The best place to put a temp sensor

[Dry Spot]

Hi All,

A quick question, Melb airports recording 35 deg, and my little sensor
in a shady cool place is sayig 38.7. It is fastened to a wooden post
on out covered balcony. shaded by a tree and an open gabbled roof.

is there a better place i could put it?

Thanks

[Blair Trewin]

Typically a thermometer which is not shielded from below will overread by 1.5-2 degrees on hot sunny days. (This also applies to a lot of the official observations pre-1910, which is why we don't use them).

Blair

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[Bussy]

Not up here. It'll blow up. Grin. (Only 35 here at present. might have to
put a coat on)

The ideal place as far as I've ever read is on the southern part of your
house (coolest for Sthn Hemisphere) and shaded all day of course. Which
sounds pretty reasonable to me.

Bussy

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