More school joining the "Community Weather Information Network"

16 June 2015

The number of members of "Community Weather Information Network" (Co-WIN) continues to increase. Up to 16 June 2015, there are totally 148 members. The new member of Co-WIN is:

(a) Buddhist Chan Wing Kan Memorial School Yuen Long District) (code 148)

The Co-WIN is a collaborative effort of the Hong Kong Observatory, and the Department of Applied Physics of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The aim is to gather weather information collected by weather stations in schools and organizations, and make it available on the internet for use by the public after carrying out appropriate data quality assurance.

Members of the public can access the network's website of "Community Weather Information Network" (http://weather.ap.polyu.edu.hk/index.php). (The website has also been linked to the Observatory's homepage at http://www.weather.gov.hk/contente.htm).

All schools and educational organizations are welcome to join the network. For enquiries, please contact:

(Note: This map shows the locations of members in Hong Kong.)