diff --git a/Src/cmor_axes.c b/Src/cmor_axes.c
index 3a8955b7..01c33699 100644
--- a/Src/cmor_axes.c
+++ b/Src/cmor_axes.c
@@ -324,7 +324,11 @@ int cmor_check_monotonic(double *values,int length, char *name,int isbounds, int
 	}
 	else {
 	  snprintf(msg,CMOR_MAX_STRING,"axis %s (table: %s) has non monotonic bounds values : %lf, %lf, %lf",name,cmor_tables[cmor_axes[axis_id].ref_table_id].table_id,values[2*i],values[2*i+2],values[2*i+4]);
-	cmor_handle_error(msg,CMOR_CRITICAL);
+      if (refaxis->climatology==0) {
+        cmor_handle_error(msg,CMOR_CRITICAL);
+      } else {
+        cmor_handle_error(msg,CMOR_WARNING);
+      }
 	}
       }
     }
diff --git a/Test/test_non_monotonic_climo_bonds_ok.py b/Test/test_non_monotonic_climo_bonds_ok.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2cd0ad8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Test/test_non_monotonic_climo_bonds_ok.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import cmor
+
+## Hypothetical data are going from march 2000 thru feb 2010
+times = [72,75,78]
+times_bnds = [[11,134],[2,125],[5,128]] # first full djf one year later than first full mam
+
+
+def path_test():
+    cmor.setup(inpath='TestTables',netcdf_file_action=cmor.CMOR_REPLACE)
+
+    cmor.dataset('historical', 'ukmo', 'HadCM3', '360_day',model_id='HadCM3',forcing='Nat',
+                 contact="J.T. Snow",
+                 institute_id="PCMDI",
+                 parent_experiment_id="N/A",
+                 parent_experiment_rip="N/A",
+                 branch_time=0)
+    
+    table='CMIP5_Amon'
+    cmor.load_table(table)
+    axes = [ {'table_entry': 'time2',
+              'units': 'months since 2000-01-01 00:00:00',
+              'coord_vals':  times,
+              'cell_bounds': times_bnds,
+              },
+             {'table_entry': 'plevs',
+              'units': 'Pa',
+              'coord_vals': [100000., 92500., 85000., 70000., 60000., 50000., 
+                40000., 30000., 25000., 20000., 15000.,
+                10000., 7000., 5000., 3000., 2000., 1000.]},
+             {'table_entry': 'latitude',
+              'units': 'degrees_north',
+              'coord_vals': [0],
+              'cell_bounds': [-1, 1]},             
+             {'table_entry': 'longitude',
+              'units': 'degrees_east',
+              'coord_vals': [90],
+              'cell_bounds': [89, 91]},
+             ]
+              
+    axis_ids = list()
+    for axis in axes:
+        axis_id = cmor.axis(**axis)
+        axis_ids.append(axis_id)
+    varid = cmor.variable('co2Clim', '1.e-6', axis_ids)
+    import numpy
+    data =numpy.array([3,4,5])
+    data.resize((3,17,1,1))
+    cmor.write(varid, data)
+    path=cmor.close(varid, file_name=True)
+
+    print path
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    path_test()