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Car temperature sensors tend to be inaccurate because they're often in the Sun or some other place affected by baking a car not in a garage. Check a thermomete
by burnt-resistor 2mo ago
Car temperature sensors tend to be inaccurate because they're often in the Sun or some other place affected by baking a car not in a garage.
Check a thermometer in the shade. The weather data stations reported an average of 101 ℉ / 38 ℃ for Waco. It's hot, and especially feels worse with Southern subtropical humidity. OTOH, 101 in California with 0-15% humidity, it would just be a bit annoying. Higher humidity makes heat qualitatively exponentially worse until it's a sauna.
- ChrisMarshallNY 2mo agoI think mine is under the car, so it registers temps near the road, which can be hot (asphalt in the sun). It’s usually 3-6 degrees (Fahrenheit) high.
- mh- 2mo agoI'm aware of this phenomenon and it's why I specified "the car said". However, I find it a more useful temperature reading if that's where I'm spending my time - walking around on the street. Knowing what the temperature is at a far-flung regional airport in a shaded housing is not especially interesting to me. I understand the scientific value of collecting that data, but just in terms of lived experience. And yes, I live in SoCal where it's rarely above 20% humidity when this hot, which is why I was whining about it there. :)
- burnt-resistor 2mo agoI'm not blaming, I'm just saying it's usually an upper estimate. Although, in winter prior to warm up, it could be below ambient. SoCal anywhere near the coast of LA-SD, people complain if it's not 66-73 ℉ like they're dying. ;D I don't need to tell you but go inland or over a valley, and the mercury climbs like a lost balloon. The inland valley way, way NorCal by Sac could be 110 ℉ @ 5% humidity, is hot-ish but not bad. There, it's easy to get dehydrated, as opposed to somewhere like NYC, Florida, or here where summers include free in-clothing showers and saunas. :)