Google commits $5m to build 560 weather stations across Irish schools

Google.org is committing $5m to a four-year project to boost Ireland's nowcasting: 560 solar-powered weather stations in schools across all 26 counties will record conditions every minute. Half the funding goes to the AIMSIR centre at UCD, with data and code published openly.

• 560 solar-powered weather stations to be deployed in schools across all 26 Irish counties
• Stations will measure temperature, pressure, rainfall, humidity and wind every minute
• Half of the $5m goes to the AIMSIR centre at University College Dublin
• Data, station designs and code will be published openly and free to use