A backyard unit can tell you if it is raining. A professional station has a harder job. It has to produce data people can trust when decisions carry real cost, real safety concerns, or both. Farmers, ...

The best forecast is a hyper-local forecast.

Variability of weather conditions, including rainfall and temperature, can have an impact on crops within localized areas. Even within various regions, slight differences in atmospheric conditions can ...

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The data logger is the central component of the weather station. It collects information from each of the instruments and translates it into a useful form. It then sends the data to our campus weather ...