Chef69

Just a quick question. When people in Perth say that temps. reach 30 - 40 degrees, is that in full sun or in the shade?. We have been debating about whether we could ever get used to really hot weather. But here in Ireland today temps in the shade are reaching 30 and we are finding it quite hot , it is also humid aswell.

Megalania

When 40 in shade, omelets are made in the sun.

spalen

There was a long debate about the fact that the weather testing (measurement) equipment was placed in the shade or in the sun. I forget which was the answer.

I believe the Met Man said they were in the full sun - because they wanted the temperature but some others were saying it should be in the shade because no nutter sits in the sun when its 40 degrees.

You only need to be here for 30 minutes to realise that this place is setup for hot weather (duh!) shady trees in public parks, shaded play areas, air-conditioned everything, (except some houses).

MrsDagboy

Sorry to tell you, but the temps are taken in the shade. Temps in the sun are alot hotter.

Bix

What a misleading thread title.
You got me here under false pretences

Oh well....back to the usual secretary I suppose.

ABCDiamond

What can one say

Techno Freak

Found this on google:


When the thermometer is in the shade, it is reading the temperature of the
air around it. When it's in direct sunlight, in addition to responding to
the air temperature, it is soaking up radiant energy from the light that
falls upon it. That part of the light which is absorbed by the thermometer
will be converted into heat in the thermometer itself. That heat energy,
plus that gained from the nearby air results in the higher direct sunlight
reading.

Most weather-station temperature sensors are housed in ventilated enclosures
to shade their sensor from direct sunlight, thereby allowing them to measure
the temperature in the shade.

Bix

But what if it's cloudy ?