Units & language
Choose metric or imperial readings and one of four languages for your public site.
Your public site can show readings in metric or imperial units and speak one of four languages. Both settings live on your site's Settings page, under Localization, and apply to your live site as soon as you save.
Units
Pick the unit system used for everything on your public site:
| System | Temperature | Wind | Pressure | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metric | °C | km/h | hPa | mm |
| Imperial | °F | mph | inHg | in |
The choice applies everywhere: the overview tiles, charts, records, the forecast, the almanac and the monthly summary email. A few things worth knowing:
- Alert thresholds follow your units. When you set up email alerts, you enter thresholds in your site's units, and alert emails use them too.
- CSV exports include both systems. Your data exports carry each reading in metric and imperial columns, so switching later never loses anything.
- Particulates stay metric. Air-quality readings (PM1, PM2.5, PM10) are always in µg/m³, the international standard, in both systems.
US stations default to imperial
When you first connect a station located in the United States (or a US territory), your site starts in imperial automatically; everywhere else starts in metric. This happens only on the first connect and never overrides a choice you've made yourself — you can switch systems at any time.
Language
Your public site can be shown in:
- English
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Français (French)
- Deutsch (German)
Every visitor-facing label is translated: tabs, tiles, charts, the forecast, warnings, the almanac and the cookie-consent banner. Dates and times are formatted the way that language expects (for example, Dutch sites show day-month dates and a 24-hour clock).
What stays in English
The language setting covers your public weather site. Your dashboard and the emails Pro Weather sends you are in English.
All four languages are included on the Pro plan and during your free trial.
Time zone
There's nothing to configure: your site's clock follows your station's time zone, discovered automatically from WeatherLink when you connect. Daily rain totals, the almanac's days, and sunrise/sunset all use station-local time, so a rainy evening never spills into the wrong day.
Next steps
- Set up email alerts with thresholds in your units
- Customize the appearance
- History, records & the almanac