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A climatological station was first established
on Lord Howe Island over one hundred years ago. Rainfall readings
commenced in 1886 and the recordings of climatological data began
the following year. These observations were recorded by a succession
of local residents until 1935. The Bureau established an office on
the island in 1939. The original site was in a building near the Flying
Boat Base, now the Information Office. In November 1954 the office
was moved to a better observing site adjacent to Middle Beach on the
eastern side of the island. The need to collect more accurate data
for aircraft using the island's airstrip led to the relocation of
the station to its present position on the 18th November 1988.
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1954 Radar installed 277F
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1985 Radar upgraded to WF100-5C
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1988 Pluviograph installed to measure rainfall
intensity
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1988 New station opened
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1988 Automatic Weather Station installed (Micromac)
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1988 Cloud Base Searchlight installed
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1988 Station No 200440 closed in November 1988.
New station 200839 opened concurrently with closure of former site.
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1994 AWS installed in Site No 200839
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1996 A second wind-only AWS anemometer installed
at south western end of airstrip
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2001 Synoptic observations time changed from 0930
local then every three hours to 0900 local etc. Observations were
taken half an hour later to match eastern standard time.
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2003 Communications upgraded
