WEATHER53 Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Downtown on a building lets see what it shows versus DCA will it experience 3 degree temp spikes over and over within an hour? Will it have an inability to radiate at night? will it report 30% less snowfall during an area wide heavy snowfall at 23 degrees? how will it compare to surrounding stations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deck Pic Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 I've been pleased so far to have a reliable station 2 blocks from my home. It'e been steady and reliable so far. No issues as far as I can tell. It's been pretty close to DCA so far based on my limited observation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Just a quick look at wunderground this morning BWI and College Park 59 IAD, Andrews and my station 63 DCA and WashPost 68 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deck Pic Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Low of 70 this morning at CWG....67 at DCA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 1 hour ago, Deck Pic said: Low of 70 this morning at CWG....67 at DCA. Obviously, the diatribe on here led to changes at DCA. Win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WEATHER53 Posted August 24, 2016 Author Share Posted August 24, 2016 Jason did discuss that the rooftop Location would be something of a detriment but there was no other place to site it for their purposes people don't live on rooftops much so if the "best" that DCA can do is mirror a rooftop location on a large building downtown then that is another part of the problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 oh Howard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyS Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Somewhat off topic, but see if anyone here can guess when the following statement was made, and about what city: It is a circumstance not perhaps generally known, that the temperature of the air in the metropolis is raised by the artificial sources of heat existing in it not fewer than two degrees on the annual mean above that of its immediate vicinity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Ben Franklin/Philly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyS Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 11 hours ago, mattie g said: Ben Franklin/Philly? Pretty good guess on the time frame, but wrong country. Any other guesses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 46 minutes ago, RodneyS said: Pretty good guess on the time frame, but wrong country. Any other guesses? With that hint, I'd guess London, but I haven't a clue as to who might have said it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxdude64 Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 2 hours ago, nw baltimore wx said: With that hint, I'd guess London, but I haven't a clue as to who might have said it. Agree, sounds 'old Englishly' to me. I'd guess London too. As you, no clue who said it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyS Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 4 hours ago, wxdude64 said: Agree, sounds 'old Englishly' to me. I'd guess London too. As you, no clue who said it. Very good, guys. I'm not sure of the exact person who said it, but the quote appears at page 86 of the February 1, 1824 edition of The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, published in London. The quote goes on to say that "Mr. Howard has fully established this fact." That refers to Luke Howard, the "father of meteorology" -- see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Howard. So, he recognized the urban heat island 192 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WEATHER53 Posted August 28, 2016 Author Share Posted August 28, 2016 On August 25, 2016 at 5:50 PM, Ian said: oh Howard Yes What may I help you with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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