Grootfontein Ii - Agr

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 68638 location.

[ Temperatures: Grootfontein Ii - Agr, 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: 68638
icao_indicator: FAMB
place_name: Middelburg
state:
country: South Africa
wmo_region: 1
station_latitude: 31-29S
station_longitude: 025-02E
upper_air_latitude:
upper_air_longitude:
station_elevation: 1270
upper_air_elevation: 1300
rbsn_indicator: P

Station Information from GHCNv2 Inventory

Search for GISS Graph:
country: 141
wmo_identifier: 68638
mod: 001
name: Grootfontein Ii - Agr
latitude: -31.48
longitude: 25.03
elevation: 1250
elev_interpolated: 1223
population_type: Small Town (10,000 < population <= 50,000)
population_in_thousands: 11
topography_type: Hilly
vegetation_type: No information
location_type: Not island / Not coastal / Not by lake
distance_to_coast: -9
is_at_airport: Not at an airport
dist_to_airport: -9
grid_vegetation: Succulent Thorns