The weather station is located outside the main Field Station building. It sits approximately 1.5 miles from the SUNY Oswego campus and the southern shoreline of Lake Ontario and approximately 3.25 miles west of the Oswego River. The current weather station is dedicated to former RCFS Director, Dr. Lucina Hernandez (2008-2013), along with her quote:
Rice Creek's weather is a vision of beauty; a gift to appreciate every day.
We use the THSW index to measure temperature. The THSW Index uses humidity, temperature wind and solar to calculate an apparent temperature that incorporates the cooling effects of wind on our perception of temperature.
We have four soil moisture sensors, ten inches under the soil, and two water temperature sensors, placed in December 2015. The water temperature sensors are labeled in the data tables as Soil Temp 1 and Soil Temp 2. The lower the reading, the higher the soil moisture content.
Below are links to Google Drives organized by year, containing weather data collected at Rice Creek Field Station. Each drive includes spreadsheets with monthly weather data for that year.
We would like to acknowledge Dr. Alfred Stamm's role in establishing the previous Rice Creek Field Station weather station, archiving the previous station data, and assisting during the installation of the current station. We also thank Dr. Steve Skubis for helping establish the real-time/current Rice Creek weather station link.
193 Thompson Road
Oswego, NY 13126
Phone: 315.312.6677
Email: [email protected]
Building Hours
Monday–Friday, 8 am–4:30 pm
Saturday, 9 am–3 pm
Trail Hours
Dawn to dusk
