Located in North Cape, Prince Edward Island on Canada's east coast, we're ideally situated for wind study with 300
degree exposure to the water, average wind speeds of 8.2 m / s at 50 m, and numerous icing events per year.
These stem from a diversity of site - specific conditions, including, but not limited
to: local vegetation; presence of building structures and contributions made by such structures involving energy use, heating and air conditioning, etc;
exposure to winds, the wind velocities determined by climatic factors and also whether certain wind directions are more favored than others by terrain or the presence or absence thereof
to bodies of
water; proximity
to grass, asphalt, concrete or other material surfaces; the physical conditions of the CRS itself which include: the exact location of the temperature sensors within it, the
degree of unimpeded flow of external air through the CRS, the character of the paint used; the exact height of the instrument above the external surface (noting that when the ground is covered by 3 feet of snow, the temperature instrument is about 60 % closer
to, or less than 2 feet, above an excellent radiating surface, much closer than it would be under snow - free conditions).