Recognition for weather records

[serowe]

An article in the local paper this week mentioned our Water Authority has a group of Community Weather Volunteers who record rainfall and submit it annually so they can ascertain rainfall patterns over a long period.

Becaus eof this I rang them this morning to see what their criteria were for joining this program.

When they found out I had my own weather station they were 'mildly' interested and suggested this would be suitable for their program.

Then he asked how long I had been using the weather station and how far back did my records go.

I said - automatic since 2002 - he sort of drew a breath in and said (really!) 'Interesting'. Then I said 'but my paper records go back to 1983 - would you be interested in these.....hello?.....hello???....anyone there?'

It took nearly 15-20 seconds and then he asked me to repeat the earliest year I had records for.

Bottom line - they want the data!

Guess it pays off in the long run to run with a hunch and offer it to those that can make use of it!

[Gina]

That's good