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This is crazy. Its there on their website and they haven't even official published. Can someone tweet them. We need to know its its record.
You would have though they would have it on their twitter by now.
NIAB were pretty quick on the draw.
Maybe they haven't even noticed?
It's a carbon copy of what happened back in 2003. with a 38.1c being beaten by a more random site
38.7C at Cambridge Botanic Gardenhttps://wow.metoffice.gov.uk/observations/details/?site_id=27484233
38.7C at Cambridge Botanic Garden
https://wow.metoffice.gov.uk/observations/details/?site_id=27484233
And yet if you chose the table of data it only shows 10am readings each day.
This sums up the quality of the Met Office operation.
First...
https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/1154635350024867841
Then a couple of hours later...
https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/1154680158105800704
I'm pretty sure its going to count .
I think there will be a site assessment/investigation, but it's likely that we'll have a new UK record.
Minimum temp here last night was 22.6C, pretty sure I've never recorded such a high min as that. It was still at around 27C at midnight!
My sensor recorded 37c late yesterday afternoon. It isn’t screened but it usually agrees with other stations and I believe Nottingham recorded 36.4c.
https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/1154709410117234693
The MetOffice actively talking about other nation records - yet here we are 24hrs no 100% sure if our record is nailed.
Someone has asked them directly
If they dont respond to that Id say its being looked at and we could be on for a new record.
Quite. This is all quite appalling really. Stations that are broken, stations which have been removed and poor coverage in certain areas. I dont have Twitter perhaps someone could direct them to update their Map.
Absolutely.
We should have a network of official weather stations, with live data, and historical extremes for each site.
We also seem far too keen to change and disregard sites quite readily (take Woodford/Rostherne as an example up here). Manchester Airport is on XCWeather but it isn't an official Met station anymore?
It proved remarkably difficult to get reliable data from yesterday.
All very confusing IMO.
I've just been down there, here's a pic taken this morning:
http://web.yurgn31.50mail.com/botanic.jpeg
No big bushes or poly-tunnels this month, but plenty of bare soil.
One thing I will give our own Met Office (Met Eireann) here in Ireland is that they provide hourly and daily data from all of the official synoptic stations, and daily, hourly and even minute data from all of the climatological stations at the end each month. In contrast, because I like to keep an eye on Northern Ireland data to compare and contrast with that of the Rep, the UK Met only gives the daily high, low and maximum rainfall from which ever station recorded them at the end of each day. Very strange behavior and a behavior that seems unique amongst all of the State run Met Agencies not only across Europe, but the States as well.
Can anyone explain why the Monks Wood Met Office station stopped reporting 3 days ago?
That, along with Bedford which mysteriously stopped reporting yesterday, must have been in contention?
I've just been down there, here's a pic taken this morning:http://web.yurgn31.50mail.com/botanic.jpegNo big bushes or poly-tunnels this month, but plenty of bare soil.
Thanks James
Perhaps you should tweet that picture to the MetOffice as a reminder...
In this day and age we should not be relying on a set-up like that. It is beyond a joke. I really can't see that counting.