Originally Posted by whilee
the temp should be taken in the sun not in the shade
cos you could say its not raining to day in the shade but its still pissing down
Not really, as take it in direct sun and of course it will heat up from the suns heat rays. Same principal of wind chill factor - it might be a true 14deg outside, but with the speed of the wind, it "feels" like 12deg. Doesn't mean it actually IS 12 deg tho does it?
Taking temp in the shade is to calculate the AMBIENT temp - which is what the air temp actually is. Thats the real temp, and not an exaggerated(sp) reading you will get in the sun.
Of course, at work we always use sun readings since we mostly work outside under the blazing sun - so when we complain to the boss about the heat, we are complaining about the near 50deg heat, not the 35 deg heat
