CWOP Quality Checked

Data Quality

Member CW2692 of the Citizen Weather Observer Program (CWOP).

The positioning and calibration of the weather station sensors has been carefully considered to maximize accuracy of the readings. We use CWOP to help make sure our data is accurate.

The following is data reported to CWOP for BemidjiWx.com (CW2692 in blue) with the predicted data based on surrounding stations (CW2692 Analysis in red). Also included is the reported data for the National Weather Service meteorological station at Bemidji Regional Airport (KBJI in purple). Bemidji Regional Airport is the weather most often quoted by news and Internet sources for the Bemidji area. It is about 11.4 statute miles from BemidjiWx.com.

Barometric Pressure

Temperature

Dew Point

Relative Humidity

You can see BemidjiWx.com CWOP data graphs here.

You can also see how BemidjiWx.com compares with the other sites in the CWOP network. This shows the performance of all the CWOP sites with BemidjiWx.com marked specially. The target quality box is also shown.

This quality checker was developed by Philip Gladstone, CW0003.

CWOP is a private-public partnership with the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration. It's three main goals:
1) To collect weather data contributed by citizens.
2) To make this data available for weather services.
3) To provide feedback to the data contributors so that they have the tools to check and improve their data quality.

Citizen Weather Observer Program
Image caching courtesy of MCHALLIS.

Minnesota Random Weather Facts

WEATHER STATION
Weather Station - A weather station is a facility with instruments and equipment to make weather observations by monitoring atmospheric conditions to study the weather. This weather station has a thermometer for measuring temperature; barometer for measuring changes in air pressure; hygrometer for measuring humidity; anemometer for measuring wind speed and wind direction; and rain gauge for measuring precipitation.