The Weather. Who decides coldest

Subject: The Weather. Who decides coldest
From: GUEST,harlowpoet
Date: 01 Jan 04 - 01:48 PM

When there is a weather report, how do they decide the coldest place? Is it recorded for every single town and village?

The reason I'm asking is that a vilage in northern England was reported as the coldest place in the UK the other day, yet it was also bloody freezing in Harlow where I was.

Would someone have been recording the temperature in my town as well, or would I have been freezing my b*******s off for nothing?

Subject: RE: The Weather. Who decides coldest
From: GUEST
Date: 01 Jan 04 - 01:52 PM

The Met Office.

Go to www.met-office.gov.uk, do some reading for yourself and stop boring us. Thank you.

Subject: RE: The Weather. Who decides coldest
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 01 Jan 04 - 01:58 PM

Simon

I think this is a BS thread.

Happy New Year!

Kitty

Subject: RE: The Weather. Who decides coldest
From: GUEST
Date: 01 Jan 04 - 02:01 PM

BS or not, it's a bloody stupid thread. The answer to the question can be found at any decent library (or website if you're too lazy to go out)

Subject: RE: The Weather. Who decides coldest
From: GUEST,harlowpoet
Date: 01 Jan 04 - 02:13 PM

Cheers Kitty

I forgot to put the BS in. Happy new year.

Someones obviously had a sense of humour bypass along the line.

Regards Simon

Subject: RE: The Weather. Who decides coldest
From: GUEST,harlowpoet
Date: 01 Jan 04 - 02:18 PM

Guest

If it's a stupid thread, why are you in it?

Subject: RE: The Weather. Who decides coldest
From: GUEST
Date: 01 Jan 04 - 02:22 PM

If it's a stupid thread, why are you in it?

You really have no idea at all do you, harlowpoet?

I can only hope that your poems are better.

Subject: RE: The Weather. Who decides coldest
From: Peace
Date: 01 Jan 04 - 05:18 PM

The newscast you watch determines coldest. Saw a broadcast on CBC saying that the coldest spot in Canada was -46 C. It was -54 C where I was living. Airport thermometer. Guess we didn't figure it was that big a deal. Too cold to dial the phone, so -46 C it is in the history books.

Subject: RE: The Weather. Who decides coldest
From: LilyFestre
Date: 01 Jan 04 - 05:28 PM

Around here, the television viewers are invited to email their current temperatures/rainfall/snowfall amounts in to the station. The weater forecaster puts those up on the screen. Who's to say that Fred in Bradford isn't lying his rear off when he says he got 15 inches of snow and the rest of us saw only an inch or two...who knows? Does it really matter? I think it's kinda fun to email my info in and see if our teeny tiny blip of a village makes it on the big map...right along with the big cities.   

I know..I know...simple minds...simple pleasures...but hey...that's why I'm here, RIGHT? *smirk*

Michelle