On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 11:40:11AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 07/11/07 18:44, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >> On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 10:31:29PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >>> On 07/10/07 22:21, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: >>>> I thought you established that it doesn't get hot in Canada. >> Well, I'm almost in canada and it's 104F (40C) here today with 106F (41C) >> tomorrow >> and saturday. But, as was already said, at least its a dry heat. So much >> for our 85F (29C) average... > > That's why it's called an *average*. > > Because people (even, apparently, smart people like you) seem to fixate on > that "average" number and think that "because that's the average, that's > what the temperature is supposed to be", weather sites should *not* post > average, but *should* post the *range* of temperatures 1 STDDEV above and > below the average.
please Ron. I'm fully aware of what an average is and was merely jumping on the "let's discuss random weather stuff" band-wagon and having a little fun. sheesh. I agree though that the range of temperatures would be really nice to see. The high and low with 1 stddev above and below each would actually be useful information. so it goes and cheers... A
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