Antofagasta

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 85442 location.

[ Temperatures: Antofagasta, Chile]

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: 85442
icao_indicator: SCFA
place_name: Antofagasta
state:
country: Chile
wmo_region: 3
station_latitude: 23-26S
station_longitude: 070-26W
upper_air_latitude: 23-25S
upper_air_longitude: 070-28W
station_elevation: 135
upper_air_elevation: 137
rbsn_indicator: P

Station Information from GHCNv2 Inventory

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country: 304
wmo_identifier: 85442
mod: 000
name: Antofagasta
latitude: -23.43
longitude: -70.43
elevation: 135
elev_interpolated: 205
population_type: Urban (population > 50,000)
population_in_thousands: 125
topography_type: Hilly
vegetation_type: No information
location_type: Within 30 km from the coast
distance_to_coast: 3
is_at_airport: At an airport
dist_to_airport: 20
grid_vegetation: Hot Desert