PWS - Personal Weather Stations
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About Personal Weather Stations
The Personal Weather Station (PWS) project allows anyone to purchase a low cost automated weather station and contribute the conditions to our website. We have thousands of stations in our world-wide network and the project is still growing!
In weather forecast search results, we display the closest weather station to the city for which you are searching using our Fast Forecast feature.
Placing Your Weather Station to Report Accurate Readings
Software Configuration
Now that you have an ID and password you need to type them into your weather station software. Make sure you enter the ID in all capitals, and the password exactly as you chose it, both fields are case sensitive.
Make sure that the software you are using supports this feature. Even if you already have a supported package, make sure that you have a new enough version that supports this feature.
Detailed Instructions:
Frequently Asked Questions
Why isn't my data appearing on the forecast page?
It takes about 1 day for our database to update all of our web servers and place your station on your local forecast page. Also, if we don't have current data from your station, then we will remove it automatically from the list until we get the next update. Also, make sure you have correctly entered your ID in all capitals. The password is case sensitive too.
Weather Underground Related Pages
For more information about Personal Weather Stations and to learn how to join our network, please visit the following pages:
- Personal Weather Stations Home Page
- Add & Modify My Personal Weather Stations
- Personal Weather Stations Google Map
- View All Contributing Weather Stations
Weather Station Upload Protocol
For information on the Weather Station and Rapid Fire Upload protocol:
Rapid Fire Updates
For information on how to enable Rapid Fire Updates. Rapid Fire Updates enable your weather station to send observations every few seconds! There is a free flash widget that displays the weather observations as they update: http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=KCASANFR14
Other Website Resources
- Citizen Weather Observer Program (CWOP)
- Weather Station Siting, Performance, and Data Quality Guide (Adobe Acrobat Required)
- Personal Weather Station Listserv (Email Group)
- Independent Assessment of Weather Station Hardware and Software (Gary Oldham's WeatherForum)
