Pietersburg

Vertical scale is temperature in tenths of degrees Celsius. The graph below has a vertical axis which spans -40°C to +40°C and a time scale that spans from Jan 1850 to Dec 2007. This helps put in perspective the overall climate of the place and the span of available data. The graph is linked to a zoomed in version where the vertical and horizontal scales are automatically computed by the graphing library.

Google Maps link: station 68174 location.

[ Temperatures: Pietersburg, South Africa]

Black lines are raw temperatures and red lines are adjusted temperatures. Raw temperatures are plotted over adjusted temperatures so that adjusted data are only visible when they differ from the raw temperatures.

There may be multiple (potentially overlapping) series for each station in the data set. In such cases, I averaged the temperatures from multiple series by month to come up with a single series for each WMO station identifier.

Meteorological Station Location Information (NOAA)

wmo_identifier: 68174
icao_indicator: FAPB
place_name: Pietersburg
state:
country: South Africa
wmo_region: 1
station_latitude: 23-52S
station_longitude: 029-27E
upper_air_latitude: 23-52S
upper_air_longitude: 029-27E
station_elevation: 1228
upper_air_elevation: 1200
rbsn_indicator: P

Station Information from GHCNv2 Inventory

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country: 141
wmo_identifier: 68174
mod: 000
name: Pietersburg
latitude: -23.87
longitude: 29.45
elevation: 1200
elev_interpolated: 1341
population_type: Small Town (10,000 < population <= 50,000)
population_in_thousands: 27
topography_type: Hilly
vegetation_type: No information
location_type: Not island / Not coastal / Not by lake
distance_to_coast: -9
is_at_airport: At an airport
dist_to_airport: 2
grid_vegetation: Succulent Thorns