Sinjar

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 40604 location.

[ Temperatures: Sinjar, Iraq]

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: 40604
icao_indicator: ----
place_name: Sinjar
state:
country: Iraq
wmo_region: 2
station_latitude: 36-19N
station_longitude: 041-50E
upper_air_latitude:
upper_air_longitude:
station_elevation: 476
upper_air_elevation: 476
rbsn_indicator: P

Station Information from GHCNv2 Inventory

Search for GISS Graph:
country: 209
wmo_identifier: 40604
mod: 001
name: Sinjar
latitude: 36.32
longitude: 41.83
elevation: 476
elev_interpolated: 643
population_type: Rural (population < 10,000)
population_in_thousands: -9
topography_type: Hilly
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: Warm Grass/Shrub