Temperature Monitoring Station:
SANTA MARIA HANCOCK FIELD

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		1.60
After quality control		1.59
After breakpoint alignment		1.92
Regional expectation during same months		1.62 ± 0.12
National average during same months		1.43 ± 0.10
Global land average during same months		1.51 ± 0.06

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

	Typical Difference (°C, 95% range)	Correlation (R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies	± 2.1	0.71
After Quality Control	± 2.1	0.70
After Breakpoint Adjustment	± 2.1	0.71

Quality Control Summary

Months missing 10 or more days	1
Serially repeated daily or monthly values	1
Extreme local outliers	1
Regional climatology outliers	0
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	0
Total Observations Rejected by Quality Control	3

Station ID Codes

COOP	47946
FAA	SMX
GHCND	USW00023273
GHCNM	42572394000
GSOD	723940-23273
GSOD	999999-23236
GSOD	999999-23273
HADCRU	723940
ICAO	KSMX
NCDC	20001985
NCDC	20001986
NWS	SMX
USAF	723940
WBAN	23236
WBAN	23273
WMO	72394
WMSSC	723940
WWR	72394

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.