Buffalo High School Weather Station

Did you know that the Dallas County R-I School District has its own weather station?  The weather station is part of the "Weather Bug" network and data from the station is available on the internet.  The school district purchased the system a few years back because of a lightening strike that happened on the Buffalo High School campus on Halloween Day 2010 where a few students were injured.  The weather station has a lighting detection system that sets off an alert when lightening is in the area.  When the alert goes off, we lock down campuses and keep students and staff indoors until the weather clears.  Many time lightening is in the area and you can't tell unless you have a system like this.  It is similar to equipment used on many golf courses.  On the internet link to the station you can see live weather data from Buffalo and you can even look at weather data for anytime in the past year.   Visit our weather station stream on the internet by clicking here .   A link can also be found at the top of the school district website.