West End Weather, Dundee
The original Dundee West End Weatherstation was established in 2002 using a Davis Vantage Pro and collected weather data reliably (mostly) until early 2017 when it was updated with a new Davis Vantage Pro2.
The old weather site was managed by Davis Weatherlink software running on a low energy PC and Windows XP. This new site is running off a Raspberry PI and the excellent open source weewx software.
Who runs the Weather Station?
Geoff Barton established and maintains the weatherstation. He has a day job as well... The Dundee weatherstation has received some press attention over the years and data from it have been used in several local research projects about renewable energy.
A highlight in 2013 was a 3 minute feature on the BBC2 Programme Landward following an interview with BBC weather presenter Judith Ralston . Some still photos from that day give an idea of what was involved!
Details of the Station Hardware
- Station hardware: Vantage Pro2
- Server uptime: 18892784 seconds
- WeeWX uptime: 18385411 seconds
- WeeWX version: 4.10.2
- Belchertown Skin Version: 1.3.1