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Norman Lynagh[_5_] · November 13th 16, 12:34 PM posted to uk.sci.weather

wrote:

On Friday, 11 November 2016 17:26:40 UTC, wrote:
Having just read the piece on observation timing on the FAQ pages, I wanted
to see what the majority do with regards timings.

10 or so years ago, as a teenager with admittedly not much of an eye for
detail, I used to take my readings at 1800 local time each day, noting the
max/mins for the previous 24 hours. However, having had a little look on
various sites I see 0900 local seems to be a more common time, along with
splitting the climatological day into two periods. Or is a "normal" day
seen as acceptable (00-24 local)?

Thanks,

Luke

I never realised my post would create such a debate. I think I'll go with the
09-09 period so my observations can be directly compared to other "official"
stations. Thanks all.

If you do go with the 0900-0900 recording period don't forget that it's
0900-0900 GMT. Therefore, when daylight saving is in operation (late March to
late October), the recording period will be 1000-1000 clock time.

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Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
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http://peakdistrictweather.org
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