Lexington BG Airport Thermometer...What's This?

First, let me be the first to say to the naysayers out there who have whined and complained about Lexington's Bluegrass Airport thermometer, that it runs hotter than other areas, it's messing up the climatological record for the city of Lexington and the state of Kentucky for that matter, oh my, well it's time to put it to rest.

I don't want to hear anymore complaining, whining, crying, bashing, whatever about this issue at Lexington concerning this thermo-gate conspiracy.. For the months of December and January, Lexington recorded back to back months of temperatures in the Top Ten Warmest for those months. Compared to the Kentucky Mesonet site in Fayette county just down the road, in January, the reading at BG Airport was nearly 2 degrees higher than the Mesonet site, and in December, the reading at Lexington's Bluegrass Airport averaged 43.9 degrees, while the Mesonet site in Fayette county, the reading was 41.7, again a difference of about 2 degrees.

So far this month, through the 23rd, the average temperature at Lexington's Bluegrass Airport, the official reading for the city of Lexington, has been 36.7 degrees, just 0.5 degrees above normal for the month. How does this rank comparatively with the rest of the state. Well, everyone else is running at least 2 degrees above normal.

In addition, and I had to put this one in its own paragraph to make it stand out, compared to the Kentucky Mesonet site, in Fayette county, yes in Kentucky, the average temperature has been 37.4 degrees, a difference of 0.7 degrees WARMER than the Bluegrass Airport.

Did some get their wish and the thermometer was finally replaced or relocated? Well, I haven't read or heard anything yet. But, this appears rather significant. Stay tuned.

MS