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Can you trust a scientist with a mortgage? Brilliant. And the donkey really helped too. So glad I found you! Thank you for all your amazing and light hearted work!

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LOL - I was feeling a bit cheeky this morning! Glad the donkey helped - you now have an understanding of anomalies and their construction that will surpass that of some climate scientists.

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JD. Love it. I'm sure we can get a handle on the "true" value of the UK UHI effect with this sort of comparison. Interesting history to Wick airport. It was apparently a grass airfield until WW2. Paving and buildings have moved in from that time. I noticed Tallbloke has a 2004 site map of the met station with a note it may have been moved around that time closer to taxi way and apron. Old site (square to left) still visible.

https://tallbloke.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/image-107.jpg

I agree, "climatologists" won't bite the hand feeding them, but Mototaka Nakamura's book (in Japanese) has a very brief interesting English read about 25% into Amazon free sample.

https://www.amazon.in/kikoukagakushanokokuhaku-chikyuuonndannkahamikennshounokasetsu-Japanese-Nakamura-Mototaka-ebook/dp/B07FKHF7T2

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Aha! Knew it - what fabulous detective work. Let me grab a cuppa and read that link. You'll like part 4 (published 7am tomorrow) since we get a second fix on UHIE using Heathrow/Wick. Wick's 1930 wobble is bigger than I would have possibly imagined and has given me an idea of looking at pre-WWII records - some 9 stations have older records worth considering.

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