Temperature Monitoring Station:
AUSTIN #2

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		1.25
After quality control		1.18
After breakpoint alignment		0.78
Regional expectation during same months		0.79 ± 0.16
National average during same months		0.92 ± 0.11
Global land average during same months		1.03 ± 0.04

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

	Typical Difference (°C, 95% range)	Correlation (R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies	± 2.5	0.83
After Quality Control	± 2.0	0.89
After Breakpoint Adjustment	± 1.9	0.89

Quality Control Summary

Months missing 10 or more days	56
Serially repeated daily or monthly values	17
Extreme local outliers	4
Regional climatology outliers	7
Abrupt jumps	0
Marked as bad or manually changed by source	1
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	60

Station ID Codes

COOP	260507
FAA	U31
GHCND	USC00260507
GHCNM	42500260507
GHCNM	42572583001
GSOD	725826-99999
HADCRU	724882
ICAO	KU31
NCDC	20019164
NWS	ASTN2
NWS	U31
USAF	725826
WBAN	93126

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.