From the Japanese Occupation to the present, the weather station has always had rainwater catching equipment. But the water tanks have often been destroyed by heavy rains or cracked by the freezing temperatures, so they constantly needed repair.
從日據時期至今，氣象站均建有儲水設備，但儲水筒常受豪雨沖毀，或因冬季結冰崩裂，故經常整修。