I did and I got the Bill Ayers Version, thanks!!!
Posted on 12/08/2014 11:03:13 AM PST by Haiku Guy
It is probably not Yahoo, but who they get their information from. It is well known that most “official” weather stations in the US are not correctly located, often put in heat islands like airports. So they consistently register from 5-10 degrees warmer than anywhere else.
However, other than these “official” sites, there are likely dozens of other readings in your area, *if* you can find a map of their locations. Your accurate temperature is close to the average of the temperatures about a quarter of a mile in all directions, excepting unusual places like golf courses and lakes
Yahoo 34 Weather Channel 32
The ‘official’ weather is from somewhere in town. Might be the airport. Perhaps they are sampling too close to some heat generating equipment.
I have the Weather Underground app. And Yahoo. And a couple of others. Some of them, including WU, run a few degrees warm because I live in a rather cold spot, and the local reports are drawn from small weather stations that may not be appropriately sited. For example, some reports come from small stations at schools, where they’re often placed on the roof for security reasons. Obviously a flat roof is hot. Other stations are put next to a factory’s red brick walls or an airport runway. You can see how these placements bias temperature reports upward.
I did and I got the Bill Ayers Version, thanks!!!
And what would that "outing" look like?
Agreed. PWS makes “Best Forecast” far more accurate. There’s lots of tools and information at that site.
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wunderground.com
The weather site goes with the temp of the National Weather Service monitoring station closest to your area.
Some global warming skeptics, a few years back, discovered that the NWS monitoring stations were badly located, sitting near warm buildings, air conditioner exhausts, etc. This would skew temperature readings upwards. Report here
It looks like you've noticed the same. The "official" temp readings are skewed to show "warming".
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iphone error?
My phone works
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