Weather Station Publishing & GraphWeather Guides

Practical configuration, FTP publishing workflows, and troubleshooting references for hobbyist meteorologists and station operators.

SectionHubFocusPublishingCoverageFTP · Templates · Sensors · Cron
Quick Answers
  • How to configure FTP publishing for your weather station
  • GraphWeather desktop setup, plugins, and template variables
  • Troubleshoot upload failures, stale images, and cron timing
  • Station data sanity checks and sensor calibration advice
  • METAR, CWOP, and observation standard references

Choose Your Path

Whether you are setting up your first station page or debugging an intermittent FTP timeout at 3 AM, the guides here cover the practical side of getting weather data from your console to the web.

Publish Your Station
FTP · templates · scheduling

Step-by-step guides for getting station data online. Covers active vs passive FTP, directory structures, template variables, and automated upload intervals.

GraphWeather Setup
install · configure · extend

From first install to plugin configuration, sensor mapping, and multi-station dashboards. Includes C++ and PHP application notes.

Troubleshoot Uploads
FTP errors · stale data · cron

When the upload stops working at 2 AM and the graph shows yesterday’s data, start here. Covers the most common failure modes and their fixes.

Most Referenced Help

These sections have historically received the most external references and are maintained as primary resources:

WordPress Resources
configuration guides

GraphWeather configuration references, publishing setup guides, and station integration notes originally maintained alongside WordPress.

GraphWeather C++ App
desktop application

The desktop application documentation: installation, first-run configuration, plugin system, template variables, and sensor editor tools.

Community Support
topic references

Practical troubleshooting drawn from years of community support topics. FTP failures, template syntax, unit conversions, sensor calibration.

Knowledge Base Highlights

Observation Standards
WMO · siting · measurement

Instrument siting guidelines, measurement intervals, and how WMO standards translate to hobby station operators.

METAR and CWOP
data formats · contribution

Understand METAR encoding, contribute to the Citizen Weather Observer Program, and meet data quality thresholds.

Image Refresh & Caching
cache busting · graphs

Why your weather graphs show stale data in the browser and how to implement reliable cache-busting strategies.

Data Sanity Checks
calibration · outliers

How to detect sensor drift, filter outliers, and validate readings against nearby stations.