The temperature is not what you think it is ??

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Let’s say the temperature is 90 degrees on the weather Chanel
Well , that is really just the air temperature in the shade .

If you are not in the shade - it’s 15 degrees hotter !! Why ?? Because you are absorbing direct photons from the sun

So 105 in AZ is really 120 F

This is an agreement that scientists made as soon as thermometers in the wild became available ... NOAA has a standard shelter design ... and "in the shade" is always available ... it has to be a sunny day to get readings "in the sun" ... the thermometer itself will heat up sitting in the sun ... but that's no good if we want the temperature of the air ...

More important I think is these temperatures varies greatly over rather short distances ... if it's 90 at the weather station, it might be 95 or 100 where you are, and be within ten miles of the station ... there's been accidents at Denver airport because things like this ...
 
This is an agreement that scientists made as soon as thermometers in the wild became available ... NOAA has a standard shelter design ... and "in the shade" is always available ... it has to be a sunny day to get readings "in the sun" ... the thermometer itself will heat up sitting in the sun ... but that's no good if we want the temperature of the air ...

More important I think is these temperatures varies greatly over rather short distances ... if it's 90 at the weather station, it might be 95 or 100 where you are, and be within ten miles of the station ... there's been accidents at Denver airport because things like this ...

I read it can be 15 degree swing
 
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