Station History & Awards
This page provides a brief history of our PWS and website, as well as the awards our PWS has received.
Station History
January 1981
The PWS began operating in Werribee for personal interest. It was equipped with all manual instruments and the daily data were manually recorded on paper logsheets.
May 2010
The PWS was upgraded with the installation of a La Crosse WS2355 Automatic Weather Station (AWS). Continuous data from the AWS were displayed on an indoor console and digitally stored on computer. The original manual instruments were retained as backup and check instruments.
The upgrade enabled us to begin sharing our real-time data with national and international weather exchange networks as Werribee Weather. The upgrade also marked the launch of the Werribee Weather website to display our daily weather data; our long-term climate data, including the early rainfall data converted into digital form; and a range of complementary weather products from the BoM.
2012 - 2015
The website expanded with the addition of new climate statistics, local fire danger indices, web pages devoted to weather education, the ultraviolet forecast for Melbourne, and the pollen forecast for Melbourne.
February 2017
The PWS was decommissioned and disassembled due to an impending move to Truganina. The Stevenson Screen underwent major repairs, including the fitting of a new roof, and was repainted.
April 2017
The PWS commenced operating online as Truganina Weather. A new website was launched (www.truganinaweather.com) to display our daily weather and climate data.
May 2020
The website was expanded to include past and present projects undertaken by Truganina Weather.
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Awards
Truganina Weather has received the following awards from the Weather Observations Website (WOW). WOW was launched in mid-2011 by the United Kingdom Met Office (Met Office), and has been a collaborative project between the Met Office and BoM since 2014.
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Gold Awards were also received for the years 2013 - 2016 when our PWS was located in Werribee and we operated as Werribee Weather.
- A Gold Award is presented for submitting observations on at least 350 days during the year.
- A Silver Award is presented for submitting observations on at least 330 days during the year.
- A Bronze Award is presented for submitting observations on at least 300 days during the year.
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