Happy New Year, ATS.

I was wondering if anybody else out there in the viewing audience has notice a disparity in what the MSM/weather services are predicting/reporting regards temperatures (highs/lows), and what is actually showing up. Lately in our locale (western Colorado), the NWS (as an example) has been predicting nighttime lows that invariably rest around 0º-2ºF, but the reality has been very different. By our own thermometer, it would seem that the actual low varies from -7ºF to this mornings bone-chilling -17ºF (and this was after the sun had been up for one hour).

Not only that, the indices vary from platform to platform when giving the current temperature (NWS, Mac dashboard, Weather.com, etc.), and not just one or two degrees. Sure, I could understand that if, say, I were living in a major metropolitan area, but I live in a town with a population of 900, and the only meteorological station I know of is at our county airport (roughly 2 miles SW of us.) While out and about (library, gas station, grocery store), I've queried other folks about such, and they've stated that, yeah, it would seem that those reporting weather in the MSM are way off.

Yes, yes, meteorology is an imprecise science, and I'd be have to be hopelessly naive and/or stupid to assume that everything reported on by the media is above board, but this is as obvious as the nose on one's face, as numbers do not lie. What about it, then? Share what you are seeing. I'd wager I am not alone.

A city is a huge heat sink; retains heat long after the source (sun) has passed the horizon. The first time I really became aware of just how much heat the concrete jungle retains was during a night time drive in a convertible. The night was clear, almost cold, yet upon crossing some imaginary line (3 or 4 miles) from the city the temperature jumped several degrees warmer.

Many if not most of the reporting stations for local news stations are located within the cities boundaries which IMO will always report a warmer temp.

I grew up on a small 40 acre farm 7 miles from the closest city and our temps (according to our temp gauge) was always slightly cooler during the summer and colder during the winter.

They are reporting the weather for a wide area. It will vary several degrees within that area.

I live on Lake Michigan so it's warmer at my house than at the airport a couple of miles inland this time of the year. Then in the spring when the waters cold it'll be colder here than inland

6000 feet is kind of above the tree line isnt it? Alpine?
I have fought forest fires and still awoken to frost in the morning at some heights....
Just saying, the weather is very freaky up there....Not that 2 mi should make a difference, but if the airport is on a mesa
which you can see, does that mean you are on the same mesa?
Deep gorges and such in the mountains may have a marked effect as to prevailing winds etc etc...as well as orientation NSEW facings....
you could be on the "cold side of the mountain....??

6000 feet is kind of above the tree line isnt it? Alpine?
I have fought forest fires and still awoken to frost in the morning at some heights....
Just saying, the weather is very freaky up there....Not that 2 mi should make a difference, but if the airport is on a mesa
which you can see, does that mean you are on the same mesa?
Deep gorges and such in the mountains may have a marked effect as to prevailing winds etc etc...as well as orientation NSEW facings....
you could be on the "cold side of the mountain....??

"Underreporting Of Temperatures/Data Fudging"
Isn´t that the title?
Doesn´t it suggest someone "underreports temperatures or fudges data".
Underreporting and fudging data is not done by accident -> intend.
Since such a thing could never be done by one person -> group

con·spir·a·cy (kn-spîr-s)
n. pl. con·spir·a·cies
1. An agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act.
2. A group of conspirators.
3. Law An agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime or accomplish a legal purpose through illegal action.
4. A joining or acting together, as if by sinister design: a conspiracy of wind and tide that devastated coastal areas.

Fits at least no. 1, if not no. 2 if you consider holding back scientific data should be a crime.
Beside the fact you posted it here in the forum called "general conspiracies" -.-

To answer your question what claim is ridiculous to me:

The claim, your claim, someone "underreports" or fudges local temperature data is ridiculous to me.

At least you could have got into a discussion.
I see you made this thread because you thought you just start one. Don´t be surprised if you get teared apart here if you write stuff without proof. This is not any conspiracy forum where you jump in and make wild claims and they get supported just because of hearsay (well, sometimes).

A really poor show.
applause anyways.