2023 BYU Weather Station - Precipitation, Temperature

The David James Memorial Weather Station is a few blocks south of the Life Sciences Building at Brigham Young University. From the Geography website: \"Dr. David James graduated from BYU with a Master’s Degree in Science where he later taught Geography. He also taught Earth Science at Eisenhower Jr High and Pleasant Grove Jr High. He was a beloved teacher and influenced many lives for good. He also served an LDS Spanish speaking mission in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. James was a dedicated teacher in the BYU Geography Department and in 1985 established a cooperative NWS weather station on campus. Numerous students were trained by him to take the measurements over the past 30 years, and daily observations continue today. Over the course of thirty years, between 1983 and 2012, Dr. James contributed extensive information to multiple publications about Utah’s weather and climate; and he reported on numerous weather events that were used by Utah newspapers and radio and television stations.\" The observations taken include precipitation, temperature, and in the summer months, evaporation. Such data is vital to understanding the changing climate of Utah.

大卫·詹姆斯纪念气象站（David James Memorial Weather Station）坐落于杨百翰大学（Brigham Young University）生命科学大楼以南数个街区处。据该校地理系官网信息："大卫·詹姆斯博士毕业于杨百翰大学并获得理学硕士学位，此后留校教授地理学，还曾在艾森豪威尔初中与普莱森特格罗夫初中讲授地球科学。他是一位深受爱戴的教师，以善举影响了无数人的人生。他曾在伊利诺伊州芝加哥执行耶稣基督后期圣徒教会（LDS）的西班牙语传教任务。詹姆斯博士是杨百翰大学地理系的敬业教师，于1985年在校内设立了合作型国家气象局（National Weather Service, NWS）气象站。三十余年来，他培养了众多学生开展气象观测工作，该日常观测项目至今仍在持续。在1983年至2012年的30年间，詹姆斯博士为多部关于犹他州天气与气候的学术出版物提供了大量详实数据，并报道了诸多天气事件，相关内容被犹他州多家报纸、广播及电视台采用。"该站采集的观测数据涵盖降水量、气温，夏季时段还包括蒸发量。此类数据对于解析犹他州不断变化的气候特征至关重要。