The fabrications by Wei-Chyung Wang pertain to 84 Chinese weather stations. Information about the histories of only 35 of those stations exists. Following is a summary of those 35 histories.

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The station histories below concern 1954–1983: those are the years that Wang claimed to analyze. The first column is the number of the weather station (assigned by the World Meteorological Organization). The second column indicates whether or not the station moved during 1954–1983, and if so, how far away (in km). A “?” in the second column indicates a station history that is too inconsistent to draw conclusions with confidence.

Each item in the first column links to a copy of the station history. Each item in the second column links to a map of the area of the station locations. (The maps show the areas as they were c. 2000, not 1954–1983.) The third column contains notes; in particular, a few stations moved after the first year: this is noted, but not otherwise considered.

The fourth column specifies how Wang classified the station in his submission to the University at Albany (in defense of the fraud allegation).  A: no moves.  B: one extremely small move.  C: two small moves.  D: three moves.  E: four moves.

50745	6		B
50953	7	Three locations, last near first.	C
51463	18	Three moves; last same as first.	D
52866	14		B
52889	10	Probably three locations.	B
53463	—		A
53772	5	Three locations.	C
54161	—		A
54342	?	Two locations, near each other.	A
54511	41	Five locations.	E
54527	*	A move of 4 km after the first year.	B
54662	15	Three locations, last near first.	C
54823	?	Possibly one move of under 1 km.	B
54857	1		B
56294	5		B
56778	—		A
57036	6		B
57083	*	A move of 7 km after the first year.	B
57127	10		C
57461	21	Probably three locations.	B
57494	21	Three locations, last for under a year.	C
57516	—		A
57679	25	Three locations, first near second.	C
57816	?	Possibly one move of 2 km.	B
58027	20	Four locations.	D
58144	6	Three locations.	C
58238	?	Probably one move of under 1 km.	A
58367	4		B
58457	11	Four locations.	D
58606	9		B
58659	?	Probably one move of under 1 km.	A
58847	—		A
59287	18		B
59316	6	Three locations, first near second.	B
59431	5	Three locations.	C

If a station had more than two locations, the distance shown is the greatest between locations. The station histories specify the station locations to within an arcminute; thus the error in calculating the distances will usually be under 1 km, and at most 2 km. The stations listed here were (reasonably) classified as urban by Wang, except #57127 and #58144.

Example histories from Wang's submission
This section compares some station histories in the DOE/CAS report with the corresponding histories in Wang's submission to the University. These comparisons are illustrative examples; for a complete comparison, see the linked material in the above list.

For a first example, consider station #57461 (Yichang). Wang's submission claims that the station had only “one extremely small” move. According to the DOE/CAS report, the station had two moves. The second of those moves is shown in the figure below.

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As shown, the second move was over 20 km. Moreover, the station moved from being upwind of the city to being slightly downwind of the city center: such a move would be expected to lead to higher measured temperatures (i.e. false evidence of warming).

The first of the station's two moves was, according to the DOE/CAS report, probably under 1 km, and might well have been extremely small (the report does not given enough details to be certain). Thus, it appears that in describing the station history, Wang' submission tells of only the first of the station's two moves. Such an error further increases the implausibility of the claim to accurately remember the histories of stations from almost 19 years ago, for stations whose histories are not extant.

As a second example, Wang's submission claims that station #59287 (Guangzhou) had only one extremely small move. The DOE/CAS report agrees that there was only one move; the move is shown in the figure below.

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As shown, the station moved about 18 km, from well outside the city center to being surrounded by the center. This move cannot be reasonably described as “extremely small”.

As another example, Wang's submission claims that station #58238 (Nanjing) also had only one extremely small move. In this case, the DOE/CAS report partially agrees: there was only one move, of perhaps less than 1 km. The report, though, describes the first location as “mountain top” and the second location as “country side”. Obviously such a move would be expected to affect the measured temperatures, although it might be argued that it was not in literal violation of the claims Wang and Zeng made about it.

As a final example, station #54342 (Shengyang) is claimed by Wang's submission to have had no moves. The DOE/CAS report states that the station had one move: over a small distance (perhaps 1 km or less), from “suburb” to “in city”.

Some general comments pertaining to Wang's submission are here.

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Jones P. (2007), Data Used in the Jones et al. (1990) Publication. [This lists the meteorological stations used by Jones et al. [Nature, 1990]. The same Chinese stations were used by Wang et al. [Geophysical Research Letters, 1990]. There are at least three typographical errors in the list: 52983 should be 52984, 53161 should be 54161, 55606 should be 58606.]

Tao Shiyan, Fu Congbin, Zeng Zhaomei, Zhang Qingyun (1991), Two Long-Term Instrumental Climatic Data Bases of the People’s Republic of China, ORNL/CDIAC-47, NDP-039 (Oak Ridge TN: Oak Ridge National Laboratory). [This report resulted from a joint research project by the U.S. Department of Energy and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It contains conclusive evidence that Wang's claims were fabricated. A second version of the report was published in 1997; its Table 1, which contains station histories, is identical to Appendix B in this version.]