Hopes new weather stations for Canberra’s wine region will reduce disease

Canberra’s winemakers are hoping new weather stations will provide more reliable data for the region. Two weather stations costing $10,000 each have been installed just outside Canberra, one at Four Winds Vineyard in Murrumbateman, and another at Brindabella Hills near Hall. They are capable of measuring basic conditions, such as rainfall, humidity and wind speed, along with agricultural conditions such as leaf wetness and soil temperature.