Weather system upgraded; calibrated

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On Wednesday, May 16 the Flandreau Mesonet weather station received upgrades and annual calibrations. The station monitors provide climate and water resource monitoring for the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe. The station work was done by the Natural Resources Office’s Brownfield Coordinator Elizabeth Wakeman and South Dakota State University’s Mesonet Director Nathan Edwards. The station reports temperature, humidity, wind, rain, pressure, sunshine, soil temperature and soil moisture. The upgrades installed include a sensor for improved temperature and humidity readings. The weather station was originally installed by Wakeman in 2007. She teamed up with the university to make the data available live on the web. It can be found at: mesonet.sdstate.edu/Flandreau