Vientiane

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 48940 location.

[ Temperatures: Vientiane, Laos]

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: 48940
icao_indicator: VLVT
place_name: Vientiane
state:
country: Laos
wmo_region: 2
station_latitude: 17-57N
station_longitude: 102-34E
upper_air_latitude: 17-59N
upper_air_longitude: 102-34E
station_elevation: 171
upper_air_elevation: 171
rbsn_indicator: P

Station Information from GHCNv2 Inventory

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country: 214
wmo_identifier: 48940
mod: 000
name: Vientiane
latitude: 17.95
longitude: 102.57
elevation: 171
elev_interpolated: 169
population_type: Urban (population > 50,000)
population_in_thousands: 132
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: 2
grid_vegetation: Trop. Seasonal