AgroExact plans major expansion of weather network

They are now everywhere in the Netherlands: the AgroExact weather stations. With more than four hundred measurement locations, AgroExact owns the largest measurement network in the Netherlands under its own management. "But we see from our measurements that precipitation can still vary greatly at shorter distances. We are therefore scaling up to the next phase," says co-founder and meteorologist Niek van Andel.

With the shorter distances, Van Andel refers to the distances between the weather stations. "Everywhere there is a weather station within 10 kilometers, in arable areas within 5 kilometers. Those are the distances at which wind, temperature and humidity at a height of 1,5 meters are practically always the same. But precipitation is not." That conclusion is not exactly new: "Everyone has an example that there were puddles on the field in one place and the other place remained almost dry. We can substantiate this with figures."

AgroExact is therefore launching the following campaign: everyone who subscribes to our agricultural weather app will receive an automatic rain gauge on loan free of charge. The temperature, humidity and wind are supplemented by the nearest weather station in the network. Just like with the weather stations, we continuously check the measurements. If we have any doubts, we can filter them immediately. This way, a user always has correct measurements, without hassle with hardware. In the unlikely event that a malfunction occurs, we will provide a new one at no extra cost.

But why not continue working with your own rain glasses? "Properly set up rain glasses basically do the same thing: measure precipitation. On the other hand, things often go wrong; who has their rain glasses free from trees or buildings, always level and structurally empties them every day and puts all rain glasses at exactly the same height If you don't do this consistently, the differences in measurements can be up to 40%. With our automatic rain gauges including placement help, we ensure that we measure everywhere in the right, correct way and continue to measure."

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