How to Host a WeeWX Weather Station Website
Choose between serving WeeWX reports yourself, uploading them to a web host, or using WeeWX to feed a managed weather website.
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Everything about owning a Davis WeatherLink station: putting it online on your own domain, siting and calibrating your sensors, self-hosting alternatives like WeeWX and CumulusMX, and making sense of your weather data.
Davis AirLink: What It Measures and How to Put It Online
What the Davis AirLink measures (PM1, PM2.5, PM10), why it often appears as its own station, and how to show it on your site in any of eight AQI standards.
Read moreDavis vs Ecowitt: Which Weather Station to Buy in 2026
Davis or Ecowitt in 2026? Sensor quality and a decade-long service life against low prices and a huge accessory catalogue, plus how each one gets online.
Read morePro Weather vs AWEKAS Stationsweb: A European Comparison
How AWEKAS Stationsweb compares with Pro Weather for European station owners: licence vs subscription pricing, domains, languages, warnings and history.
Read morePro Weather vs Weathercloud: Per-Site vs Per-Device
Weathercloud bills per device and gives your station a profile page. Pro Weather bills per site and gives it a website on your own domain. The real comparison.
Read morePro Weather vs Weatherstage: Free Tier vs Forever Archive
Weatherstage has a real free tier; Pro Weather keeps your history forever. How the two hosted weather website services compare on price, history and features.
Read moreWhat's New in Pro Weather: August 2026
Calibration, a data editor, NOAA-style climate reports, 28 all-time records, 42 alarms with webhooks, eight AQI standards, a JSON API and RSS. All live now.
Read moreImport Your WeeWX History Into Pro Weather
Pro Weather imports your WeeWX archive: years of records, parsed from weewx.sdb in your browser, in every weewx unit system, safe to re-run, nothing uploaded.
Read moreWeather Website Pricing in 2026: Pro Weather vs Alternatives
What a weather station website really costs in 2026: verified prices for Pro Weather, Weathercloud, AWEKAS, Weatherstage, WeatherLink Pro and self-hosting.
Read moreEcowitt Customized Upload: A Complete Setup Walkthrough
Every field in the Ecowitt Customized upload screen explained, with the exact values, the 64-character limit that breaks setups, and how to tell it is working.
Read moreHow to Put an Ecowitt Weather Station Online (2026 Guide)
Four ways to get an Ecowitt station onto the web, from the free ecowitt.net dashboard to a site on your own domain, and what the Customized upload does.
Read morePut Any Weather Station Online: The Complete 2026 Guide
Every consumer weather station can go online by one of three routes. Find which route your hardware takes, then pick from the four places your data can land.
Read moreWeather Station Data Explained: A Practical Glossary
Every number your weather station reports, explained in plain language: dew point, pressure trends, gusts, wind roses, rain tips, UV, AQI, and what to watch.
Read moreDavis Vantage Vue vs Vantage Pro2: Which to Buy in 2026
Vantage Vue vs Vantage Pro2, compared honestly: price, expandability, siting, and which Davis station actually fits your garden and budget.
Read moreDew Point vs Humidity: Which Should You Watch?
Dew point vs humidity explained: why dew point is the number that actually tells you how muggy, foggy, or frosty it is going to feel.
Read moreHow to Calibrate a Weather Station: Rain, Temp, Humidity
How to calibrate a weather station: the rain gauge drip test with exact math, the salt test for humidity, and when to leave a healthy Davis sensor alone.
Read moreHow to Predict Frost with Your Own Weather Station
Predict frost with your own weather station: the dew point, sky and wind readings that signal a freezing morning, plus how to set a frost alert.
Read moreHow to Send Station Data to Weather Underground and CWOP
Upload weather station data to Weather Underground and CWOP from WeatherLink: station IDs, setup steps, and the mistakes that keep stations offline.
Read moreRising or Falling Barometric Pressure: What It Means
What rising or falling barometric pressure means: trend thresholds, the storm signals forecasters use, and how to read your own pressure chart.
Read moreWeather Station Maintenance: A Seasonal Checklist
A seasonal weather station maintenance checklist: cleaning the rain gauge, radiation shield care, battery checks, and how to spot a failing sensor.
Read moreWeather Station Siting: Where to Mount It for Accurate Data
Where you mount a weather station matters more than what it cost. Per-sensor placement heights, the 4x obstacle rule, and the mistakes that ruin data.
Read moreWeatherLink Basic vs Pro vs Pro+: What's Free in 2026?
Is WeatherLink Pro worth it? Basic vs Pro vs Pro+ in plain terms: pricing, historic data, upload intervals, and how to keep your history without paying.
Read moreWeatherLink Live vs Console vs Data Logger: Davis Options
WeatherLink Live vs Console vs data logger: how the three Davis upload options compare on price, display, local API, and offline behavior.
