Manitoba Ag Weather Program
The program is always expanding and improving to provide more reliable data, particularly in areas that have lacked adequate coverage.
The program has three main goals:
- Improving weather monitoring across agricultural Manitoba
- Encouraging partnerships and sharing of weather information
- Developing value-added tools to assist decision-making by Manitoba producers
Weather monitoring stations
The Manitoba government operates about 120 automated near real-time permanent weather stations. These stations complement the automated weather stations of Environment Canada and other networks. Producers interested in hosting a weather station around the identified areas of future planned installations should ensure that the proposed location meets the site selection criteria.
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Findlay station (2020)
The weather stations that MAWP operates are solar powered and communicate wirelessly. This enables stations to be situated well away from geographical or man-made features and obstructions that may influence the local conditions. The objective is to locate the station where it may adequately represent the climate of the area. Each station measures a minimum of air temperature, relative humidity, rainfall, wind speed/direction, and soil temperature. Wherever possible, stations are located above surfaces that represent the general area or optimally, a short grass surface. The data is collected and stored at 15-minute intervals in Campbell Scientific dataloggers to compute hourly and daily data. |
