Where Thermometers Go To Die - How not to measure temperature, part 80 « Watts Up With That?

In my 30 years in meteorology, I never questioned how NOAA climate monitoring stations were setup. It wasn’t until I stumbled on the Marysville California fire station and its thermometer that that I began to notice just how badly sited these stations are. When I started looking further, I never expected to find USHCN climate monitoring stations placed at sewage treatment plants, next to burn barrels, or in parking lots of University Atmospheric Science Departments, or next to air conditioning heat exchangers. These were all huge surprises.

I didn’t think I’d be surprised anymore. I thought I’d seen the weirdest of the weird, and that I would not be surprised again with bad station placement examples.

Then I saw this station, submitted from Fort Scott, Kansas...
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From a wider perspective, you can see all the things around it. Not only do we have a fountain (extra humidity), a nearby brick wall, a large concrete driveway that curves around the station, a tree for shade in the late afternoon, a big brick building with a south facing brick wall, but we also have cobblestone streets and convenient nearby parking.

Lake Minnetonka Liberty: Debunking the myth, part 53: It's cold out there!

So... how many simpletons bought in to the climate change/global warming fairy tale? What? Nobody? I know you're too embarrassed to admit it. I would be too, but I 'm not, because I wasn't as stupid as you that bought that pile of trash the eco-kooks were selling. Let's just see what we have here...

2009: Another good year for CO2Sceptics?

What will they get up to in 2009? (thanks to Jim Peden for the art work)