Balboa/Albrook

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 78806 location.

[ Temperatures: Balboa/Albrook, Panama]

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: 78806
icao_indicator: MPHO
place_name: Howard Air Force Base
state:
country: Panama
wmo_region: 4
station_latitude: 08-55N
station_longitude: 079-36W
upper_air_latitude: 08-55N
upper_air_longitude: 079-36W
station_elevation: 16
upper_air_elevation: 13
rbsn_indicator: P

Station Information from GHCNv2 Inventory

Search for GISS Graph:
country: 416
wmo_identifier: 78806
mod: 001
name: Balboa/Albrook
latitude: 8.97
longitude: -79.55
elevation: 9
elev_interpolated: 29
population_type: Urban (population > 50,000)
population_in_thousands: 499
topography_type: Hilly
vegetation_type: No information
location_type: Within 30 km from the coast
distance_to_coast: 3
is_at_airport: At an airport
dist_to_airport: 1
grid_vegetation: Warm Field Woods
Search for GISS Graph:
country: 416
wmo_identifier: 78806
mod: 002
name: Albrook Afb/Balboa Cz
latitude: 9.00
longitude: -79.60
elevation: 6
elev_interpolated: 96
population_type: Urban (population > 50,000)
population_in_thousands: 499
topography_type: Hilly
vegetation_type: No information
location_type: Within 30 km from the coast
distance_to_coast: 3
is_at_airport: At an airport
dist_to_airport: 1
grid_vegetation: Warm Field Woods
Search for GISS Graph:
country: 416
wmo_identifier: 78806
mod: 003
name: Madden Dam
latitude: 9.20
longitude: -79.60
elevation: 86
elev_interpolated: 148
population_type: Rural (population < 10,000)
population_in_thousands: -9
topography_type: Hilly
vegetation_type: Forested
location_type: Within 30 km from the coast
distance_to_coast: 25
is_at_airport: Not at an airport
dist_to_airport: -9
grid_vegetation: Trop. Seasonal
Search for GISS Graph:
country: 416
wmo_identifier: 78806
mod: 004
name: Coco Solo
latitude: 9.37
longitude: -79.90
elevation: 4
elev_interpolated: 0
population_type: Urban (population > 50,000)
population_in_thousands: 60
topography_type: Flat
vegetation_type: No information
location_type: Within 30 km from the coast
distance_to_coast: 3
is_at_airport: At an airport
dist_to_airport: 2
grid_vegetation: Trop. Seasonal
Search for GISS Graph:
country: 416
wmo_identifier: 78806
mod: 005
name: Cristobal Panama
latitude: 9.40
longitude: -79.90
elevation: 7
elev_interpolated: 0
population_type: Urban (population > 50,000)
population_in_thousands: 60
topography_type: Flat
vegetation_type: No information
location_type: Within 30 km from the coast
distance_to_coast: 3
is_at_airport: At an airport
dist_to_airport: 2
grid_vegetation: Trop. Seasonal