Information About The Station
Our Location
Description
Country : Manitowaning Bay, Manitoulin Island, Northern Ontario, Canada
This weather station is located about six kilometres north of Manitowaning which is approximately 300 kilometres, as the crow flies, north-northwest (NNW) of Toronto. Manitowaning became the first non-native settlement on Manitoulin Island as a result of the two Manitoulin Treaties of 1836 and 1862.
Our Position
Coordinates
longitude : | W 81° 50' 15" |
latitude : | N 45° 47' 07" |
Location
Country : | Canada |
Province : | Ontario |
City : | Manitowaning |
See the Google map to the left to locate Manitowaning.
Weather installation
Location
The station wind sensors are mounted on the shore of Manitowaning Bay at the top of a 10 metre pole supported by guy wires. The rain and other sensors are mounted on the same mast at 1.5 metres above the ground ( 178 m above sea level). The installation is free of obstructions on the north, east and south sides (water and stone covered beach); there are trees on the west side about 15 metres from the station.
Description
Hardware : wireless outdoor sensors.
Anenometer, Thermometer, Hygrometer, Sunlight, UV Radiation and Rain Gauge.
Weather station :
Description
Station : | Davis Vantage Pro2 Plus |
Computer : | Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8600 @ 2.40GHz |
Windows 7 x64 Service Pack 1 build 7601 |
Weather website :
Equipment
Online since : | 08 January 2012 |
Weather template : | Weather by You! |
Template design : | Metamorphozis |
Weather engine : | Cumulus v1.9.3 (1054) |