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-1.11
After quality control-0.76
After breakpoint alignment0.27
Regional expectation during same months0.40 ± 0.20
National average during same months 0.29 ± 0.12
Global land average during same months 0.64 ± 0.06

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

Typical Difference
(°C, 95% range)
Correlation
(R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies ± 2.2 0.79
After Quality Control ± 1.6 0.86
After Breakpoint Adjustment ± 1.4 0.90

Quality Control Summary

Months missing 10 or more days 16
Serially repeated daily or monthly values 11
Extreme local outliers 4
Regional climatology outliers 4
Abrupt jumps 1
Marked as bad or manually changed by source 3
Exceeds global climatological range 0
Isolated observations 4
Frame shift repetitions 0
TMAX / TMIN inconsistency 3
TAVG outside TMAX / TMIN range 3
Total Observations Rejected by Quality Control 23

Station ID Codes

COOP20482
COOP20487
COOP20490
COOP20494
GHCNDUSC00020482
GHCNDUSC00020487
GHCNDUSC00020490
GHCNDUSC00020494
HADCRU723701
NCDC20001242
NCDC20001243
NCDC20001251
NCDC20001352
NCDC20001361
NCDC20001367
NWSAFOA3
NWSASFA3

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.