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-0.35
After quality control-0.29
After breakpoint alignment1.10
Regional expectation during same months1.06 ± 0.15
National average during same months 0.91 ± 0.10
Global land average during same months 1.04 ± 0.04

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

Typical Difference
(°C, 95% range)
Correlation
(R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies ± 2.7 0.87
After Quality Control ± 2.3 0.90
After Breakpoint Adjustment ± 2.0 0.93

Quality Control Summary

Months missing 10 or more days 15
Serially repeated daily or monthly values 13
Extreme local outliers 6
Regional climatology outliers 5
Abrupt jumps 1
Marked as bad or manually changed by source 1
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 22

Station ID Codes

COOP242112
COOP243124
COOP244364
GHCNDUSC00242112
GHCNDUSC00243124
GHCNDUSC00244364
GHCNM42500244364
GHCNM42572677001
NCDC12003093
NCDC20012267
NCDC20012328
NCDC20012339
NWSCROM8
NWSHSMM8

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.