USCRN vs NOAA August 2012 update. (I’m late because USCRN didn’t post August monthly temperatures until October 3rd after they posted September data).

The USCRN is a new ‘state of the art’ United States Climate Reference Network. The USCRN “consists of 114 stations developed, deployed, managed, and maintained by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the continental United States for the express purpose of detecting the national signal of climate change.”

This is the monthly Mean from both NOAA and USCRN for August 2012 for the 48 continental states.

14 states show USCRN stations warmer than NOAA (bold) and 34 show NOAA warmer than USCRN.

NOAA – USCRN = NOAA state temperature average minus USCRN state temperature average.

Ignoring area weighting, the NOAA temperature averaged 0.83F warmer than USCRN.

State	NOAA	USCRN	NOAA – USCRN
Alabama	78.3	77.37	0.93
Arizona	80.8	81.62	-0.82
Arkansas	80	78.44	1.56
California	77.5	75.56	1.94
Colorado	67.9	68.57	-0.67
Florida	81.6	82.04	-0.44
Georgia	78.3	78.75	-0.45
Idaho	68.5	71.24	-2.74
Illinois	73.5	69.62	3.88
Indiana	71.8	74.3	-2.5
Iowa	70.9	71.24	-0.34
Kansas	76.2	75.38	0.82
Kentucky	74.3	74.66	-0.36
Louisiana	81.8	81.14	0.66
Maine	68	67.37	0.63
Michigan	67.5	64.94	2.56
Minnesota	66.5	64.04	2.46
Mississippi	79.3	77.63	1.67
Missouri	76.4	75.08	1.32
Montana	67.2	64.26	2.94
Nebraska	72.6	72.09	0.51
Nevada	73.9	74.9	-1
New Hampshire	68.8	70.25	-1.45
New Mexico	73.9	72.19	1.71
New York	68.7	68.36	0.34
North Carolina	75.7	71.96	3.74
North Dakota	66.8	66.62	0.18
Ohio	71.6	71.42	0.18
Oklahoma	81.3	79.97	1.33
Oregon	67.6	66.74	0.86
Pennsylvania	70.2	72.86	-2.66
Rhode Island	71.8	70.34	1.46
South Carolina	77.9	77.54	0.36
South Dakota	70.9	69.84	1.06
Tennessee	75.5	69.98	5.52
Texas	83.7	83.82	-0.12
Utah	74.1	73.26	0.84
Virginia	74.3	75.65	-1.35
Washington	67.8	64.46	3.34
West Virginia	70.9	63.68	7.22
Wisconsin	67.3	68.36	-1.06
Wyoming	67.6	66.62	0.98