Semipalatinsk

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 36177 location.

[ Temperatures: Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan]

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: 36177
icao_indicator: ----
place_name: Semipalatinsk
state:
country: Kazakhstan
wmo_region: 2
station_latitude: 50-25N
station_longitude: 080-18E
upper_air_latitude: 50-21N
upper_air_longitude: 080-15E
station_elevation: 196
upper_air_elevation: 196
rbsn_indicator: P

Station Information from GHCNv2 Inventory

Search for GISS Graph:
country: 211
wmo_identifier: 36177
mod: 000
name: Semipalatinsk
latitude: 50.42
longitude: 80.30
elevation: 196
elev_interpolated: 168
population_type: Urban (population > 50,000)
population_in_thousands: 283
topography_type: Flat
vegetation_type: No information
location_type: Not island / Not coastal / Not by lake
distance_to_coast: -9
is_at_airport: At an airport
dist_to_airport: 3
grid_vegetation: Cool Desert