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In 2009, an Oregon Scientific WMR200 weather station started recording data at the Hallisey House, on Finch Creek, opposite Corral Field. The microclimate along this lowest stretch of Hastings on the south side of Haystack Hill, is both cooler in winter nights and summer nights, and warmer in summer days than the long-established weather stations near the headquarters. The Oregon Scientific sensors failed in June of 2011 and the station was de-activated.
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2009 Data (20Mb) - text format 2010 Data (16Mb)- text format 2011 Data (8 Mb)- text format |
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Microclimates- big differences! Air Temperatures on ridge above Hastings offices (RAWS weather station site) (red), Ranch House with Hastings Weather station (green) and Hallisey House (Blue) on Finch Creek. Canyons are hotter in the day and cooler at night. Relative Hunidity remians high on Finch Creek in riparian areas, and is much lower on ridge tops. |
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Air Temperatures compared between canyon bottom (Finch Creek) and high ridge (RAWS). Cold air drains down Finch Creek at night, and breezes cool the high ridges. Relative Humidity is odd. Why does the RAWS on the ridge show spikes in RH on some nights, relative to the canyon bottoms? Otherwise, the areas along the creeks (riparian) are more humid as one might expect. |