Accuracy of Thermometers!

gogogogogogo

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Getting some interesting readings from my thermometers after having installed my second 6" 440 CFM fan into my grow room. Dimensions of the room are 4x8x6 with two 600w cool tubes and two 440 CFM inline fans with an additional booster fan further down the line. I have a total of three thermometers in the room, and two of them are black and are reading temperatures ranging 91-97 degrees. The third thermometer is white and has a temperature probe that sticks up and reads 79... Obviously, black absorbs light and white reflects it, so I'm having a real hard time determining if the temperature in the room is in a nominal range or not. With a combined 1080 CFM the air is being refreshed 5.5x a minute. There are also two filtered 6" intakes.

I have a hard time believing the temps are into the 90's but I am unsure and aside from buying some oscillating fans have exhausted all my options to cool it as an AC wouldn't work in this location. An oscillating fan would simply do a better job at creating a uniform temperature across the room.

What do you guys think? There is obviously a very considerable differential between the black and white thermometers. Can I trust the white one or would that not be an accurate representation of the temperature?
 
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