Washington State University’s AgWeatherNet is a state-of-the-art automated weather data collection and decision support system. It provides a Web-based suite of weather data and decision-support tools designed to help producers, consultants, irrigation managers, and others in agribusiness. AgWeatherNet, one of the biggest public weather systems in the nation, has a network of 137 weather stations located throughout Washington. Most are located in the irrigated regions of eastern Washington, but the network has expanded significantly in recent years in western Washington and dryland regions of the state. AgWeatherNet’s meteorologists pore over incoming data looking for signs of cold snaps, heat waves, […]