[wxqc] Temperature "errors"

[Jim Pace]

I just signed on to this mailing list but have been receiving quality
reports for a few months now. All along, I am seeing a pattern wherein my
nighttime low temperatures are flagged as being in error(too low). This
morning takes the cake. I just now received tonight's quality report and it,
as usual flags my low temperature reading this morning of 32 degrees as
being over 11 degrees too low according to the "algorithm". I'm here to say
that I had to scrape that 11 degrees off my windshield this AM so's I could
see out to drive to work. My now dead tomato plants didn't think it was
really 11 degrees warmer either.
It's bothersome to think that NOAA wants your data and then rejects good
data because they don't believe it's correct. BTW I have a mercury
thermometer that holds max and min temps and it agrees perfectly with my
1-Wire outdoor sensor. Is there anything can be done? Or should I give up
and add 10 degrees to my CWOP postings?

Jim
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