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The temperature truth

Some landing pad out in the boondocks should NOT represent Spokane! Downtown reached 113 on June 29. The Spokesman-Review, which is right downtown, recorded 113. The airport is always 3-5 degrees cooler than what the people of Spokane actually experience.

A similar situation happened in 2015. It reached 110 downtown but the airport was 105. Ugh! This is not fair to the people of Spokane! We want an official thermometer that accurately tracks what WE ARE EXPERIENCING! We need to add another official location for a thermometer in Spokane! Some place that has been recording temperatures for a long time, like The Spokesman-Review.

A little history here. The “official” location for temperature taking has moved around before. It was downtown before it was moved to the airport! weather.gov/otx/Office_History

If anyone is worried about consistency and accuracy, the downtown record of 108 in 1928 was probably only 104 where the airport is now.

Terence Phillips

Spokane

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