Bad Weather Stations
@BadWxStations
Exposing (pun intended) the many official weather stations that report falsely high temperatures due to poor siting conditions. General weather & climate posts.
An interesting post by this Japanese meteorologist, showing the rising trend in daily maxima at the Yonezawa (米沢) AMeDAS station in Yamagata prefecture. I used Google Earth to show the change in the station environment over the past 4 decades (1985-2023), going from mostly…
山形県の南東部・米沢アメダスにおける「1976-2025年の7月の日最高気温の分布」を調べてみました。ここで、2025年は25日までを対象としています。2025年の平均値(×)や四分位範囲(長方形)、さらに最小値が他の年よりも高い水準にあることが判ります。今年の7月は高温傾向が顕著に現れているようです。
Hey @grok who was the most famous person to visit my profile? It doesn’t need to be a mutual, don’t tag them, just say who it was.
The highest temperature of the year has been reached in Japan today (Tuesday). A max of 39.0 °C was registered at Fukichiyama (福知山) at 14:52 local time. Again, this spike is worthy of examination. The station itself is in an awful position, a suntrap stuck between trees and…
＜全国の9割以上の地点が真夏日＞ 「大暑」の今日22日(火)は全国的に暑さが厳しく、関東や近畿、東北の内陸部で38℃以上の猛烈な暑さになりました。 猛暑日は200地点、真夏日は800地点を超え、ともに今年の最多です。 weathernews.jp/news/202507/22…
Lenticular clouds currently over the Wicklow mountains. #weather #summer #Ireland
See, this is where I have a problem with modern electronic temperature sensors and their fast response time. Look at the example below.👇 Yamagata (山形), Japan, reported a max of 37.5 °C at 14:47 today. However, the two 10-minute readings either side of that time (14:40 and…
【山形市で37℃を超える猛暑に】 今日19日(土)の本州付近は太平洋高気圧に覆われ、青空の広がる所が多くなっています。全国的に真夏らしい暑さとなり、山形市で37℃を超えるなど日本海側で特に気温が上がっています。 weathernews.jp/news/202507/19…
Wait, a "RECORD" temperature, even though it equalled the record from 21 years ago? This is sensationalism at it finest. You no longer have to beat a record to achieve a record... #oladecalor #heatwave #climate
📈Récord absoluto de temperatura mínima más alta en Gran Canaria Aeropuerto: 28.7 ºC (17/07/2025). Iguala el récord absoluto anterior, del 28/08/2004. → Además, supera el récord para un mes julio, 28.6 ºC, de 1969.
Impressive explosion of the #Sakurajima #volcano in Japan today. The plume reached an altitude of 3,300 metres.
7月17日13時28分 #桜島 南岳山頂で #爆発 があり、噴煙の高さは3300ｍ、噴煙量はやや多量と観測され、15時30分現在も連続噴火が継続中です。降灰は北方向へ流れていますのでご注意ください。#いのちとくらしをまもる防災減災 #volcano ＃火山
A Level 1 convective warning has been issued for parts of Ireland today for heavy rain and hail. estofex.org A level 1 was issued for parts of Ireland mainly for heavy rain and isolated hail. ... Ahead of a gradually approaching cold front and upper trough, a growing…
Smoke is being reported close to Cork Airport. Any idea why? METAR EICK 101200Z 13006KT 080V180 9999 VCFU FEW035 22/13 Q1023 NOSIG= #heatwave
Swarming beehaviour causes a buzz at the airport. The apron was a hive of activity. We can't bee have these kinds of flight beelays.
IndiGo flight from Surat to Jaipur was delayed by over an hour as a swarm of bees sat near the aircraft's open cargo door. The Airbus A320 aircraft, which was scheduled to take off from Surat at 4.20 pm, eventually left at 5.26 pm. An IndiGo spokesperson reached out to said,…
Live map of the weather balloons currently drifting over Europe in a mostly westerly flow. radiosondy.info #heatwave #canicule #weather
"Sunbathing on an iceberg" 😄👍 #heatwave #canicule #ondadecalor
Heatwave in Nuuk, Greenland 🇬🇱 If you need me, I’m sunbathing on an iceberg. July 3, 2025 (11:22am) Temp: +11°C.