For instance, the neighborhood rainfall amounts shown on television weather reports are derived from calculations made on radar data, not from the actual collection and measurement of rainwater. They may not even be directly measured at all.

Most media-reported, online, and smartphone 'app' figures for neighborhood weather are averaged or interpolated from more-distant weather stations, typically at airports. It provides public 'near real-time' weather information that is actually measured in Haverford Township. The Haverford Weather Station is part of the environmental component of the Center and its activities. The information box to the left summarizes the general conditions currently reported by this station. The Haverford Township Department of Parks and Recreation operates a 'research grade' weather monitoring station just outside its Community Recreation and Environmental Center (CREC) building, in Andy Lewis Community Park at Haverford Reserve. The Haverford Weather Station (right), next to the Recreation and Environmental Center (left)

Haverford township recreation center