Example of error in Bureau of Meteorology rain data

On the weekend I noticed this error in the BoM rain map –

I thought come Monday they will correct this to 9.27mm. Here we are Tuesday and no such luck, the error has gone into their daily rain numbers – presumably to be discovered in checks at a later date, weeks months away. It has also gone into 3rd party sites like AWN

there could be others. It puzzles me that an error as gross as this lives on for 3 days – surely a little robot algorithm could flag outliers way less than this. I thought it was topical in view of my call for an audit of Perth dam catchments rain data.

2 thoughts on “Example of error in Bureau of Meteorology rain data”

  1. East Beverley is a DAFWA station Tom –
    I noticed the outlier around 6am and took a screenshot when it was at 97mm –

    obviously the error bolted after that.
    It is still in their data just now –

    might email them after the weekend – it is a great network they have developed. DAFWA have no stations near Broome. I enjoy your photos Tom. Next best to being there.

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