A bad PWS in Chisinau, Moldova - what can be done?
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Hello,
I've noticed that the madis-F4072 PWS, located in Chisinau, Moldova, often reports temperatures that are too high. The problem appears during daytime hours only and is most severe in sunny weather, when the temperatures can be up to 3-7 degrees Celsius higher compared to other PWSes in the city and official stations. This hints to inadequate sun shielding as being the root cause of the overestimated temperatures.
This station uploads data to Weather Underground as well, under the ID ICHIINU9 (I've compared the readings at the same time moments - they are identical). Using the WU archive, I've made a plot of daily maximum temperatures at different stations in Chisinau during July 2024, when anomalously hot and sunny weather was prevalent. The overestimation is clearly seen.
I wonder if it is possible to contact the owner of the station in order to fix the shielding or stop reporting temperature (and likely dewpoint) data, for example?
I can provide more comparisons if it's required.