Temperature Monitoring Station:
EFFINGHAM CO MEM AP

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		-0.58
After quality control		-0.54
After breakpoint alignment		0.58
Regional expectation during same months		0.66 ± 0.14
National average during same months		0.90 ± 0.10
Global land average during same months		1.02 ± 0.03

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

	Typical Difference (°C, 95% range)	Correlation (R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies	± 2.8	0.82
After Quality Control	± 1.7	0.92
After Breakpoint Adjustment	± 1.2	0.96

Quality Control Summary

Months missing 10 or more days	11
Serially repeated daily or monthly values	12
Extreme local outliers	2
Regional climatology outliers	2
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	1
Total Observations Rejected by Quality Control	17

Station ID Codes

COOP	112687
FAA	1H2
FAA	EFF
GHCND	USC00112687
GHCND	USW00093816
GSOD	744661-93816
GSOD	999999-93816
ICAO	K1H2
NCDC	20005669
NCDC	20005670
NCDC	20005674
NCDC	20006009
NCDC	20006069
NWS	1H2
NWS	EFF
NWS	EFFI2
NWS	EFHI2
USAF	744661
WBAN	93816

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.