A Mesoscale Weather Monitoring Network for Niagara Region
The climate network consists of 13 precipitation stations and four full climate stations.
Precipitation Stations
The precipitation stations are composed of a tipping bucket rain gauge, data logger that sends rain- fall data to the ETS climate computer system. When rain or snow occurs, total depth of precipitation is measured (at 0.25 mm increments) and stored every five minutes.
Precipitation Station Locations
- Biggar sewage lagoons, Grimsby
- Smithville sewage pumping station, West Lincoln
- Victoria Avenue sewage pumping station, Lincoln
- Jordan works yard, Lincoln
- Pelham Town Hall, Pelham
- Port Dalhousie Pollution Control Plant, St. Catharines
- Decew Falls Water Treatment Plant, Thorold
- Seaway Pollution Control Plant, Port Colborne
- Ontario Road sewage pumping station, Welland
- Garrison Village sewage pumping station, Niagara-On-The-Lake
- Kalar Road sewage pumping station, Niagara Falls
- Stanley Avenue Pollution Control Plant, Niagara Falls
- Chippawa Water Treatment Plant, Niagara Falls
Climate Stations
The climate stations are configured with wind direction and velocity sensors as well as temperature and relative humidity probes. Also included at each climate station is a tipping bucket rain gauge. All sensors are connected to a data logger. All data are averaged over a five minute interval and stored for automatic retrieval by the climate computer system.
Tipping bucket rain gauge at the Biggar sewage lagoon complex in Grimsby, Ontario.
Climate Station Locations:
- Baker Road Pollution Control Plant, Grimsby
- River Road Pollution Control Plant, Welland
- McLeod Road Sewage Pumping Station, Niagara Falls
- Industrial Park Sewage Pumping Station, Fort Erie
For further information regarding the Niagara ETS meso-scale climate network please contact Kyle Moate.