Couple of website for historic data view that I’ve been using for a while and thought I would pass them along to you.
Data for graphs below were provided from Alberta AgroClimatic Information Services.
Click on image to enlarge.
The average temperature this past winter has been a good couple degrees warmer than the historic average.
Looking at the lowest temperatures…
Groundhog Day weather predictions have been going on for centuries. The following information is from the book “Weather Wisdom” by Albert Lee (ISBN 0-385-01770-7). The date February 2 originally was known as Candlemas Day which began in the early days of Catholicism as the feast of the purification of Mary. This date for was believed to be a “weather breeder”, a period of change in which future weather patterns are set.
February 2 in our neck of the woods was a clear sunny day. So according to weather folklore,
“If Candlemas Day be fine and clear,
We shall have winter half the year.”
With our winter so far being very warm and pleasant for the most part, guess we are due for winter weather. So this probably means spring will be colder than normal.
A very intriguing project done in San Francisco with time lapse photography and weather patterns. Each square displays the day’s sky video in sequence with all the other days that year. The mosaic becomes a beautiful moving display of art created by nature.
Website: http://www.murphlab.com/2011/11/15/a-history-of-the-sky-for-one-year/
Technical information: http://murphlab.com/hsky/
View HD version, click here and then select full screen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNln_me-XjI&feature=youtu.be&hd=1
After being offline for almost 1 year, I’ve got the old weather station back online – sort of.
http://weather.bluevistaventures.ca/
I’ve ran into glitches, delays and mainly lack of time to put into this project.
One of the biggest challenges has been placement of the sensors. The anemometer isn’t properly positioned and will not give accurate measurements. The rest is fairly accurate, now.
The big stop in getting back online was placement of the computers and the weather station. The USB extender I had planned to use was unreliable and after a month of trying to get it to stop crashing the system, I gave up on it. Currently the laptop sits beside the weather station, but this configuration cannot be permanent.
Also, the station is now 6 years old and when I had it down, I found that the solar rechargeable batteries have expired. Replacement cost $150. So I’m now investigating a new replacement station.
Also the software I’ve been using, FreeWX-Wi, has stopped development and no more fixes will be issued. I was having problems with one temperature sensor not reporting correctly in the software. So I need to try implementing a new software package. For now I’ll continue to use it to display current conditions.
So where does this leave me. Pondering over a new more accurate weather station and a shiny new site and setup.
Until then, the site will offer basic data information updated every minute.
Storm that blew through Didsbury on July 4, 2011. 15mm of rain and a couple very small hail stones spotted on the deck.
Just a quick update for those who are checking in here and there. I’ve got the weather station temporarily up, but location of sensors needs to be adjusted as I’m getting incorrect readings. Due to work and other tasks, I haven’t been able to dedicate much time to this project.
Hello Olds and Central Alberta Weather Watchers,
All great things must come to an end eventually, and this is the end of this site. The Westside Olds weather station will be ceasing operation December 16, 2010 due to relocating away from Olds. I’ll still be in the area and will most likely be broadcasting live weather from my new location – but it won’t be as relevant to Olds residents.
History Data is no longer available on Weather Underground. I still have raw text files of this data (May 2006 to Dec 2010)
History WebCam 1:
http://www.wunderground.com/webcams/OldsAB/1/show.html?year=2008&month=10&time=noon#ca
History WebCam2:
http://www.wunderground.com/webcams/oldswebcam2/1/show.html?year=2010&month=08&time=noon#cal
Hoped you enjoyed the service while it was available. Happy weather watching.
Jeff