DPIRD Weather Station Network for Agricultural Decision Support

DPIRD's network of automatic weather stations provides near real-time local weather data to assist growers and regional communities. Stations report air temperature, humidity, rainfall, wind speed and direction, and solar radiation every 10 minutes. The data supports time-critical agribusiness decisions and is available via APIs for integration into applications.

Use Cases

• Schedule irrigation for vegetable crops using near real-time rainfall and evaporation data from solar radiation measurements.
• Model local frost risk by analyzing air temperature and humidity data from stations with good geographical coverage.
• Optimize timing for crop spraying operations by forecasting conditions using wind speed and direction data.
• Develop decision support tools by integrating air temperature, humidity, and rainfall data via the provided APIs.

Strengths

• Data is reported every 10 minutes, providing near real-time updates.
• Stations measure multiple variables including air temperature, humidity, rainfall, wind speed and direction, and solar radiation.
• Weather stations are sited to provide good geographical coverage throughout the state.

Limitations

• Specific row counts, column counts, and historical time range are not provided in the input.
• Local weather variability over short distances may limit the representativeness of individual station data for precise micro-locations.

Provenance

Source

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD), via data_gov_au.

Collection Method

Automated reports from a network of weather stations, with data sent to the Bureau of Meteorology.

Time Range

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Freshness

Data is reported every 10 minutes; metadata was last updated on 2026-03-24.

Geography

Weather stations located throughout the state of Western Australia.