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Offline ADM

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VWS Record and Normals
« on: October 26, 2008, 05:24:27 PM »
Where does VWS get the normal and record temperatures etc.

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Re: VWS Record and Normals
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2008, 06:22:51 PM »
Those are taken from Weather Underground based on the nearest station to your location.  I find them to be meaningless unless you live next door to the reporting station.
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Re: VWS Record and Normals
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2008, 06:44:09 PM »
I agree with Jay.  Unless you live in an area that isn't subject to "micro-climates", they can be misleading.  I had them on my site for a while and finally took them off after watching how far off they were for my specific area.

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Re: VWS Record and Normals
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2008, 03:32:51 PM »
I wonder if Ed could ever add the record for our own station to show for each day? If we don't have a particular date in archive, it could be just left blank. Just a thought.
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Re: VWS Record and Normals
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2008, 08:10:28 AM »
I've always wished there was an all time hi and all time low. Not just a yearly hi/low.



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