On 11th November 2011, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology replaced the probe in the automatic weather station measuring temperatures at the Alice Springs airport and the number of days with temperatures recorded above 40 degrees Celsius increased … [Read more...] about Hyping Maximum Daily Temperatures (Part 6)
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Legacy Electronics Botch Temperature Recordings Across Australia (Part 1)
A few years ago, I reported that the Australian Bureau of Meteorology changed a minimum temperature at the official Goulburn weather station from a very chilly minus 10.4C to a chilly minus 10.0C on Sunday 2nd July 2017. After we protested, the … [Read more...] about Legacy Electronics Botch Temperature Recordings Across Australia (Part 1)
Hyping Maximum Daily Temperatures (Part 4)
John William Abbot versus Director of Meteorology was to be heard in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, Brisbane, yesterday, Friday 3rd February 2023 – a focus of this series of blog posts. While it was to be a public hearing, and I was to be the … [Read more...] about Hyping Maximum Daily Temperatures (Part 4)
Hyping Maximum Daily Temperatures (Part 3)
If maximum temperatures are the same, whether measured by platinum resistance probes or mercury thermometers, why does the Bureau make an adjustment of 0.5 °C in the homogenisation of temperatures from Cape Otway Lighthouse?On Friday (3rd … [Read more...] about Hyping Maximum Daily Temperatures (Part 3)
Hyping Maximum Daily Temperatures (Part 2)
Available Australian Bureau of Meteorology parallel maximum temperature data for Mildura – temperatures recorded from both a mercury thermometer and a platinum resistant probe on the same day in the same shelter – show no equivalence. They are … [Read more...] about Hyping Maximum Daily Temperatures (Part 2)
Hyping Daily Maximum Temperatures (Part 1)
There is more than one way to ruin a perfectly good historical temperature record. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology achieves this in multiple ways, primarily through industrial scale remodelling (also known as homogenisation – stripping away the … [Read more...] about Hyping Daily Maximum Temperatures (Part 1)
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.