Hotan

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 51828 location.

[ Temperatures: Hotan, China]

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: 51828
icao_indicator: ZWTN
place_name: Hotan
state:
country: China
wmo_region: 2
station_latitude: 37-08N
station_longitude: 079-56E
upper_air_latitude: 37-08N
upper_air_longitude: 079-56E
station_elevation: 1375
upper_air_elevation: 1375
rbsn_indicator:

Station Information from GHCNv2 Inventory

Search for GISS Graph:
country: 205
wmo_identifier: 51828
mod: 000
name: Hotan
latitude: 37.13
longitude: 79.93
elevation: 1375
elev_interpolated: 1432
population_type: Urban (population > 50,000)
population_in_thousands: 134
topography_type: Flat
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: Sand Desert