Listing worst BoM errors in Goulburn Airport or Taralga daily minimums

Data from CDO disk bought from BoM in 2007 plus from CDO online then compared to Minimum temperature daily contour maps. Ask me if you can not find daily t in CDO or the maps.

Error A 5 Jan 1991 Goulburn Airport min = 9.7 – Taralga min = 19.2 – diff = -9.5 There is no sign of the 9-12 contour colour near Goulburn so the BoM map is indicating Goulburn is in error. Proved by Goulburn Tafe @ 20.5.
www.bom.gov.au/jsp/awap/temp/archive.jsp?colour=colour&map=minave&year=1991&month=1&day=5&period=daily&area=ns

Error B 7 Jan 1991 Goulburn Airport min = 15.2 – Taralga min = 5.4 – diff = 9.8 There is no sign of the 15-18 contour colour near Goulburn so the BoM map is indicating Goulburn is in error. Supported by Goulburn Tafe @ 9.1.
www.bom.gov.au/jsp/awap/temp/archive.jsp?colour=colour&map=minave&year=1991&month=1&day=7&period=daily&area=ns

Error C 5 Jun 1991 Goulburn Airport min = 9.8 – Taralga min = 0.4 – diff = 9.4 There is no sign of the 9-12 contour colour near Goulburn so the BoM map is indicating Goulburn is in error. Proved by Goulburn Tafe @ -0.2
www.bom.gov.au/jsp/awap/temp/archive.jsp?colour=colour&map=minave&year=1991&month=6&day=5&period=daily&area=ns

Error D 16 Oct 1991 Goulburn Airport min = -3.3 – Taralga min = 12.6 – diff = -15.9 There is no sign of the -3 to -6 contour colour near Goulburn or anywhere on the map – so the BoM map is indicating Goulburn is in error. Goulburn Tafe has a blank but Canberra Airport was 15.0 which backs Taralga as being correct.
www.bom.gov.au/jsp/awap/temp/archive.jsp?colour=colour&map=minave&year=1991&month=10&day=16&period=daily&area=ns

Error E 22 May 1993 Goulburn Airport min = -8.1 – Taralga min = 4 – diff = -12.1 There is no sign of the –6 to -9 contour colour near Goulburn or anywhere on the map – so the BoM map is indicating Goulburn is in error. Proved by Goulburn Tafe @ 4.7.
www.bom.gov.au/jsp/awap/temp/archive.jsp?colour=colour&map=minave&year=1993&month=5&day=22&period=daily&area=ns

Error F 30 Apr 1994 Goulburn Airport min = 0.4 – Taralga min = 9.1 – diff = -8.7 There is no sign of the 0 to 3 contour colour near Goulburn – so the BoM map is indicating Goulburn is in error. Proved by Goulburn Tafe @ 11.
www.bom.gov.au/jsp/awap/temp/archive.jsp?colour=colour&map=minave&year=1994&month=4&day=30&period=daily&area=ns

Error G 30 Apr 1994 Goulburn Airport min = 0.4 – Taralga min = 9.1 – diff = -8.7 There is no sign of the 0 to 3 contour colour near Goulburn – so the BoM map is indicating Goulburn is in error. Proved by Goulburn Tafe @ 11.
www.bom.gov.au/jsp/awap/temp/archive.jsp?colour=colour&map=minave&year=1994&month=4&day=30&period=daily&area=ns

Error H 18 Oct 1998 Goulburn Airport min = 16.4 – Taralga min = 3.8 – diff = 12.6 There is no sign of the 3 to 6 contour colour near Taralga – so the BoM map is indicating Taralga is in error. Proved by Goulburn Tafe @ 17.4.
www.bom.gov.au/jsp/awap/temp/archive.jsp?colour=colour&map=minave&year=1998&month=10&day=18&period=daily&area=ns

Error I 25 Oct 1998 Goulburn Airport min = 1.7 – Taralga min = 9.2 – diff = -7.5 There is no sign of the 0 to 3 contour colour near Goulburn but Goulburn Tafe read 5.7. – so on balance I think the BoM map is dodgy and Taralga is in error.
www.bom.gov.au/jsp/awap/temp/archive.jsp?colour=colour&map=minave&year=1998&month=10&day=25&period=daily&area=ns

Error J 16 Mar 1999 Goulburn Airport min = 11.5 – Taralga min = 4 – diff = 7.5 There is no sign of the 3 to 6 contour colour near Taralga – so the BoM map is indicating Taralga is in error. Proved by Goulburn Tafe @ 10.4.
www.bom.gov.au/jsp/awap/temp/archive.jsp?colour=colour&map=minave&year=1999&month=3&day=16&period=daily&area=ns

Error K 27 May 2000 Goulburn Airport min = 5.4 – Taralga min = -2.8 – diff = 8.2 There is no sign of the 0 to -3 contour colour near Taralga – so the BoM map is indicating Taralga is in error. Proved by Goulburn Tafe @ 6.1.
www.bom.gov.au/jsp/awap/temp/archive.jsp?colour=colour&map=minave&year=2000&month=5&day=27&period=daily&area=ns

Error L 4 Jan 2002 Goulburn Airport min = 1.4 – Taralga min = 10 – diff = -8.6 There is no sign of the 0 to 3 contour colour near Goulburn but we know the maps often exaggerate warmer. Goulburn Tafe read 5.5 – so on balance the BoM map is indicating Taralga is in error.
www.bom.gov.au/jsp/awap/temp/archive.jsp?colour=colour&map=minave&year=2002&month=1&day=4&period=daily&area=ns

Error M 2 Jun 2003 Goulburn Airport min = 9.5 – Taralga min = 0.8 – diff = 8.7 There is no sign of the 0 to 3 contour colour near Taralga – so the BoM map is indicating Taralga is in error. Proved by Goulburn Tafe @ 10.1.
www.bom.gov.au/jsp/awap/temp/archive.jsp?colour=colour&map=minave&year=2003&month=6&day=2&period=daily&area=ns

Error N 14 Jun 2005 Goulburn Airport min = 0.7 – Taralga min = 9.3 – diff = -8.6 There is no sign of the 9 to 12 contour colour near Taralga – so the BoM map is indicating Taralga is in error. Proved by Goulburn Tafe @ 2.6.
www.bom.gov.au/jsp/awap/temp/archive.jsp?colour=colour&map=minave&year=2005&month=6&day=14&period=daily&area=ns

More to be added when I have time.

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