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Upgrade in the forecast for weather station at 78th Street Heritage Farm

Vancouver’s been home to meteorological observations nearly 200 years

By Tom Vogt, For The Columbian
Published: March 23, 2021, 6:01am
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Annette Vary-Getty of Washington State University looks over the current tower of a weather station at the 78th Street Heritage Farm on a recent Friday morning. The tower is set to get a 21st century upgrade.
Annette Vary-Getty of Washington State University looks over the current tower of a weather station at the 78th Street Heritage Farm on a recent Friday morning. The tower is set to get a 21st century upgrade. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) Photo Gallery

Writing columns of weather data in a registry was part of a physician’s duties at Fort Vancouver in the 1830s. These days, Annette Vary-Getty walks out of her office once a week, heads across the 78th Street Heritage Farm parking lot, and downloads temperature and rainfall figures on a flash drive.

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