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 anomalies0.85
After quality control0.40
After breakpoint alignment1.24
Regional expectation during same months1.21 ± 0.28
National average during same months 1.20 ± 0.27
Global land average during same months 1.50 ± 0.06

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

Typical Difference
(°C, 95% range)
Correlation
(R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies ± 0.8 0.70
After Quality Control ± 0.7 0.70
After Breakpoint Adjustment ± 0.6 0.84

Quality Control Summary

Months missing 10 or more days 74
Serially repeated daily or monthly values 9
Extreme local outliers 6
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 1
TMAX / TMIN inconsistency 0
TAVG outside TMAX / TMIN range 0
Total Observations Rejected by Quality Control 77

Station ID Codes

CA417
GHCNDBP000091517
GHCNM51291517000
GHCNM51291520000
GSOD915170-99999
GSOD915200-99999
GSOD915210-99999
HADCRU915170
ICAOAGGH
USAF915170
USAF915200
USAF915210
WMO91517
WMO91520
WMO91521
WMSSC915170
WMSSC915200

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.