Dunhuang

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 52418 location.

[ Temperatures: Dunhuang, 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: 52418
icao_indicator: ----
place_name: Dunhuang
state:
country: China
wmo_region: 2
station_latitude: 40-09N
station_longitude: 094-41E
upper_air_latitude: 40-09N
upper_air_longitude: 094-41E
station_elevation: 1140
upper_air_elevation: 1140
rbsn_indicator:

Station Information from GHCNv2 Inventory

Search for GISS Graph:
country: 205
wmo_identifier: 52418
mod: 000
name: Dunhuang
latitude: 40.15
longitude: 94.68
elevation: 1140
elev_interpolated: 1066
population_type: Urban (population > 50,000)
population_in_thousands: 55
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: Cool Irrigated
Search for GISS Graph:
country: 205
wmo_identifier: 52418
mod: 001
name: Anxi
latitude: 40.53
longitude: 95.77
elevation: 1171
elev_interpolated: 1074
population_type: Rural (population < 10,000)
population_in_thousands: -9
topography_type: Flat
vegetation_type: Desert
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: Hot Desert