Temperature Monitoring Station:
TOPEKA MUNICIPAL ARPT

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		0.44
After quality control		0.43
After breakpoint alignment		0.85
Regional expectation during same months		0.89 ± 0.13
National average during same months		0.92 ± 0.11
Global land average during same months		1.06 ± 0.05

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

	Typical Difference (°C, 95% range)	Correlation (R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies	± 1.3	0.96
After Quality Control	± 1.3	0.96
After Breakpoint Adjustment	± 1.0	0.97

Quality Control Summary

Months missing 10 or more days	1
Serially repeated daily or monthly values	1
Extreme local outliers	0
Regional climatology outliers	0
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	1

Station ID Codes

COOP	148163
COOP	148167
FAA	TOP
GHCND	USC00148163
GHCND	USW00013996
GHCNM	42572456000
GSOD	724560-13996
GSOD	999999-13996
HADCRU	724560
ICAO	KTOP
NCDC	20007744
NCDC	20007745
NWS	TOP
NWS	TPAK1
USAF	724560
WBAN	13996
WMO	72456
WMSSC	724560
WWR	72456

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.