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George Booth · November 11th 16, 09:53 PM posted to uk.sci.weather

On 11/11/2016 19:15, Brian Wakem wrote:
wrote:

Having just read the piece on observation timing on the FAQ pages, I
wanted to see what the majority do with regards timings.

10 or so years ago, as a teenager with admittedly not much of an eye for
detail, I used to take my readings at 1800 local time each day, noting the
max/mins for the previous 24 hours. However, having had a little look on
various sites I see 0900 local seems to be a more common time, along with
splitting the climatological day into two periods. Or is a "normal" day
seen as acceptable (00-24 local)?

Thanks,

Luke

Personally I use actual days i.e. 00-24 as that is the only way that makes
any sense to me at all.

09-09 here. That's how I started in 1979 and that's how I shall finish.
Up here the rainfall readings go to SEPA/UKMO which specify daily
readings to be made at 09 anyway.

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