[adamrezich]

    cher·ry-pick
    /ˈCHerēˌpik/
    verb
    choose and take only (the most beneficial or profitable items, opportunities, etc.) from what is available.
    "the company should buy the whole airline and not just cherry-pick its best assets"

the author did not cherry pick. in order to cherry pick, the author needs to have had a predetermined thesis such that cherry picking only certain data points would bolster said thesis. instead, the author was looking to see what the deal was with long-term observed weather in specific places relevant to the author, then later expanded to include a few other locations as well. therefore, unless you are accusing the author of being dishonest, the author did not cherry pick.

[cool_dude85]

How do you know he didn't cherry pick these weather stations? One thing to say that it's not clear whether he did, another to claim - as you have in your post - that he did not.

[mwint]

Same problem exists with basically all research on the topic.

[adamrezich]

why would you assume the author's dishonesty?