About This Station
The station is powered by a Davis Instruments Vantage Pro weather station. The data is collected every 5 seconds and the site is updated every 5 minutes. This site and its data is collected using Weather-Display Software. The station is comprised of an anemometer, a rain gauge and a thermo-hydro sensor situated in optimal positions for highest accuracy possible.
About St Giles Hill Weather Station
St. Giles Hill is located on the east side of Winchester in the south of the UK. Winchester was an important English town from the Anglo-Saxon period into the Middle Ages. The city was importance as the seat of the Anglo-Saxon monarchs of the kingdom of Wessex, such as King Alfred. The cities achived it's pinnicle in the 10th and 11th centuries as the economic centre of England and as a centre of government, the treasury and a royal residency.
The hill forms a promiant topographic feature between the town centre and the M3 motorway. The western slope of the hill has stunning views of King Alfred's statue, The Cathederal and the city main street.
The western slope has views of St Catherines Hill. The hill forms a topographic extension of Magdalen Hill Down to the north. In the middle ages St Giles Hill was site of St Giles Fair, one of the larges in Europe at the time.
The weather station equipment is located on a slight northerly slope. In the garden of a private dwelling.
About This Website
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