Ankara/Etimes

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 17129 location.

[ Temperatures: Ankara/Etimes, Turkey]

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: 17129
icao_indicator: LTAD
place_name: Ankara / Etimesgut
state:
country: Turkey
wmo_region: 6
station_latitude: 39-57N
station_longitude: 032-41E
upper_air_latitude:
upper_air_longitude:
station_elevation: 799
upper_air_elevation: 806
rbsn_indicator: P

Station Information from GHCNv2 Inventory

Search for GISS Graph:
country: 649
wmo_identifier: 17129
mod: 000
name: Ankara/Etimes
latitude: 39.95
longitude: 32.68
elevation: 806
elev_interpolated: 952
population_type: Urban (population > 50,000)
population_in_thousands: 1701
topography_type: Hilly
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: 7
grid_vegetation: Hot Desert
Search for GISS Graph:
country: 649
wmo_identifier: 17129
mod: 001
name: Ikizcehaymana
latitude: 39.40
longitude: 32.50
elevation: 1225
elev_interpolated: 1181
population_type: Rural (population < 10,000)
population_in_thousands: -9
topography_type: Hilly
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: Hot Desert
Search for GISS Graph:
country: 649
wmo_identifier: 17129
mod: 002
name: Polatli
latitude: 39.60
longitude: 32.20
elevation: 885
elev_interpolated: 918
population_type: Small Town (10,000 < population <= 50,000)
population_in_thousands: 35
topography_type: Hilly
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: Hot Desert