The Weather (at Airports)

Cold temperatures have set in over much of the country.

The current temperature in Atlanta is 30 degrees, and it's sunny; in Chicago it's 18 degrees and snowing; in New York it's partly sunny and 28 degrees; and in San Francisco it's a balmy 50 degrees and partly cloudy.

The temperatures in local weather reports usually originate from that city's airport. The question is: why does anyone care what the temperature is at the airport? The weather should be reported from downtown (where people work), or in some suburb (where people live).

Nobody cares what the temperature is at Hartsfield, O'Hare, or Kennedy. If you're going to the airport, you probably won't be there very long. And you likely will drive, or take some other kind of covered/protected transport to get there. The only people who will be there for any significant length of time are the employees. And there aren't enough of them to warrant making the weather reports give information from airports.

Maybe the thermometers at airports are just more accurate....