Bilma

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 61017 location.

[ Temperatures: Bilma, Niger]

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: 61017
icao_indicator: DRRI
place_name: Bilma
state:
country: Niger
wmo_region: 1
station_latitude: 18-41N
station_longitude: 012-55E
upper_air_latitude: 18-41N
upper_air_longitude: 012-55E
station_elevation: 355
upper_air_elevation: 357
rbsn_indicator:

Station Information from GHCNv2 Inventory

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country: 133
wmo_identifier: 61017
mod: 000
name: Bilma
latitude: 18.68
longitude: 12.92
elevation: 357
elev_interpolated: 407
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: Hot Desert