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Guides, explainers, and insights on weather station data and forecasting.
Build a Weather Bot, Part 3: Monitoring Multiple Stations
Use the DailyHigh API to poll all tracked stations, rank them by confidence, and build a daily digest of temperature predictions.
Build a Weather Bot, Part 2: Tracking Predictions Through the Day
Follow a single station through the full day: morning prediction, midday observations, and the final daily high from the history endpoint.
Build a Weather Bot, Part 1: Temperature Threshold Alerts
Use Python and the DailyHigh API to build a bot that alerts you when a station crosses a temperature threshold, or when it won't.
How Weather Forecasts Are Made, Step by Step
From raw observations to the forecast on your phone. A look at the data, models, and human decisions behind every weather prediction.
METAR vs TAF: What's the Difference?
METAR reports current conditions. TAF forecasts the next 24–30 hours. Learn how to read both formats and when to use each one.
How to Read METAR Weather Data: A Complete Guide
Learn how to decode METAR weather reports, the standardised format used by airports and weather stations worldwide. Covers wind, temperature, visibility, and cloud layers.