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How come?

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harrym1byt
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How come?

Post by harrym1byt »

How come almost all of the local to me stations, on the various sites, agree with my systems air temperature within +/- one degree C at 29C, yet the more official stations indicate much lower temperatures, nearer to 24C? It is not solar radiation, because it is overcast, besides my sensor is in a double Stevenson screen. It also feels like 29C and a second outdoor thermometer agrees closely with it.
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Re: How come?

Post by BigOkie »

Microclimate maybe?
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Re: How come?

Post by mcrossley »

I'd agree microclient. the "official" stations tend to be in open grassy areas (airfields, or rural), whereas UK amateur stations are usually suburban or semi-suburban
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Re: How come?

Post by beteljuice »

... but harrys location is rural - however when I checked earlier against the 'popular' rather than 'offical' met sources they were more in accord with 'H' :clap:
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Re: How come?

Post by harrym1byt »

..and inline now at 05:06 official 19C as reported 05:00 my graph at 05:00 shows 19.2C.

The big differences I was seeing during the hotter parts of the days. Numerous other private stations agreeing generally with my temperature, but wildly different (lower) from official sources.
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Re: How come?

Post by mcrossley »

Hmm, I don't have the exact location, but according to WU, not that rural afai can see, in a suburban estate with a car park not too far away? Certainly not open fields.
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Re: How come?

Post by RayProudfoot »

If your station is in a suburban back garden the nearby houses generate a lot of heat. My maxima is always 1-2C higher than Manchester Airport - 3 miles to the west.

In the very cold winter of 2010 my overnight minima was -11C but 2 miles away at my very open and rural work car park my car thermometer registered -15 but at Woodford aerodrome (3 miles away) the Met Office station located at the bottom of a long slope registered -18C.

That shows how much heat is generated in surburban areas. It's not wrong, just micro climate as others have said.
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Re: How come?

Post by BigOkie »

Mine is usually pretty close to my local airport temperature..usually within a degree or so. The humidity, due to my microclimate is always higher. Here's what my siting looks like.

Red circle is my ISS placement/anemometer placement.
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