Birmingham/Mu

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 72228 location.

[ Temperatures: Birmingham/Mu, United States of America]

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: 72228
icao_indicator: KBHM
place_name: Birmingham, Birmingham International Airport
state: AL
country: United States
wmo_region: 4
station_latitude: 33-33-56N
station_longitude: 086-44-42W
upper_air_latitude: 33-33-48N
upper_air_longitude: 086-44-42W
station_elevation: 196
upper_air_elevation: 197
rbsn_indicator: P

Station Information from GHCNv2 Inventory

Search for GISS Graph:
country: 425
wmo_identifier: 72228
mod: 000
name: Birmingham/Mu
latitude: 33.57
longitude: -86.75
elevation: 192
elev_interpolated: 208
population_type: Urban (population > 50,000)
population_in_thousands: 840
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: 1
grid_vegetation: Warm For./Field
Search for GISS Graph:
country: 425
wmo_identifier: 72228
mod: 001
name: Talladega
latitude: 33.43
longitude: -86.10
elevation: 169
elev_interpolated: 200
population_type: Small Town (10,000 < population <= 50,000)
population_in_thousands: 18
topography_type: Hilly
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 For./Field
Search for GISS Graph:
country: 425
wmo_identifier: 72228
mod: 002
name: Birmingham/Wsfo
latitude: 33.47
longitude: -86.83
elevation: 226
elev_interpolated: 201
population_type: Urban (population > 50,000)
population_in_thousands: 840
topography_type: Hilly
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 For./Field
Search for GISS Graph:
country: 425
wmo_identifier: 72228
mod: 003
name: Anniston/Faa Airport
latitude: 33.58
longitude: -85.85
elevation: 186
elev_interpolated: 251
population_type: Small Town (10,000 < population <= 50,000)
population_in_thousands: 27
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: 2
grid_vegetation: Warm For./Field