In article , Andrew Gabriel
writes
In article ,
Dave Plowman writes:
In article ,
Andrew Gabriel wrote:
The outdoors reading is subject to overreading when sun's out,
as it isn't adequately shielded from reradiated heat from nearby
surfaces. (It's actually quite hard to measure outdoor temperature
properly.)

Having just installed one with at the moment the probe simply sticking out
of the wall, any tips on the best way of both making it look as good as
possible with some form of cover which also helps the accuracy?

The temperature the met office reports is the air temperature.
Measuring that without picking up reradiated heat is difficult.
I dare say some google searching might reveal their methods.

I believe you put the sensor in a "screen" (a white painted cupboard
with louvred doors on all sides, on legs) which has to be a certain
height (1 metre?) above mown grass.
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Tim Mitchell