Williams Lake

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 71104 location.

[ Temperatures: Williams Lake, Canada]

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: 71104
icao_indicator: CYWL
place_name: Williams Lake, B. C.
state:
country: Canada
wmo_region: 4
station_latitude: 52-11N
station_longitude: 122-03W
upper_air_latitude:
upper_air_longitude:
station_elevation: 940
upper_air_elevation: 940
rbsn_indicator: P

Station Information from GHCNv2 Inventory

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country: 403
wmo_identifier: 71104
mod: 000
name: Williams Lake
latitude: 52.18
longitude: -122.05
elevation: 940
elev_interpolated: 876
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: At an airport
dist_to_airport: -9
grid_vegetation: Cool Field/Woods
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country: 403
wmo_identifier: 71104
mod: 001
name: Dog Creek A,Bc
latitude: 51.63
longitude: -122.25
elevation: 1027
elev_interpolated: 889
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: At an airport
dist_to_airport: -9
grid_vegetation: Cool For./Field
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country: 403
wmo_identifier: 71104
mod: 002
name: Big Creek,Bc
latitude: 51.72
longitude: -123.03
elevation: 1128
elev_interpolated: 1183
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: At an airport
dist_to_airport: -9
grid_vegetation: Cool Conifer
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country: 403
wmo_identifier: 71104
mod: 003
name: Wineglass Ranch,Bc
latitude: 51.85
longitude: -122.65
elevation: 488
elev_interpolated: 999
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: Cool Crops
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country: 403
wmo_identifier: 71104
mod: 004
name: Boss Mountain,Bc
latitude: 52.10
longitude: -120.88
elevation: 1532
elev_interpolated: 1535
population_type: Rural (population < 10,000)
population_in_thousands: -9
topography_type: Mountain Top
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: Cool Conifer
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country: 403
wmo_identifier: 71104
mod: 005
name: Horsefly Lk Gruhs Lk,Bc
latitude: 52.37
longitude: -121.37
elevation: 777
elev_interpolated: 834
population_type: Rural (population < 10,000)
population_in_thousands: -9
topography_type: Hilly
vegetation_type: No information
location_type: Next to a large ( > 25 km2 ) lake
distance_to_coast: -9
is_at_airport: Not at an airport
dist_to_airport: -9
grid_vegetation: Cool Conifer
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country: 403
wmo_identifier: 71104
mod: 006
name: Quesnel,Bc
latitude: 52.98
longitude: -122.48
elevation: 488
elev_interpolated: 608
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: Cool Conifer
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country: 403
wmo_identifier: 71104
mod: 007
name: Barkerville,Bc
latitude: 53.07
longitude: -121.52
elevation: 1265
elev_interpolated: 1512
population_type: Rural (population < 10,000)
population_in_thousands: -9
topography_type: Mountain Top
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: -9
grid_vegetation: Cool Conifer