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A good number of long term temperature monitoring stations were in remote locations 100 years ago and are now in developed areas. Urban areas are "heat islands". Some amount of temperature rise data from heat island stations will push averages higher and render modern data less useful.
This is Chicago, and a decent example of the urban heat island effect
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Edit: Santa image was an oops. For some reason I can't delete on edit
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