Australian couple seek weather station to preserve 63-year rainfall record as they travel

For more than six decades, Ernie and Merrillyn Cole have made looking at the skies part of their daily routine.

From their home in Victoria's Mitta Mitta Valley, the Australian couple have diligently monitored local weather conditions, preserving a record that has become an important resource for the region.

At 86 and 82, they want to pass the baton to technology so they can travel and continue their incredible weather recording legacy.As reported by ABC News and Lifestyle News, the couple are appealing to Australia's Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) to install an automatic weather station at their property, replacing the manual observations they have maintained since 1963.A family routine that became a lifelong commitmentThe Coles arrived in the Mitta Mitta Valley in north-east Victoria in 1963, when Ernie was employed as a forestry officer with the state government.