Regarding "Can you ever trust what a weatherman says?" (Tuesday Star), Ken Hoffman discusses at great length the claim that Conroe TX is consistently 5 to 8 degrees cooler than Houston. The article that follows explains all the different scientific reasons that those readings might technically be accurate, but only for Conroe airport, and cites KPRC weatherman Frank Billingsley in particular.
However, no conversation about this topic is complete without comment from the guy that has been covering it for decades: Dr. Neil Frank, retired meteorologist from KHOU. Dr. Frank has disputed this claim throughout his career in Houston, with many a tongue in cheek reference to the influence of the Conroe Chamber of Commerce over good science.
Of course Conroe is not 8 degrees cooler than Houston, but only Dr. Frank called it plain, and then had some fun with it. Yet another reason to admire the man.
Pete Smith
Cypress, TX
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