I have been recording the temperature all week using a calibrated, outside smart thermometer all week.
Met Office have been consistently reporting 2-3 degrees higher than my own readings all week.
I can accept a small amount of variance but 10% seems a lot to me.
'Met Office' data is accrued through various readings obtained in locations not susceptible to being influenced by extraneous factors, such as reflected heat from buildings, or cooling from trees.
It's also ONLY valid at that location (obviously), hence is somewhat like an average.
@AllAboutCyc1ing I didn't mention anything about the thermometer I used.
We can all make assumptions. For example, I can make a bunch of assumptions from the fact that you're a cyclist. Not good ones, but assumptions nonetheless.
@GBRChris_A Indeed, a simple and silly maths error definitely negates the entire post. I hope you never make a mistake or you'll be wrong about everything else too.
@NdabaningiMoyo That there's a two-to-three degree difference between my readings and those reported by the met office and that we should burn a lot more oil as a result.
Does that answer your question?
@NdabaningiMoyo I didn't make any claims at all. ๐
I literally just posted my readings compared to theirs. I might have been criticising the smart thermometer manufacturer for all you know.
Apparently, only the met office's thermometers work.
No other thermometers, Swiss-made or not, are within three degrees of accuracy. Just blindly accept the "national meteorological service" that forecasted temperatures of 39 degrees where I am.
@sophon3body@9mmsmg No, it's saying that communism would impose the idea that the one on the left is more attractive.
Communism, like all left-wing ideology, is a fight against human nature.