To meet this objective, DWR is standardizing the operations and maintenance of the weather station network.
All stations have their equipment and sensors mounted on a mast which is mounted on a tripod base.
Once every minute, the datalogger takes a reading of each sensor and records it. It continues for one hour, then averages the 60 readings for an hourly average, or accumulates the 60 readings for an hourly total, and stores all these in its memory. After 24 hours have elapsed, the datalogger then calculates the daily averages and totals using the 24 hourly averages and totals and stores them. The dataloggers also determines the maximum and minimum temperatures and relative humidities. These values are the highest and lowest of the one-minute readings during the day.