Fermilab’s meteorological (met) station first became operational in 1992. Located in an open field, the station is completely solar powered and consists of a 30-foot tower (as of September 2002) to which the following instruments are attached: temperature and relative humidity sensor, tipping-bucket rain gauge, wind vane, anemometer, and pyranometer.
WGN meteorologist Tom Skilling and his production team visited Fermilab on May 4 to record weather promos by the bison and in front of Wilson Hall. The videos will be used throughout the spring and summer on WGN-TV.
The clouds above and the clouds below.
In winter 2021, ice and snow fog act as lenses to see the Fermilab campus through.
In January 2020, snow coats branches, needles and a footbridge near Wilson Hall.
On Jan. 4, bison graze on the snow-covered prairie amidst ice fog and hoarfrost dusts the trees.
After the Jan. 4 chill, the weather made for this spiky hoarfrost in the trees the Batavia, Illinois, area.
On Jan. 4, a dog stares out from under hoarfrost-laden trees on campus.
A day of ice fog on Jan. 4 caused beautiful hoarfrost to form on these trees outside the Transfer Gallery.