[FresnoDA]

Guy just made larger error than math error. He doesn't know the difference between median and mean.

SO MINION, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE...HHMMMM???

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 me·di·an   Pronunciation Key  (md-n)
adj.

1. Relating to, located in, or extending toward the middle.
2. Anatomy. Of, relating to, or situated in or near the plane that divides a bilaterally symmetrical animal into right and left halves; mesial.
3. Statistics. Relating to or constituting the middle value in a distribution.

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mean³   Pronunciation Key  (mn)
n.

1. Something having a position, quality, or condition midway between extremes; a medium.
2. Mathematics.
   1. A number that typifies a set of numbers, such as a geometric mean or an arithmetic mean.
   2. The average value of a set of numbers.
3. Logic. The middle term in a syllogism.
4. means (used with a sing. or pl. verb) A method, a course of action, or an instrument by which an act can be accomplished or an end achieved.
5. means (used with a pl. verb)
   1. Money, property, or other wealth: You ought to live within your means.
   2. Great wealth: a woman of means.

[VRWC_minion]

Big difference.

The average and mean are two entirely different numbers.

[connectthedots]

Everytime this witness says Feb. 12-23, all the questions Dusek asked previously in his attempts to confuse the jury goes down the drain.

[agarrett]

  Sorry, Fres, but there is a significant difference between median and mean. The mean is the average of a bunch of numbers, the median is the value in the center of a sorted list of numbers. For different problems, one may be better than the other. On average, the median is less affected by outliers (points that have anomolously high or low values). The mean, on the other hand, is a better value for time averaging, in general.

  Now, all that said, in weather, the two are likely to be very similar (I was a weatherman in the Air Force for 3 years, so I have some knowledge of this subject.) The reason is that temperature generally smoothly varying - you don't get a lot of outlying points - frontal passages and thunderstorms are the most likely source of any anomolies, and even those don't tend to be extreme. As such, the practical difference between median and mean is unlikely to mean much in this particular example.

Drew Garrett