But does it matter if the air temp on the hot side is registering 88/89 on the accurite meter but the temp gun is showing 93/94 on the surface?? If I lower the temp to accommodate the temp gun reading then my air temp would be off.

Just trying to make sure I am doing this correctly. My assumption is the accurite reading the air temp in most important since my heat source is an RHP and it's not like the snake is laying on the heat source - its coming from above.