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 anomalies1.11
After quality control1.17
After breakpoint alignment0.50
Regional expectation during same months0.50 ± 0.24
National average during same months 0.87 ± 0.12
Global land average during same months 1.10 ± 0.05

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

Typical Difference
(°C, 95% range)
Correlation
(R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies ± 7.2 0.64
After Quality Control ± 2.9 0.90
After Breakpoint Adjustment ± 2.7 0.91

Quality Control Summary

Months missing 10 or more days 20
Serially repeated daily or monthly values 32
Extreme local outliers 12
Regional climatology outliers 12
Abrupt jumps 1
Marked as bad or manually changed by source 2
Exceeds global climatological range 0
Isolated observations 4
Frame shift repetitions 4
TMAX / TMIN inconsistency 0
TAVG outside TMAX / TMIN range 1
Total Observations Rejected by Quality Control 37

Station ID Codes

COOP503655
FAAHCA
GHCNDUSC00503655
GHCNM42570232002
GSOD703051-26521
GSOD703051-99999
HADCRU702337
ICAOPAHC
NCDC20022166
USAF703051
WBAN26521
WMSSC702337

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.