Temperature Monitoring Station:
TUPELO/C.D. LEMONS MUN, MS

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		-0.09
After quality control		-0.11
After breakpoint alignment		0.48
Regional expectation during same months		0.56 ± 0.11
National average during same months		0.92 ± 0.09
Global land average during same months		1.12 ± 0.02

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

	Typical Difference (°C, 95% range)	Correlation (R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies	± 2.7	0.78
After Quality Control	± 1.3	0.93
After Breakpoint Adjustment	± 1.1	0.95

Quality Control Summary

Months missing 10 or more days	1
Serially repeated daily or monthly values	1
Extreme local outliers	1
Regional climatology outliers	1
Abrupt jumps	1
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	1
Total Observations Rejected by Quality Control	3

Station ID Codes

COOP	229000
COOP	229003
GHCND	USC00229000
GHCND	USW00093862
GHCNM	42572332001
GSOD	723301-93862
GSOD	723303-93862
GSOD	723320-93862
ICAO	KTUP
NCDC	20011438
NCDC	20011439
NWS	TUP
USAF	723301
USAF	723303
USAF	723320
WBAN	93862
WMO	72332
WWR	72332

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.