Hikvision DarkFighter cameras ensure Meteo Regione Lazio’s weather stations receive HD, full-colour images

Thousands of businesses and individuals in the Lazio region of Italy log on to Meteo Regione Lazio online and on social networks daily, for a real-time view of local weather conditions.

To give them crystal-clear, full-colour, HD video images of the weather, even at night, the company has deployed the latest generation of Hikvision DarkFighter cameras across its network of 373 weather stations.

Real-time visibility of fast-changing weather conditions

Individuals, companies, and entire industries made critical decisions based on the weather forecast, whether these related to events planning, planting and harvesting schedules, logistics operations, travel bookings, or any other aspect of life or business.

Additionally, monitoring and understanding changes in climatic conditions over time is critical for informing local and global ‘green’ legislation, aimed at reducing the pace and impact of climate change.

Meteo Regione Lazio

Established in 2014, Meteo Regione Lazio constantly updates its technology infrastructure

To provide the detailed weather and climate data that individuals and organisations need, meteorological research and discovery firm, Meteo Regione Lazio operates 373 weather stations in Lazio, Italy. These facilities are equipped with sensors that detect various weather and environmental conditions, as well as cameras that share video images of local weather conditions, with the company's followers online.

Established in 2014, Meteo Regione Lazio constantly updates its technology infrastructure, in order to optimise the accuracy of its weather updates, and to provide the best experience for followers accessing weather data and video image feeds.

Need for latest-generation CCTV cameras

As part of this strategy, the organisation wanted to equip all of its weather stations in Lazio, Italy, with latest-generation CCTV cameras that could provide crystal clear, high-definition, colour video images of the weather, even in extremely low-light conditions.

Gabriele Serafini, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Meteo Regione Lazio, said “To provide the best video images, 24 hours a day, our weather-station cameras need to be highly robust, resistant to any attempts at vandalism, and able to continue functioning even during adverse weather events, such as high winds and heavy rain. When choosing new cameras, we had to make sure that all these important boxes were ticked.”

Hikvision DarkFighter cameras installed at weather stations

After an in-depth assessment of available solutions, Meteo Regione Lazio chose to deploy Hikvision ‘DarkFighter’ CCTV cameras, at its 373 Lazio weather stations. These cameras use large-aperture lenses to maximise natural light, supporting high-definition (8mp), full-colour video imaging, even at night.

In line with Meteo Regione Lazio’s requirements for vandalism resistance, the Hikvision cameras are reinforced and designed to be vandal proof. In addition to protecting the cameras from damage, the DarkFighter cameras are also water and dust resistant.

Fully functional cameras in bad weather conditions

The Hikvision DarkFighter cameras will continue functioning even in the worst weather

The Hikvision DarkFighter cameras will continue functioning even in the worst weather, making them ideal for Meteo Regione’s weather stations.

The 373 Hikvision cameras, which were sourced from local Hikvision distributor - Italtec, were easy to deploy at the weather stations and come with plug-and-play features for connecting to the company’s network and FTP servers, which post video images to followers online. 

Full-colour view of weather across the region

With the latest-generation Hikvision cameras installed at all 373 of its weather stations in the Lazio region, Meteo Regione Lazio can take high-definition, full-colour video images and share them with its followers, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The cameras also allow the organisation to analyse weather conditions across the region, on an ongoing basis, in order to provide invaluable data for researchers and policy makers.

Gabriele Serafini adds, “When we saw the quality of the Hikvision images, we decided to renew our camera fleet across the region, to provide our followers with professional quality video content.”