This website is automatically updated in real time (about every 2 seconds) with weather observations from a Davis Vantage Pro 2 Plus personal weather station located in Acton, MA. Weather data is received by the Davis Console and weewx connects to a Davis WeatherlinkIP module to get archive data and the live website feeds. The weather station provides the following readings:
- Temperature
- Humidity
- Wind speed
- Wind direction
- Rainfall
- UV
- Solar radiation
- Barometric Pressure
- 10-cm Soil Temperature
- 10-cm Soil Moisture
The rest of the observations on this website are done via software calculations and quality control checks to make sure the data are valid.
Software used:
- weewx weather station software
- HighCharts for the various charts on the website
- The Belchertown skin theme built for weewx
- MQTT as the broker for instant data transfer from weather station to website