What is happening weather wise in Midwest

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   Like my grandpa used to say, Whether it's raining or whether it's hot, we'll have weather, whether or not.
Or:
As a rule, man is a fool
When it's hot he wants it cool
When it cool he wants it hot
Always wanting what is not

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Tbone95 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 31 Aug 2012 Location: Michigan Points: 12160	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tbone95 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 Aug 2022 at 9:06am
	Like my grandpa used to say, Whether it's raining or whether it's hot, we'll have weather, whether or not. Or: As a rule, man is a fool When it's hot he wants it cool When it cool he wants it hot Always wanting what is not

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modirt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 18 Jul 2018 Location: Missouri Points: 8710	Post Options Post Reply Quote modirt Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 Aug 2022 at 9:08am
	I've also wondered about the accuracy of historic records.......from say 1800's forward. How accurate were the instruments? I have 3 different thermometers in the barn shop and none of them read the same. Those replaced a goofy one that wasn't even close. I threw it away. d BTW, during that 1977 flood in KC, the weather warning then was global cooling. Permafrost was moving south at an alarming rate and world was going to starve to death. Can't grow corn or wheat on frozen soil. Nothing grows on frozen soil.

Tbone95 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 31 Aug 2012 Location: Michigan Points: 12160	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tbone95 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 Aug 2022 at 9:17am
	How accurate were they? Well, just like now, it depends. Lab / research grade thermometers have been available for a very long time. I don't know about 1800's long, but maybe. It isn't that hard to do, just have to take care and build and calibrate carefully. Or, you could get one out of the dime store that might be attached to a a scale 8 degrees off and filled with the wrong stuff. Where I used to work, we had some mercury filled thermometers that were probably from the 1960's. An 18" thermometer might cover only 10 degrees, and the scale etched directly on the glass. NIST certified to .01 F if I recall correctly.