Temperature Monitoring Station:
HANFORD A E C

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		1.12
After quality control		1.16
After breakpoint alignment		0.69
Regional expectation during same months		0.82 ± 0.08
National average during same months		0.97 ± 0.07
Global land average during same months		1.13 ± 0.02

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

	Typical Difference (°C, 95% range)	Correlation (R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies	± 1.7	0.91
After Quality Control	± 1.7	0.91
After Breakpoint Adjustment	± 1.6	0.91

Quality Control Summary

Months missing 10 or more days	46
Serially repeated daily or monthly values	18
Extreme local outliers	1
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	55

Station ID Codes

COOP	453438
COOP	453444
FAA	HMS
GHCND	USC00453444
GSOD	727840-94187
GSOD	727840-99999
GSOD	999999-94187
ICAO	KHMS
NCDC	20027488
NCDC	20027489
NCDC	20028047
USAF	727840
WBAN	94187
WMO	72784

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.