Stockholm, the Smart-City, sees installation of MeteoHelix micro-weather stations on street lamps

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Urban Weather Station - MeteoHelix in Stockholm Sweden

Urban Weather Station - MeteoHelix in Stockholm Sweden

SensCity, one of the pioneers of Smart-City and Resilient-City climate monitoring has chosen to work with the highest quality urban climate monitoring sensors the market has to offer. Choosing to install the BARANI DESIGN MeteoHelix IoT Pro, MeteoWind IoT Pro and MeteoRain sensors for urban climate monitoring in Stockholm, Sweden on street lamps was by no means a coincidence.

Based on World Meteorological Organization (WMO) verified technologies in combination with IoT wireless data transmission, these sensors not only offer the highest levels of precision but also unparalleled ease of installation. Being solar powered and requiring no wires to connect, their installations on busy urban streets are quick and thus cost-effective.

Other sensors in use by SensCity include the MeteoAG which offers the expanded capability for agricultural monitoring of soil moisture, soil temperature, and leaf wetness.

More information on WMO conforming urban and agricultural weather station packages can be found at the following link:

The University of Reading crowdsources digitization of UK rainfall records to citizens stuck at home due to coronavirus COVID-19

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The Average Annual Rainfall of Britain. Image from page 39 of "The British nation a history / by George M. Wrong" (1910)

The Average Annual Rainfall of Britain. Image from page 39 of "The British nation a history / by George M. Wrong" (1910)

The University of Reading, in a project called the “Rainfall Rescue” by Prof. Ed Hawkins, is crowdsourcing help from people stuck at home due to the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak. The goal is to help transcribe old written records that are missing in the UK digital weather database between the years 1820 and 1950.

The effort is open to the public. Join here to help: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/edh/rainfall-rescue

The digitized data allow scientists to analyze climatic changes better and to help them differentiate between short-term, medium-term, and long-term fluctuations in weather patterns.

In an effort to bring WMO quality rain and climatic measurement to the masses, BARANI DESIGN Technologies has developed a series of Internet-of-Things (IoT) micro-weather station sensors that are affordable enough for most households. More information can be found at the following links:

How tough is the toughest weather station?

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When avalanche rescue needs reliable data, only one weather station can send it from under the snow pack with a 12+ km (7.5+ miles) wireless range.

Extreme weather requires tough hardware

In meteorology, the real difference between professional and commercial hardware is not only in measurement accuracy, long-term measurement stability and precision, but also in toughness, robustness and survivability. The fine line between extreme weather and a weather disaster is the damage caused and loss of life. Timely and accurate decisions require accurate and reliable data in the most extreme weather situations. This is what sets apart professional meteorological equipment from the rest and enables the prevention of disasters and loss of life. MeteoHelix IoT Pro weather stations donated to the Slovak Avalanche Service are proving their worth against all existing weather station hardware.

Buried alive under the snow

Buried under wind blown snow pack for over two months at 1727 meters (5669 feet) above sea level, the MeteoHelix kept tirelessly measuring and sending wireless data every 10 minutes to Sigfox gateways installed by SimpleCell and located 12.5 km, 16.5 km, 20 km, and 32,5 km away. The 3+ meter high snow pack here was unexpected in this warmest winter on record.

Over the two months, tons of wind blown snow consolidated and with a crushing force devastated other meteorological equipment. Under this force, the stainless steel mounting bracket holding the MeteoHelix was bent over like a sheet of paper as shown in the accompanying photo. The MeteoHelix survived without damage. After being dug out and over the next two days as temperatures rose above freezing, the snow packed around its sensors from the burial thawed. The MeteoHelix IoT Pro returned to measuring atmospheric temperatures (instead of snow pack temperature) for which it was designed and which it preforms better and more accurately than any other professional meteorological weather station due to its special patented helical solar radiation shield design.

While buried under snow, the MeteoHelix weather station measured snowpack temperature. Around March 13, 2020 (6 days before being dug out) the snowpack temperature became a steady 0°C as the snow started its spring time melt.

While buried under snow, the MeteoHelix weather station measured snowpack temperature. Around March 13, 2020 (6 days before being dug out) the snowpack temperature became a steady 0°C as the snow started its spring time melt.

As soon as the MeteoHelix was dug out, it began measuring solar irradiation and soon after the snow Fell away from its sensors, it began reading the correct air temperatures.

As soon as the MeteoHelix was dug out, it began measuring solar irradiation and soon after the snow Fell away from its sensors, it began reading the correct air temperatures.