British Columbia Forest Weather Stations: 87 Stations with Hourly Atmospheric Data
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Description
87 automated weather stations operated by the British Columbia Ministry of Forests provide continuous, real-time atmospheric data. The network reports on temperature, humidity, pressure, precipitation, snowfall, wind, radiation, soil conditions, rainfall, and snow depth. Data is quality-assessed and accessible via Environment and Climate Change Canada under the OGL-CA-2.0 license.
Use Cases
Modeling forest microclimates based on temperature, humidity, and radiation data.
Analyzing precipitation patterns and snowpack dynamics based on total precipitation, snowfall, and snow depth measurements.
Studying soil moisture and temperature conditions for ecological research based on soil data.
Monitoring wind patterns and atmospheric pressure for weather forecasting and hazard assessment.
Strengths
87 stations provide spatial coverage across the region.
Real-time data feed with an hourly sampling frequency supports timely analysis.
Data is quality-assessed, and the network operates continuously.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Data access is via HTML, which may complicate automated processing.
Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
Source
British Columbia Ministry of Forests, aggregated by Environment and Climate Change Canada.
Collection Method
Automated station network.
Time Range
Continuous operation; real-time feed.
Freshness
Real-time data feed; metadata last updated 2026-05-19 19:22:20.669664.
Geography
British Columbia, Canada.
Data access is governed by the 'Agreement Regarding the Management of Hydrometeorological Networks in the Province of British Columbia'. Primary data format is HTML.