NASA/NOAA wanted to make it look like they have a good coverage in GHCN V4, so they added a bunch of fake stations on their map. A typical example is Eala, which they claim has data from 1936.
Data.GISS: GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (v4): Station Data
But the data from 1936 does not exist.
Data.GISS: GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (v4)
This technique is effective for fooling their true believers .
