Temperature Monitoring Station:
POINT LAY(DEW/AWOS)

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		2.83
After quality control		1.75
After breakpoint alignment		2.11
Regional expectation during same months		2.12 ± 0.42
National average during same months		1.16 ± 0.09
Global land average during same months		1.50 ± 0.06

Regional Consistency

Comparison of monthly mean station data to regional expectation

	Typical Difference (°C, 95% range)	Correlation (R value)
Raw Monthly Anomalies	± 4.6	0.79
After Quality Control	± 3.4	0.86
After Breakpoint Adjustment	± 3.4	0.86

Quality Control Summary

Months missing 10 or more days	190
Serially repeated daily or monthly values	70
Extreme local outliers	5
Regional climatology outliers	4
Abrupt jumps	0
Marked as bad or manually changed by source	0
Exceeds global climatological range	0
Isolated observations	12
Frame shift repetitions	0
TMAX / TMIN inconsistency	0
TAVG outside TMAX / TMIN range	2
Total Observations Rejected by Quality Control	207

Station ID Codes

COOP	507442
FAA	PIZ
GHCND	USC00507442
GSOD	701210-26624
GSOD	701210-26638
GSOD	701210-99999
GSOD	701213-26638
GSOD	701213-99999
GSOD	999999-26638
ICAO	PIZ
ICAO	PPIZ
NCDC	20022431
NCDC	20022433
NWS	PIZ
USAF	701210
USAF	701213
WBAN	26624
WBAN	26638
WMO	70121

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.