Point scale soil temperature recorded at K1 – K6 and S1 – S7 were highly correlated with catchment average soil temperature for the Krui and Stanley catchments respectively (r? ? 0.96, e.g. Figure 4). While the data from most sites is positioned on or near the 1:1 line, K6, despite having a high r of 0.96, clearly underestimates the catchment average soil temperature (Figure 4). K6 represents soil temperature for the upper reaches of the Krui catchment, at a much higher elevation than any other site (Table 1), and is therefore subject to cooler conditions. The high correlations observed suggests that catchment average soil temperatures within the Krui and Stanley catchment can be reliably predicted from soil temperature data recorded at individual sites however caution is