Weather 101: Is your outdoor thermometer always warmer than our weather reports? We explain why!

Published: Oct. 26, 2026 at 10:23 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
So you have your own at home thermometer, but do you feel like it always seems to be running a few degrees warmer than the official number we talk about on TV or inside our app? Meteorologist Amanda Curran explains why that might be in this week's Weather 101.