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Perhaps we're also measuring temps more than ever with greater data collection.
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Perhaps we're also measuring temps more than ever with greater data collection.
- SketchySeaBeast 3y agoI don't understand, are you arguing that maybe if they'd measured the right July day in 1951 then we'd see that that was the warmest month?
- louwrentius 3y agoWhy is this observation relevant?
- brookst 3y agoAre you saying that larger sample sizes lead to greater variance in results? Because I don’t think statistics usually works that way.
- piva00 3y agoThat wouldn't skew the resulting average/mean that much, it would just be less accurate for specific localities...
- flagged24 3y agoIf we have more data points in cities, this could skew the results. I live in a forested area and going into the city can easily add 3 or 4 degrees Celsius.
- flagged24 3y agoI did some reading and this is actually happening. [0] Sensors are increasingly being surrounded by urbanization and this influences readings by the heat island effect. [0] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262564641_Modelling_the_influence_of_urbanization_on_the_20th_century_temperature_record_of_weather_station_De_Bilt_The_Netherlands https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262564641_Modelling...