Marion Island

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 68994 location.

[ Temperatures: Marion Island, 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: 68994
icao_indicator: FAME
place_name: Marion Island
state:
country: South Africa
wmo_region: 1
station_latitude: 46-53S
station_longitude: 037-52E
upper_air_latitude: 46-53S
upper_air_longitude: 037-52E
station_elevation: 22
upper_air_elevation: 0
rbsn_indicator: P

Station Information from GHCNv2 Inventory

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country: 141
wmo_identifier: 68994
mod: 000
name: Marion Island
latitude: -46.88
longitude: 37.87
elevation: 22
elev_interpolated: 2
population_type: Rural (population < 10,000)
population_in_thousands: -9
topography_type: Hilly
vegetation_type: No information
location_type: Within 30 km from the coast
distance_to_coast: 2
is_at_airport: Not at an airport
dist_to_airport: -9
grid_vegetation: Water