Weekly Weather – for May. 26, 2011

The Weather Vane is prepared by Daniel Bezte, a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the University of Winnipeg. Daniel has taught university-level classes in climate and weather and currently operates a computerized weather station at his home near Birds Hill Park, on 10 acres he plans to

Weekly Weather Map – for May. 12, 2011

The Weather Vane is prepared by Daniel Bezte, a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the University of Winnipeg. Daniel has taught university-level classes in climate and weather and currently operates a computerized weather station at his home near Birds Hill Park, on 10 acres he plans to


Weekly Weather Map – for Apr. 21, 2011

The Weather Vane is prepared by Daniel Bezte, a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the University of Winnipeg. Daniel has taught university-level classes in climate and weather and currently operates a computerized weather station at his home near Birds Hill Park, on 10 acres he plans to

All I Want For Christmas Is… A Weather Station!

Ithink most people in this part of the world are naturally interested in the weather, but it seems that over the last 10 or so years, that interest in weather and weather-related instruments for the home weather enthusiast has really increased. When I first decided to start observing and recording the weather at home, about


Some Of My Favourite Weather Websites

With the fairly quiet weather we’ve been experiencing lately, I thought we could take a little bit of break this week and look at some of my favourite weather-related websites. Some people claim that the Internet creates more problems than it solves, but if you are a weather enthusiast the Internet opens up a world

CWB Launches WeatherFarm

“This is the future of weather information.” – Ian Whi Te Farmers, whose livelihoods depend on the weather, now have free online access to Canada’s largest private weather network, with more than 700 real-time reporting weather stations across the West. WeatherFarm ( is a collaboration between the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) and WeatherBug, an American-based


Some Unique Weather Instruments

This gauge is mechanical in nature, as it uses the weight of the collected rain to move a dial which shows how much rain has fallen. In the last issue we looked at the various home weather station options available, and while I didn’t recommend any particular weather station in that article, I have received

Time To Start Your Christmas Weather Shopping

Usually I wait until November to discuss getting a weather station for Christmas, but with the prices of computerized parts continuing to get cheaper and our Canadian dollar getting closer to par, these weather stations are becoming more affordable each day. Another issue our Christmas shoppers must deal with is that the best deals on


All I want for Christmas is a weather station

With the snow come thoughts of Christmas, and what better way to say “I love you” than to buy that special person in your life their very own weather station? I covered this topic last year and I noticed a number of individuals out there did get a nice-shiny new weather station, so I figured