Malatya/Erhac

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 17200 location.

[ Temperatures: Malatya/Erhac, 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: 17200
icao_indicator: LTAT
place_name: Malatya / Erhac
state:
country: Turkey
wmo_region: 6
station_latitude: 38-26N
station_longitude: 038-05E
upper_air_latitude: 38-26N
upper_air_longitude: 038-05E
station_elevation: 862
upper_air_elevation: 849
rbsn_indicator: P

Station Information from GHCNv2 Inventory

Search for GISS Graph:
country: 649
wmo_identifier: 17200
mod: 000
name: Malatya/Erhac
latitude: 38.43
longitude: 38.08
elevation: 849
elev_interpolated: 896
population_type: Urban (population > 50,000)
population_in_thousands: 155
topography_type: Mountainous valley or at least not on the top of a mountain
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: 20
grid_vegetation: Warm Grass/Shrub
Search for GISS Graph:
country: 649
wmo_identifier: 17200
mod: 001
name: Adiyaman
latitude: 37.80
longitude: 38.30
elevation: 678
elev_interpolated: 866
population_type: Small Town (10,000 < population <= 50,000)
population_in_thousands: 44
topography_type: Mountainous valley or at least not on the top of a mountain
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: Med. Grazing
Search for GISS Graph:
country: 649
wmo_identifier: 17200
mod: 002
name: Arapkir
latitude: 39.10
longitude: 38.50
elevation: 1200
elev_interpolated: 1349
population_type: Rural (population < 10,000)
population_in_thousands: -9
topography_type: Mountainous valley or at least not on the top of a mountain
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: Warm Grass/Shrub