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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.
Sensor calibration, an editor for stored history, NOAA-style climate reports, 28 all-time records, more than forty alarms with webhooks, eight AQI standards, a snow diary, a public JSON API and an RSS feed. All live now.
Read morePro Weather now 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 moreWhat a personal weather station website really costs in 2026. Verified prices for Pro Weather, Weathercloud, AWEKAS Stationsweb, Weatherstage, WeatherLink Pro, and self-hosting, plus three-year totals.
Read moreEvery 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 moreFour ways to get an Ecowitt station onto the web, from the free ecowitt.net dashboard to a website on your own domain, and what the Customized upload actually does.
Read moreEvery consumer weather station can go online, but they get there by one of only three routes. This guide identifies which route your hardware uses, then walks through the four destinations your data can land on.
Read moreEvery number your weather station reports, explained in plain language: dew point, pressure trends, gusts, wind roses, rain tips, UV, AQI, and what to actually watch.
Read moreVantage Vue vs Vantage Pro2, compared honestly: price, expandability, siting, and which Davis station actually fits your garden and budget.
Read moreDew 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: the rain gauge drip test with exact math, the salt test for humidity, and when to leave a healthy Davis sensor alone.
Read morePredict 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 moreUpload weather station data to Weather Underground and CWOP straight from WeatherLink: station IDs, setup steps, and the mistakes that keep stations offline.
Read moreWhat rising or falling barometric pressure means: trend thresholds, the storm signals forecasters use, and how to read your own pressure chart.
Read moreA seasonal weather station maintenance checklist: cleaning the rain gauge, radiation shield care, battery checks, and how to spot a failing sensor.
Read moreWhere 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 moreIs a WeatherLink Pro subscription worth it? A plain look at Basic vs Pro vs Pro+: pricing, historic data, upload intervals, and how to keep your history without paying.
Read moreWeatherLink Live vs Console vs data logger: how the three Davis upload options compare on price, display, local API, and offline behavior.
Read moreIs 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 moreSustained 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 moreA head-to-head comparison of Pro Weather and CumulusMX for putting your Davis weather station online, covering effort, control, hosting, and data retention.
Read moreHow the fully hosted Pro Weather experience compares with self-hosting WeeWX for your Davis weather station, from reliability to cost to your time.
Read moreEvery Davis weather station owner gets a free WeatherLink.com page. Here is how a Pro Weather site compares, and when it can replace a paid WeatherLink Pro subscription outright.
Read moreHow to choose weather website hosting in 2026: free community networks, traditional web hosts, static hosting, and fully managed weather site builders.
Read moreYou 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 moreA 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 moreThree ways to show live weather from your personal station on another website or blog, from a direct link to a full-page iframe or custom API integration.
Read moreGet notified when your weather station hits key thresholds, from extreme temperatures and high wind gusts to heavy rain and poor air quality.
Read moreRunning 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 moreThe free WeatherLink dashboard has a fixed layout, a weatherlink.com address, and no wind rose. Here is how to turn your Davis data into a customizable website with permanent history instead.
Read moreIf you are looking for a Weather Underground alternative for your personal weather station, here are the best options in 2026, from free networks to your own hosted website.
Read moreWeather 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 moreA 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 moreCumulusMX and WeeWX are free, but running your own weather server has hidden costs - hardware, electricity, hosting, and hours of your time.
Read moreThe best weather station software for a personal website in 2026: CumulusMX, WeeWX, Weather Display, WeatherLink, and the easiest fully hosted route.
Read moreA 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 moreFive 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, in plain language - temperature, humidity, wind, rain, pressure, solar, and air quality explained.
Read moreA 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 moreTwo 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 moreThe 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 morePutting 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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