The páramo is a broad grassland that stores rainwater for people of Cuenca, Ecuador. Weather records only date back to 2013, so it is difficult to know whether perceived changes in rainfall are a threat to this region. Most weather and climate models inadequately capture patterns of atmospheric circulation. In this talk, I share my experiences to interpret weather observations from a new network of stations positioned along an altitudinal gradient from the city of Cuenca to the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve of El Cajas National Park. We measured lapse rates in this region to improve mapping of temperatures. Additional work has examined evaporation rates in the páramo and made attempts to use the Weather Research and Forecasting Model to understand observed rainfall patterns.