Data from CDO disk bought from BoM in 2007 plus from CDO online then compared to Minimum temperature daily contour maps. Ask me if you can not find daily t in CDO or the maps.
Error A 5 Jan 1991 Goulburn Airport min = 9.7 – Taralga min = 19.2 – diff = -9.5 There is no sign of the 9-12 contour colour near Goulburn so the BoM map is indicating Goulburn is in error. Proved by Goulburn Tafe @ 20.5.
www.bom.gov.au/jsp/awap/temp/archive.jsp?colour=colour&map=minave&year=1991&month=1&day=5&period=daily&area=ns
Error B 7 Jan 1991 Goulburn Airport min = 15.2 – Taralga min = 5.4 – diff = 9.8 There is no sign of the 15-18 contour colour near Goulburn so the BoM map is indicating Goulburn is in error. Supported by Goulburn Tafe @ 9.1.
www.bom.gov.au/jsp/awap/temp/archive.jsp?colour=colour&map=minave&year=1991&month=1&day=7&period=daily&area=ns
Error C 5 Jun 1991 Goulburn Airport min = 9.8 – Taralga min = 0.4 – diff = 9.4 There is no sign of the 9-12 contour colour near Goulburn so the BoM map is indicating Goulburn is in error. Proved by Goulburn Tafe @ -0.2
www.bom.gov.au/jsp/awap/temp/archive.jsp?colour=colour&map=minave&year=1991&month=6&day=5&period=daily&area=ns
Error D 16 Oct 1991 Goulburn Airport min = -3.3 – Taralga min = 12.6 – diff = -15.9 There is no sign of the -3 to -6 contour colour near Goulburn or anywhere on the map – so the BoM map is indicating Goulburn is in error. Goulburn Tafe has a blank but Canberra Airport was 15.0 which backs Taralga as being correct.
www.bom.gov.au/jsp/awap/temp/archive.jsp?colour=colour&map=minave&year=1991&month=10&day=16&period=daily&area=ns
Error E 22 May 1993 Goulburn Airport min = -8.1 – Taralga min = 4 – diff = -12.1 There is no sign of the –6 to -9 contour colour near Goulburn or anywhere on the map – so the BoM map is indicating Goulburn is in error. Proved by Goulburn Tafe @ 4.7.
www.bom.gov.au/jsp/awap/temp/archive.jsp?colour=colour&map=minave&year=1993&month=5&day=22&period=daily&area=ns
Error F 30 Apr 1994 Goulburn Airport min = 0.4 – Taralga min = 9.1 – diff = -8.7 There is no sign of the 0 to 3 contour colour near Goulburn – so the BoM map is indicating Goulburn is in error. Proved by Goulburn Tafe @ 11.
www.bom.gov.au/jsp/awap/temp/archive.jsp?colour=colour&map=minave&year=1994&month=4&day=30&period=daily&area=ns
Error G 30 Apr 1994 Goulburn Airport min = 0.4 – Taralga min = 9.1 – diff = -8.7 There is no sign of the 0 to 3 contour colour near Goulburn – so the BoM map is indicating Goulburn is in error. Proved by Goulburn Tafe @ 11.
www.bom.gov.au/jsp/awap/temp/archive.jsp?colour=colour&map=minave&year=1994&month=4&day=30&period=daily&area=ns
Error H 18 Oct 1998 Goulburn Airport min = 16.4 – Taralga min = 3.8 – diff = 12.6 There is no sign of the 3 to 6 contour colour near Taralga – so the BoM map is indicating Taralga is in error. Proved by Goulburn Tafe @ 17.4.
www.bom.gov.au/jsp/awap/temp/archive.jsp?colour=colour&map=minave&year=1998&month=10&day=18&period=daily&area=ns
Error I 25 Oct 1998 Goulburn Airport min = 1.7 – Taralga min = 9.2 – diff = -7.5 There is no sign of the 0 to 3 contour colour near Goulburn but Goulburn Tafe read 5.7. – so on balance I think the BoM map is dodgy and Taralga is in error.
www.bom.gov.au/jsp/awap/temp/archive.jsp?colour=colour&map=minave&year=1998&month=10&day=25&period=daily&area=ns
Error J 16 Mar 1999 Goulburn Airport min = 11.5 – Taralga min = 4 – diff = 7.5 There is no sign of the 3 to 6 contour colour near Taralga – so the BoM map is indicating Taralga is in error. Proved by Goulburn Tafe @ 10.4.
www.bom.gov.au/jsp/awap/temp/archive.jsp?colour=colour&map=minave&year=1999&month=3&day=16&period=daily&area=ns
Error K 27 May 2000 Goulburn Airport min = 5.4 – Taralga min = -2.8 – diff = 8.2 There is no sign of the 0 to -3 contour colour near Taralga – so the BoM map is indicating Taralga is in error. Proved by Goulburn Tafe @ 6.1.
www.bom.gov.au/jsp/awap/temp/archive.jsp?colour=colour&map=minave&year=2000&month=5&day=27&period=daily&area=ns
Error L 4 Jan 2002 Goulburn Airport min = 1.4 – Taralga min = 10 – diff = -8.6 There is no sign of the 0 to 3 contour colour near Goulburn but we know the maps often exaggerate warmer. Goulburn Tafe read 5.5 – so on balance the BoM map is indicating Taralga is in error.
www.bom.gov.au/jsp/awap/temp/archive.jsp?colour=colour&map=minave&year=2002&month=1&day=4&period=daily&area=ns
Error M 2 Jun 2003 Goulburn Airport min = 9.5 – Taralga min = 0.8 – diff = 8.7 There is no sign of the 0 to 3 contour colour near Taralga – so the BoM map is indicating Taralga is in error. Proved by Goulburn Tafe @ 10.1.
www.bom.gov.au/jsp/awap/temp/archive.jsp?colour=colour&map=minave&year=2003&month=6&day=2&period=daily&area=ns
Error N 14 Jun 2005 Goulburn Airport min = 0.7 – Taralga min = 9.3 – diff = -8.6 There is no sign of the 9 to 12 contour colour near Taralga – so the BoM map is indicating Taralga is in error. Proved by Goulburn Tafe @ 2.6.
www.bom.gov.au/jsp/awap/temp/archive.jsp?colour=colour&map=minave&year=2005&month=6&day=14&period=daily&area=ns
More to be added when I have time.
Two new articles out today by Dr Jennifer Marohasy; one in The Spectator and one in The Australian. To get through the paywall at The Australian. Google “Push for probe into weather stations failures”.
The Spectator link is www.spectator.com.au/2017/09/not-really-fit-for-purpose-the-bureau-of-meteorology/