Temperature (and humidity) at Eclipse 2008

Approximate location for the eclipse: N40o 22.343' , E99o 14.876' at an altitude of 4246ft (I don't do metres) 

We had two temperature loggers in action - one buried an inch below the hot sand and the other on top of the tripod.
The graph below shows the (unremarkable) result - really because this was a sunset eclipse and the air was cooling anyway!

We also had a domestic in/out thermometer, but the results from that were a bit sporadic, though showed the same trend as above.

The same domestic device had a relative humidity measurement, too, but the lower limit was 20%...

 

Time range Rel. Humidity Comments
17:55  to  18:30 20%

 

18:31  to 18:55 LO Sun's out again
18:58 20%  
19:04  to  19:20 LO  
19:24  to  19:30 20% Just after totality
19:36  to  20:05 23% Cooling down at the end of the day
20:14 24%  

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