The big lie here is that the data gets collected from urban heat islands. The countryside is always lower in temperature than the nearest urban heat island.
They take these official temps at an airport paved over with asphalt, 3 feet above the ground.
My county has an airport and the county radio station uses these numbers for their temps updates. Even my heat absorbing vehicles thermometer is always a degree or two lower than the radio.
The big lie here is that the data gets collected from urban heat islands. The countryside is always lower in temperature than the nearest urban heat island.
They take these official temps at an airport paved over with asphalt, 3 feet above the ground.
My county has an airport and the county radio station uses these numbers for their temps updates. Even my heat absorbing vehicles thermometer is always a degree or two lower than the radio.
Works in reverse, too. Last night was forecast to be -10C here, but my mercury thermometer reads -25C this morning.
They also use that "feels like" number to confuse and conflate. It used to be only for wind chill, now they do it in the summer too.
Imagine the temp is 90 degrees but the weatherman on TV tells you it feels like 95. Thats the number the people use in daily conversation.