Station Metadata
This page contains our station metadata and should be viewed in conjunction with our observing program and quality assurance for a complete overview of our operations.
On this page:
Station Attributes
Standard Units
AWS History
Sensor Corrections
Current Instrumentation
Obsolete Instrumentation
Monitoring Software
Other Software
Photographs
| Full Name | MADIS Id | Latitude | Longitude | Altitude | Time Zone | Site Rating | Climate Zone | Opened | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Truganina (Palm Lake Resort) | F0878 | -37.84446 | 144.70902 | 27.0 |  |
5 | 2017-04-01 | Open | |
| description | approximate position | description | descriptions | ||||||
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| Pressure | Rainfall | Temperature | Dew Point | Relative Humidity |
Wind Speed |
Cloud Amount |
Height | Distance | Air Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| hPa | mm | C | C | % | km/h | oktas | m | km | μg/m3 |
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| WOW-BE | 019b1a76-6caa-730f-95fd-3cc30cbcb86b |
| Windy | kYRE9WK |
| Weathercloud | 5951360851 |
| Weather Underground | IMELBOUR133 |
| WAQI | 2461297 |
| PWS Weather | AU3029 |
| CWOP | FW0878 |
| AWEKAS | 6760 |
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| Make & Model + Options | Start  |
Finish | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tesa WS1081V3 + FARS | 2025-03-16 | specifications | |
| La Crosse WS2355 | 2017-04-01 | 2025-03-16 | specifications |
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| Element |
AWS | Correction | Start | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pressure | Tesa WS1081V3 | offset of 0.6 | 2025-03-16 | height offset to derive MSLP |
| Rainfall | Tesa WS1081V3 | coefficient of 0.8 | 2025-06-17 | revised coefficient |
| Temperature | Tesa WS1081V3 | offset of 0.0 | 2025-03-16 | default |
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| Element |
AWS | Correction | Start | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pressure | La Crosse WS2355 | variable | 2017-04-01 | monthly offsets varied from +5.3 to +6.6 |
| Rainfall | Tesa WS1081V3 | coefficient of 1.0 | 2025-03-16 | default coefficient |
| Rainfall | La Crosse WS2355 | coefficient of 1.10 | 2025-01-01 | revised coefficient |
| Rainfall | La Crosse WS2355 | coefficient of 1.18 | 2017-04-01 | coefficient from previous installation |
| Temperature | La Crosse WS2355 | 0.0 | 2017-04-01 | default offset |
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| Description |
Make & Model | Location | Height | Mode | Role | Start |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Quality Sensor (PM2.5), electronic | Ecowitt WH41 | attached to Stevenson Screen post | 1.0 | Automatic | Primary | 2026-06-23 |
| Anemometer/wind vane, electronic | Fine Offset WS1081 | attached to Stevenson Screen | 1.9 | Automatic | Primary | 2025-03-16 |
| Barometer, aneroid | Royal Mariner C622R | indoors | 1.1 | Manual | 2017-04-01 | |
| Barometer, electronic | Fine Offset WS1081 | integrated with indoor console | 1.1 | Automatic | Primary | 2025-03-16 |
| Lightning Sensor, electronic | Ecowitt WH57 | Stevenson Screen | 1.3 | Automatic | Primary | 2026-06-15 |
| Rain gauge, electronic tipping spoon | Fine Offset WS1081 | attached to Stevenson Screen | 1.9 | Automatic | 2025-03-16 | |
| Rain gauge, standard 10 cm diameter | Nylex RG1000 | attached to Stevenson Screen | 1.8 | Manual | Primary | 2017-04-01 |
| Thermo hygrograph, electronic | Fine Offset WS1081 | attached to Stevenson Screen | 1.8 | Automatic | Primary | 2025-03-16 |
| Thermometer, digital maximum/minimum | Sper Scientific 800121 | Stevenson Screen | 1.2 | manual | 2025-05-06 | |
| Thermometer, mercury-in-glass (as dry bulb) | Dobbie CBM6861 | Stevenson Screen | 1.2 | manual | 2017-04-01 | |
| Thermometer, mercury-in-glass (as wet bulb) | Dobbie CBM6861 | Stevenson Screen | 1.2 | manual | 2017-04-01 |
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| Description |
Make & Model | Start | Finish | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barometer, electronic | La Crosse WS2355-11 | 2024-12-18 | 2025-03-16 | retired from service |
| Barometer, electronic | La Crosse WS2355-11 | 2017-04-01 | 2024-12-18 | faulty console display |
| Rain gauge, electronic tipping bucket | La Crosse WS2300-16 | 2017-04-01 | 2025-03-16 | retired from service |
| Thermo hygrograph, electronic | La Crosse WS2300-25 | 2017-04-01 | 2025-03-16 | retired from service |
| Thermometer, alcohol-in-glass minimum | Dobbie CBM6464 | 2017-04-01 | 2025-05-02 | accidental breakage |
| Thermometer, mercury-in-glass maximum | Dobbie CBM6463 | 2017-04-01 | 2020-12-26 | accidental breakage |
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| Program & Version | Start |
Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Weather Display 10.37S152 | 2025-03-16 | |
| WUHU 1.0.216.223 | 2017-04-01 | 2025-03-16 |
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| Program & Version | Description |
|---|---|
| FWI Calc 11.4.0.114 | calculate fire danger ratings and indices |
| MS Excel 2010 | data logging, analysis and reporting |
| WXTide32 4.7 | daily tide predictions |
| FreeFileSync 14.7 | regular ftp download from BoM server |
| Wget 1.21.4 | regular api download from Ecowitt server |
| Filezilla 3.69.6 | ad-hoc manual ftp upload to host server |
| Fling 5.0 | regular ftp upload to host server |
| Corel PaintShop Pro X5 | image editing |
| GraphWeather 2.0.321 | regular weather graphics |
| IrfanView 4.72 | image creation from MS Excel |
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Photographs
Location map
Facing north: Stevenson Screen with attached AWS and standard rain gauge
Facing west: general site exposure
Facing south: homemade solar-powered fan aspirated radiation shield (FARS)
Air quality sensor attached to Stevenson Screen post
Stevenson Screen instrumentation
Air quality sensor (stock photo)
Marine aneroid barometer (stock photo)
Indoor console with integrated electronic barometer (stock photo)
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