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 anomalies2.49
After quality control0.18
After breakpoint alignment0.41
Regional expectation during same months0.70 ± 0.54
National average during same months 1.51 ± 0.14
Global land average during same months 1.16 ± 0.06

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

Typical Difference
(°C, 95% range)
Correlation
(R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies ± 5.0 0.73
After Quality Control ± 4.2 0.77
After Breakpoint Adjustment ± 4.2 0.78

Quality Control Summary

Months missing 10 or more days 39
Serially repeated daily or monthly values 27
Extreme local outliers 2
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 35
TAVG outside TMAX / TMIN range 35
Total Observations Rejected by Quality Control 46

Station ID Codes

GHCNDRSM00021921
GSOD219210-99999
USAF219210
WMO21921
WMSSC219210

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.