Temperature Monitoring Station:
ROSWELL/INDUSTRIAL AIR CENTER, NM

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		1.80
After quality control		1.77
After breakpoint alignment		0.82
Regional expectation during same months		0.76 ± 0.14
National average during same months		0.92 ± 0.09
Global land average during same months		1.06 ± 0.04

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

	Typical Difference (°C, 95% range)	Correlation (R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies	± 1.5	0.90
After Quality Control	± 1.5	0.90
After Breakpoint Adjustment	± 1.2	0.93

Quality Control Summary

Months missing 10 or more days	4
Serially repeated daily or monthly values	4
Extreme local outliers	0
Regional climatology outliers	1
Abrupt jumps	0
Marked as bad or manually changed by source	0
Exceeds global climatological range	0
Isolated observations	2
Frame shift repetitions	0
TMAX / TMIN inconsistency	0
TAVG outside TMAX / TMIN range	0
Total Observations Rejected by Quality Control	6

Station ID Codes

COOP	297609
COOP	297610
FAA	RNM
FAA	ROW
GHCND	USW00023009
GHCND	USW00023043
GHCNM	42500297610
GHCNM	42572268000
GSOD	722680-23009
GSOD	999999-23009
GSOD	999999-23043
HADCRU	722680
ICAO	KRNM
ICAO	KROW
ICAO	RNM
NCDC	20020385
NCDC	20020402
NWS	RNM
NWS	ROW
USAF	722680
WBAN	23009
WBAN	23043
WMO	72268
WWR	72268

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.