Brought this up last year & no answers ... so I guess I& #39;ll try again: is there anything special about the siting of the temperature station (and it& #39;s movement west) at KMIA Miami International that is leading to the recent extreme temperature trends? Neighboring stations agree?
When we look at long term records for a big city like Miami over past 75-years, the station location changes & the local environment evolves as well. Near the ocean vs. inland. Interstates nearby then buildings.

None of this is accounted for or "fixed" in long-term records.
This has nothing to do with ongoing climate change.

What matters is the temperature & humidity that the population is experiencing and is it being accurately reflected by the temperature observation (at the airport)?

In Atlanta, that& #39;s a big hell no.
Nothing I& #39;ve said is controversial but seems pretty simple important to address via in-depth research -- that should be funded before a lot of other stuff:

Every urban area should have a city-net or micro-net of high-quality stations to measure temperatures. Why the hell not?
Historical (monthly) climate data is homogenized & adjusted for urban influences (via lights), but historical threaded (daily) temperature data at city locations that undergo multiple site changes is not. Record highs (lows) undergo no long-term adjustments. Maybe they should?
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