Let's provide a hint on why many recent temperature readings are inappropriately high compared to previous readings. It is because many instruments are placed at airports which are producing instrumentation errors on the high side...
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RDU airport up to it's old tricks again
A trend has emerged the last few years for Raleigh to be a heat island in the state of North Carolina. Many days in the past few years have seen Raleigh soar to a high temperature that seems inappropriately high when compared to other observation stations around the area. This occurred again yesterday. RDU's recorded high for the day was 97 which tied a record, but as you can see no one else in the state and even the southeast was as warm.
http://www.examiner.com/article/rdu-airport-up-to-it-s-old-tricks-again
Yes, and the ice is melting because of all those airport thermometers. Could you be any stupider?