Read moreWhy Your Weather Station Reads Hotter Than the Airport
Is your weather station temperature too high compared to the airport? It is usually siting, not a broken sensor. How to diagnose and fix radiation error.
Read moreWind Gust vs Sustained Wind: What's the Difference?
Sustained wind is an average; a gust is a brief peak. Learn why forecasts quote both and why your anemometer reads lower than the forecast.
Read morePro Weather vs CumulusMX: Which Is Right for You?
A head-to-head comparison of Pro Weather and CumulusMX for putting your Davis weather station online, covering effort, control, hosting, and data retention.
Read morePro Weather vs WeeWX: Cloud vs Self-Hosted
How the fully hosted Pro Weather experience compares with self-hosting WeeWX for your Davis weather station, from reliability to cost to your time.
Read moreWeatherLink.com vs Pro Weather: Free vs Pro
Every Davis owner gets a free WeatherLink.com page. How a Pro Weather site compares, and when it can replace a paid WeatherLink Pro subscription outright.
Read moreBest Weather Website Hosting Platforms for 2026
How to choose weather website hosting in 2026: free community networks, traditional web hosts, static hosting, and fully managed weather site builders.
Read moreHow to Create a Custom Weather Website Without Any Coding
You do not need to know HTML, CSS, or JavaScript to build a professional weather website for your Davis station. Here is how to do it in minutes.
Read moreHost Your Davis Weather Station on Your Own Domain
A step-by-step guide to putting your Davis weather station on a custom domain with automatic SSL, whether you self-host or use a managed service.
Read moreHow to Embed Live Weather Data on Your Website or Blog
Embed live weather data on any website or blog: a copy-paste widget iframe in three sizes, a badge image for forums and READMEs, and four ready-made snippets.
Read moreSet Up Weather Alerts on Your Home Weather Station
Set up weather alerts on your home station: 42 conditions across thresholds, rate-of-change and events, delivered by email or a signed webhook.
Read more5 Reasons Self-Hosted Weather Software Is a Pain
Running CumulusMX or WeeWX on a Raspberry Pi sounds fun until your SD card corrupts, your FTP stops working, or your history vanishes. Here is a better way.
Read moreWeatherLink Alternative for Davis Owners: Your Options in 2026
A WeatherLink alternative does not mean leaving Davis. Compare the fixed WeatherLink page, self-hosting CumulusMX or WeeWX, and a hosted website for your station.
Read moreWeather Underground Alternatives for 2026
Looking for a Weather Underground alternative for your personal weather station? The best options in 2026, from free networks to your own hosted website.
Read moreWhy Your Weather Station Needs Automatic Data Backup
Weather data is irreplaceable. Here is why relying on a single SD card or the WeatherLink free plan is risky, and how to ensure your history stays safe.
Read moreCumulusMX vs WeeWX: Which Should You Use?
A practical comparison of CumulusMX and WeeWX, the two most popular free weather station programs, plus when it makes sense to skip the server entirely.
Read moreThe Hidden Costs of Running Your Own Weather Server
CumulusMX and WeeWX are free, but running your own weather server has hidden costs - hardware, electricity, hosting, and hours of your time.
Read moreBest Weather Station Software for a Personal Website (2026)
The best weather station software for a personal website in 2026: CumulusMX, WeeWX, Weather Display, WeatherLink, and the easiest fully hosted route.
Read moreWhat Is a Wind Rose and How to Read One
A wind rose is one of the most informative charts in meteorology. Here is how to read it and what it tells you about your local wind patterns.
Read moreHow to Put Your Davis Weather Station Online (2026 Guide)
Five realistic ways to put your Davis weather station online in 2026, from the free WeatherLink portal to a fully hosted site that just works.
Read moreHow Weather Station Sensors Work: Temp, Wind, Rain & More
How weather station sensors work, in plain language - temperature, humidity, wind, rain, pressure, solar, and air quality explained.
Read moreHow to Get Your WeatherLink API Key (Step by Step)
A simple, step-by-step guide to generating a free WeatherLink v2 API key and secret so you can connect your Davis station to apps like Pro Weather.
Read moreUnderstanding Air Quality Index: AQI vs EAQI
Two different standards for reporting air quality, one sensor reading. Here is how the US EPA AQI and European EAQI compare, and which one you should use.
Read moreHow Do Weather Stations Measure Rainfall?
The tipping bucket mechanism inside your rain gauge is simple and reliable. Here is how it works, what affects its accuracy, and how to maintain it.
Read moreWhy I Built Pro Weather Instead of Running WeeWX
Putting a Davis station online meant FTP uploads, Raspberry Pis, and history that vanished. So I built a hosted weather site that just works.
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