Agricultural Weather Stations：Essential Tools for Mitigating Weather - related Risks

“Suddenly, a cold gale arrives overnight, affecting thousands of acres of farmland.” During agricultural production, extreme weather events like strong winds and temperature drops are like unexpected nightmares. They always catch farmers off - guard, causing immeasurable losses.

Vegetable greenhouses are left teetering in strong winds. The greenhouse films are damaged, and the crops are frozen and damaged, leading directly to a decline in yields. Some open - field crops, such as rapeseed and Chinese cabbage, are also affected in their growth by low temperatures, with some suffering from frostbite or even freezing to death.

Facing the frequent occurrence of extreme weather, Orchard A installed a set of Agricultural Weather Stations equipped with high - precision sensors. These stations can monitor key meteorological elements such as temperature, humidity, wind speed, and wind direction in real - time and with great accuracy. When the system detects approaching strong winds and temperature drops, it issues early warnings. Based on these warnings, orchard managers can take timely protective measures, such as wrapping fruit trees with cold - proof cloth and strengthening the greenhouses, to prevent damage to the fruit trees and greenhouses. Compared with traditional weather forecasts, Agricultural Weather Stations are installed right in the fields. They can detect changes in the micro - climate of farmland immediately, providing farmers with more targeted and up - to - date meteorological information.

Agricultural Weather Stations strictly adhere to the international observational standards of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). They integrate the three core functions of data collection, storage, and transmission to build an all - weather environmental perception network. The system is equipped with a high - precision sensing array and supports the simultaneous monitoring of more than ten meteorological parameters, including atmospheric temperature and humidity (-40~80℃/0~100%RH), soil moisture (moisture content and temperature), precipitation intensity (0~4mm/min), three - dimensional wind field (wind speed 0~70m/s/16 - direction azimuth), air pressure (300 - 1100mbar), solar radiation (0~157286Lux), and photosynthetically active radiation.

The system adopts a “trinity” modular architecture:

- Sensing layer: An industrial - grade protected sensor group (IP56 protection level) supports RS485/Modbus protocol expansion. Special sensors such as CO₂ sensors, ultraviolet sensors, and soil pH sensors can be flexibly selected.

- Control layer: The intelligent data collection terminal has built - in storage space and is compatible with USB flash drive expansion. It is equipped with a 7 - inch industrial touch screen for real - time data display and historical record retrieval (supporting Chinese and English interfaces).

- Application layer: The professional meteorological analysis software features data visualization (line charts, etc.), abnormal alarm (push via SMS/LED screen), trend prediction, and report generation functions.

Agricultural Weather Stations can achieve multi - station linkage and build a regional meteorological monitoring network. Through data sharing and collaborative analysis among multiple stations, comprehensive monitoring and management of large - scale farmland are realized. In large - scale farms or agricultural production areas, a multi - station linkage meteorological monitoring network can provide more comprehensive and accurate meteorological information, offering strong support for agricultural production decision - making.