We Hit 36.9 On Sunday. I Spent Two Days Trying To Prove It Wrong

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The station read 36.9 degrees on Sunday afternoon, the hottest September figure it has ever logged. I did not believe it, so I went looking for the fault. A second weather station in Dayboro read exactly the same number, and what I found instead was a real problem in my own record that runs the other way.

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