A new solar-powered weather monitoring station is up and running on the Batavia campus of Genesee Community College. The wireless unit is powered through solar energy stored in rechargeable batteries, which are used when conditions warrant, such as cloudy days.
The station, funded through a grant from the GCC Foundation President’s Innovation Award Program, gives more accurate weather data for the campus than was previously available from the weather station at Batavia’s School for the Blind. A recent study found that wind and temperature readings on the main campus differed substantially from those obtained at the school on Richmond Avenue, with temperature differences of 5 to 7 degrees Fahrenheit, and wind speed differentials of 7 to 16 mph logged during the summer of 2010.
Current temperature and weather conditions, as well as other information, is available to students and the public via GCC’s Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/GeneseeCommunityCollege by clicking on the “Weather @ GCC” icon.
