[SGVHAK] What is this?

[Braddock]

Do cities regularly install weather stations?  What for?  And two on one 
block?

I'm very curious.

-braddock


On 03/24/2013 03:44 PM, Claude Felizardo wrote:
> Yuppers.  Definitely looks like a wind speed sensor, possibly a rain 
> gauge on top and a ventilated temp and/or humidity sensor.  Surprised 
> that there isn't a wind direction sensor.
>
> They could be monitoring for other stuff.  Air pollution but then they 
> usually need easy access to a particulate filter fairly often.
>
>
> On Mar 24, 2013, at 2:32 PM, James McDuffie <mcduffie at pitfall.org 
> <mailto:mcduffie at pitfall.org>> wrote:
>
>> Looks very much like a weather station.
>>
>> braddock at braddock.com <mailto:braddock at braddock.com> wrote:
>>
>>     There are two of these things mounted on poles one block apart on
>>     Mission and Fair Oaks in South Pasadena.
>>
>>     What are they? Is the city running some kind of weather station?
>>

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