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Davis WeatherLink
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Basic Information
Release Year 2006
Product Type Software
In Production Yes
Official Website https://www.weatherlink.com

Davis WeatherLink is a platform for accessing and sharing weather data from personal weather stations [1]. It is designed and meant to work with the Davis weather stations.

Consumer impact summary

Subscription Model

Even when buying a fully functional weather station, the software for monitoring and getting the raw data is behind a paywall, offering the next tiers[2]:

  • Basic (free)
  • Pro ($3.95 USD / month per device)
  • Pro+ ($8.95 USD / month per device)

Basic tier constraints

The basic tier offers these services:

  • Bulletin Data Tiles
  • WeatherLink Network Map
  • WeatherLink App
  • 3rd Party Intervals: 15 minutes

Even when the weather station is creating and sending data in real time, the free only can export readings every 15 minutes to any 3rd party software.

Solution

There is a software project called WeeWX, it is open source, and mitigates this problem for the next weather stations of the Davis line[3]:

  • Vantage Pro 2
  • Vantage Vue

Appendix

Table of WeatherLink tiers[2]

Services Basic Pro Pro+
Price Free $3.95 USD a month per device $8.95 USD a month per device
Bullletin Data Tiles Yes Yes Yes
Data Viewing & Export No Yes Yes
WeatherLink Network App Yes Yes Yes
Custom Charting No Yes Yes
Integrated Pest Management No No Yes
WeatherLink App Yes Yes Yes
Mobilize App No Yes Yes
Pro Shares 0 6 10
3rd Party Intervals 15 min. 5 min. Up to 1 min.

References

  1. "Weatherlink Home". weatherlink. Archived from the original on 2025-07-01. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "WeatherLink.com". Davis Instruments. Archived from the original on 2025-05-25. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
  3. "Supported Hardware". WeeWX. Archived from the original on 2025-07-08. Retrieved 2025-07-17.

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