HOW LONG CAN THE UK MET OFFICE HIDE FROM SCRUTINY?

So far the government has managed to hide the failings of the Met Office by evading the questions that it has been asked, bur Super Sleuth, Ray Sanders, has not stopped digging into the state of the UK Weather Stations and the way our surface temperatures are measured.  

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Recently Ray has found a station (Altnaharra) which has managed to produce records going back to 1961, even though the station did not start recording until 1993. This might seem odd to you and me, but the Met Office normally explain this by claiming that they calculate these figures by using "well-correlated nearby stations". The only problem is that there aren't any such stations available for this one.

Altnaharra No 2 WMO03044 – 30 year climate averages derived from 1960 for site only with readings from 1993. How “Well Correlated” can they really be? | Tallbloke's Talkshop