{"id":2754,"date":"2013-05-02T14:00:32","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T19:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/?p=2754"},"modified":"2022-12-12T00:25:43","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T06:25:43","slug":"monitoring-changing-conditions-weather-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/monitoring-changing-conditions-weather-stations\/","title":{"rendered":"Monitoring Changing Conditions: Weather Stations"},"content":{"rendered":"

What\u2019s the value of a weather station? How do I choose which weather station is best for me?<\/em><\/p>\n

At an outdoor concert during the Indiana State Fair in 2011, wind gusts reaching an estimated 59 miles per hour caused the stage\u2019s rigging to collapse. The resulting debris landed on the crowd of concert-goers injuring 58 and killing seven. In February, 2012, an EF2 tornado hit the small town of Harveyville, Kansas, injuring 12 people and killing one. Every building in the community sustained some damage. In February, 2013, extensive power outages plagued the Northeast United States as a blizzard carrying two to three feet of snow slammed into New England.<\/p>\n

\"StormyWeather1\"<\/a>According to a report from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)<\/a>, the US experienced a preliminary total of eleven billion dollars in weather-related disasters in 2012. From Hurricane Sandy to the national drought to Western wildfires, weather influenced everything from the cost of fruit to, potentially, the 2012 Presidential election. As weather conditions develop, it helps to stay in tune with what\u2019s coming. Menacing clouds and unrelenting sun can each create their own hazards.<\/p>\n

Using Weather Stations<\/b><\/p>\n

While listening to weather forecasts is one way to track changing conditions, those with personal weather stations<\/a> get instant reports for their location rather than delayed updates from a centralized station many miles away. Weather stations can measure and record barometric pressure, outside humidity and dew point, rainfall, wind speed and direction, inside and outside temperature, and windchill. With this information, weather enthusiasts, researchers, and even professional weather watchers can gather data to help prepare for severe disturbances.<\/p>\n

Commercially, those working in weather-critical professions rely on weather stations to monitor variables. \u201cFrom the US Coast Guard to oil refineries to coal-fired power plants, and local airports, we\u2019ve heard from a variety of station users seeking to choose the best model for their planned use,\u201d said Jon Thomson, Cole-Parmer Application Specialist. \u201cWe\u2019ve heard from scientists who manage wildlife and want a record of the microclimate in their location. Government workers who require the data for the National Weather Service have also contacted us with questions about their professional weather stations and their functionality.\u201d<\/p>\n

Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What\u2019s the value of a weather station? How do I choose which weather station is best for me? At an outdoor concert during the Indiana State Fair in 2011, wind gusts reaching an estimated 59…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,14,21],"tags":[1226,1327,1751],"class_list":["post-2754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cool-tools","category-helpful-technical-info","category-temperaturehumidity","tag-personal-weather-stations","tag-professional-weather-stations","tag-weather-stations"],"yoast_head":"\nMonitoring Changing Conditions: Weather Stations | from Cole-Parmer Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/monitoring-changing-conditions-weather-stations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Monitoring Changing Conditions: Weather Stations | from Cole-Parmer Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What\u2019s the value of a weather station? How do I choose which weather station is best for me? At an outdoor concert during the Indiana State Fair in 2011, wind gusts reaching an estimated 59...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/monitoring-changing-conditions-weather-stations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Cole-Parmer Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antylia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-05-02T19:00:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-12-12T06:25:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/stormyweather1.jpg?w=150\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Cole-Parmer Blog Team\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@antylia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@antylia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Cole-Parmer Blog Team\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Monitoring Changing Conditions: Weather Stations | from Cole-Parmer Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/monitoring-changing-conditions-weather-stations\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Monitoring Changing Conditions: Weather Stations | from Cole-Parmer Blog","og_description":"What\u2019s the value of a weather station? How do I choose which weather station is best for me? At an outdoor concert during the Indiana State Fair in 2011, wind gusts reaching an estimated 59...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/monitoring-changing-conditions-weather-stations\/","og_site_name":"Cole-Parmer Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antylia","article_published_time":"2013-05-02T19:00:32+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-12-12T06:25:43+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/stormyweather1.jpg?w=150","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Cole-Parmer Blog Team","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@antylia","twitter_site":"@antylia","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Cole-Parmer Blog Team","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/monitoring-changing-conditions-weather-stations\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/monitoring-changing-conditions-weather-stations\/"},"author":{"name":"Cole-Parmer Blog Team","@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/bd8d004d4d77d6b31800fa11177c6da9"},"headline":"Monitoring Changing Conditions: Weather Stations","datePublished":"2013-05-02T19:00:32+00:00","dateModified":"2022-12-12T06:25:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/monitoring-changing-conditions-weather-stations\/"},"wordCount":362,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/monitoring-changing-conditions-weather-stations\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/stormyweather1.jpg?w=150","keywords":["personal weather stations","professional weather stations","weather stations"],"articleSection":["Cool Tools","Helpful Technical Info","Temperature\/Humidity"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/monitoring-changing-conditions-weather-stations\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/monitoring-changing-conditions-weather-stations\/","url":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/monitoring-changing-conditions-weather-stations\/","name":"Monitoring Changing Conditions: Weather Stations | from Cole-Parmer Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/monitoring-changing-conditions-weather-stations\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/monitoring-changing-conditions-weather-stations\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/stormyweather1.jpg?w=150","datePublished":"2013-05-02T19:00:32+00:00","dateModified":"2022-12-12T06:25:43+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/monitoring-changing-conditions-weather-stations\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/monitoring-changing-conditions-weather-stations\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/monitoring-changing-conditions-weather-stations\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/stormyweather1.jpg?w=150","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/stormyweather1.jpg?w=150"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/monitoring-changing-conditions-weather-stations\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Monitoring Changing Conditions: Weather Stations"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/","name":"Cole-Parmer Blog","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Antylia Scientific","url":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coleparmer.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AntyliaScientific_CMYK.jpg?fit=400%2C107&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coleparmer.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AntyliaScientific_CMYK.jpg?fit=400%2C107&ssl=1","width":400,"height":107,"caption":"Antylia Scientific"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antylia","https:\/\/x.com\/antylia","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/antylia\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC41i86hGEGhQhM1KMqrDnZg"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/bd8d004d4d77d6b31800fa11177c6da9","name":"Cole-Parmer Blog Team","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e3e6aa661d0e443fb9050a9175a092?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e3e6aa661d0e443fb9050a9175a092?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Cole-Parmer Blog Team"},"url":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/author\/donna-donahue\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2754"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15799,"href":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2754\/revisions\/15799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}