	USW00024163
GSOD	727845-24163
GSOD	727845-99999
GSOD	999999-24163
ICAO	KPSC
NCDC	20027409
NCDC	20027418
NCDC	20027428
NCDC	20027430
NWS	PASW1
USAF	727845
WBAN	24163

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.