Precision thermometry is an old science. Fahrenheit obtained a precision less than 1 °C using a mercury-in-glass thermometer in 1714. Platinum resistance ther

Precision thermometry is an old science. Fahrenheit obtained a precision less than 1 °C using a mercury-in-glass thermometer in 1714. Platinum resistance thermometers were developed around 1900. These technologies are still used today. Furthermore, accuracy greater than the precision of an individual measurement may be obtained by averaging multiple measurements. All the tools needed to accurately track temperature existed 120 years ago. For what reasons do you believe that meteorologists did not use the tools available to them?