After 10 years of spinning 24/7, the bearings were not spinning as freely. I was able to replace with a newer to me anemometer sensor unit and then replaced the wind speed bearings. Hopefully more accurate wind speeds will be recorded now.
Also put in new backup lithium batteries both the anemometer transmitter and the main temp/rain/solar sensor transmitter.
Here is to another 10 years of spinning in the wind!
Got my hands on used Solar Radiation Sensor & UV Sensor. Installed today and data is now being tracked. I’ll see how long these last as they are about 6 years old already. The rest of the old used weather station will be used for back up parts.
Also did some basic cleanup on main sensor unit. Few spider webs and debris.
Counted up the number of days my weather station recorded 29C and above for the day high. Sure a lot of them this summer.
# of Summer days 29C and above
2021* – 26
2020 – 7
2019 – 4
2018 – 10
*June 1 to August 15,2021
After a long wait for the replacement power supply, it finally arrived today and got the sensor back online.
Due to a power supply recall, the outdoor air quality sensor will be offline until a replacement arrives.
Felt like Feb 2019 was cold, it was!
Olds Alberta Historic Weather Data 1916 to 2019
This Year Avg Feb -19.7C
103 year Avg Feb -8.5C
This Year Avg Jan/Feb -11.9C
103 year Avg Jan/Feb -9.6C
Avg Feb, 2nd coldest last 103 yrs
Avg Jan/Feb, 22nd coldest in last 103 yrs
So yes, brrr!
Replacement anemometer cups arrived today. Since I had to order new parts, I took advantage and ordered a new 24-Hour Fan for the temperature sensor and batteries and the new Aerocone rain collector with anti bird sitting spikes. Got everything installed today. Some pictures of the upgrades.
New anemometer cups installed and spinning.
Old rain collector
New Aerocone rain collector
New 24-hour fan and batteries. The bearings on the old one was really worn out. The fan hasn’t worked properly for the last year and a bit. This should hopefully give me better temperature readings when there isn’t any wind and when the sun is beating down on the unit.
Also made some coding updates to the main front page. Added some new features and updates.
Happy weather watching!