outside temp sensor

[anth_dci]

i think mine reads colder than it actually is. The people on the radio were saying it was at -10 at its lowest point last night yet when i left this morning the dci was saying its -13. this is quite common for it to read 4 or 5 under what im being told on the radio

is it just mine or is this common?

[steve the postman]

The radio/tv uses info from the met office
they use thermometers which are sheltered from the wind (wind chill factor) lovely summer day put hand out window it gets cold at 40 mph ect.
unless your car is totally sheltered it will get wind chill having said that its probably only 25p worth of kit and would not rely on it to be accurate
Steve

[nickbell69]

Went out this morning to de ice wifes and mine, mine said -7 hers -4 so one of them not too accurate.

[nickbell69]

Now thinking about it years ago you watched the weather forecast said ooh its going to be cold. Went out and said ooh its cold today isn't it and that was it.
Now everybody has a temp sensor in the car and nobody stops talking about the temperature.
We do it all the time in work, first one will say what the temp was on way to work and it goes on all day about how hot or cold it was on everyones journey to work. And i hope every workplace has one like us, it doesn't matter how cold or hot its been his thermometer will have shown 1 degree hotter or colder(you know the sort, if you've been to Tenerife he's been to elevenerife)