When the information was installed on the world wide web, the number of requests increased to 500 a day. All of the processed weather data is retrieved using a form tool on the World Wide Web site, which makes retrieving information extremely simple and user friendly compared to other file transfer methods. Other web sites offer information that uses climate data from New Mexico. Climate and pest management are closely related. A section has been installed on the web site that links to information about these inter relationships.
Climate data is used to schedule crop irrigations, using agriculture irrigation scheduling models.
Links to these models are available on the web site. Links to hydrologic information and information about how to grow crops in New Mexico have been added to the web site. All of these sub information categories are needed to make climate information more pertinent to the decision making process of growing crops, managing diseases and conserving water. The power of the internet allows users to submit information to servers that process the information and return results. This calculator is located on a computer in El Paso, Texas and is maintained by the National Weather Service.