Today let's talk about wind. My Tempest weather station gathers three wind data points every minute: lull, average, and gust. That is: the lowest speed, the average speed, and the highest. From these we can get a picture of how the wind changes over the course of a day. Here's one way to visualize it. … Continue reading …To Know Which Way the Wind Blows

Last March, I purchased a personal weather station. This device sits in my backyard and captures all sorts of weather data - temperature, wind, rain, etc. - and reports it once a minute. Now that I've got 6 million points of data, what am I waiting for? I'll start with temperature. Santa Cruz has a … Continue reading A Year of Weather