Re, Why do scientists keep adjusting the historical temperature record?
Bureau Erases Goulburn Record Minimum Temperature: Set Sunday 2 July 2017
by Jennifer on July 4, 2017 in Information, Uncategorized
GOULBURN is a town, to the southwest of Sydney, known for its maximum-security prison. It is also a place, that by Australian standards gets quite cold. Temperatures have been measured at the airport since 1988, and the lowest temperature ever record in July is officially -9.1 degrees Celsius.
In fact, Sunday morning this record was smashed!
It got down to -10.4 degrees Celsius, at 6.17am on Sunday 2nd July. This was the official Bureau recording for Goulburn.
The observation sheet shows a minimum of -10.4, this temperature is recorded every second and downloaded every minute. The lowest value recorded becomes the minimum for the day. Except the Bureau has not recorded this value as the minimum.
Except, the Bureau has since erased this measurement.
According to the Bureau’s own rules, the coldest temperature record during a 24-hour period to 9am is recorded as the minimum for that day. So, for Sunday 2 July the carry-over minimum should be -10.4 degrees Celsius. But instead the summary documentation shows -10.0. There is now no public record of -10.4 degrees Celsius.
