The Jefferson Project 2018 weather data from eight surface weather stations on Lake George, NY, USA.

The Jefferson Project at Lake George -- a partnership between Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, IBM Research, and Lake George Association -- combines Internet of Things technology and powerful analytics with science to create a new model for environmental monitoring and prediction. The project is building a computing platform that captures and analyzes data from a network of sensors tracking water quality and movement. These sensor data are combined with other monitoring and experimental data to create a thorough understanding of the factors that drive the lake's food web, hydrology, and water quality. More information about The Jefferson Project is available at In 2018, The Jefferson Project had six weather monitoring stations around the lake collecting data on precipitation, temperature, wind, and air quality. These stations are WX_CedarLane, WX_DFWI, WX_PilotKnob, WX_GullRock, WX_MossyPoint, and WX_WhaleRock. Weather data from two vertical profiler sites, VP_AnthonysNose and VP_TeaIsland, are also included in this dataset. The stations have a sensor payload that include some combination of the following sensors: Rotronic HC2-S3 sensor, Campbell Scientific CS616 soil moisture sensor, Li-Cor LI-200R pyranometers, RM Young 85006 anemometer, Vaisala Weather Transmitter WXT series (520 & 530 models), HyQuest TB3 tipping bucket rain gauge, N-Con wet deposition sampler. The sensors collect data at high-frequency (~1 sample per minute) and the data is transferred in near real-time to off-site databases for monitoring and review by Jefferson Project researchers. Data provided is level 4 data which has undergone data correction and downsampling to an hourly frequency.